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unusual facts about Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia



Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

However, two of them died shortly after their father so that the surviving son of Louis II ruled alone from 1602 onwards.

Battenberg family

Prince Alexander (1823–1888) was the third son of Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and by Rhine and of Wilhelmina of Baden yet it was openly rumoured his biological father was actually Baron Augustus de Senarclens, his mother's chamberlain.

Christina of Salm

# Henriette de Lorraine (1605–1660), married Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lexin, no issue, son of Louis II, Cardinal of Guise;

County of Nassau

In 1605, all parts of Nassau-Weilburg were again unified under Count Louis II; however, after his death in 1627, his sons divided the county again

Duchy of Legnica

1413–1436 Louis II, grandson of Louis I the Fair, also Duke of Brzeg since 1399

Francis II, Duke of Lorraine

# Henriette de Lorraine (1605–1660), married Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lexin, son of Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, no issue;

Friedberg, Bavaria

The town is mentioned in historical documents for the first time in letter of protection from Conrad of the House of Hohenstaufen together with Duke Ludwig II, also called "the Strict", of Bavaria and the Burgher of Ausberg, in 1264.

Ghislaine Dommanget

She divorced her second husband, actor André Brulé, and married the reigning Prince of Monaco, Louis II on 24 July 1946 — the first bride to the member of the Grimaldi family without a dowry.

Henry IX of Lubin

From this union, Henry IX gained two half-siblings: Louis II and Margareta.

John I of Lüben

John I and Henry X were the legitimate heirs of that land, as grandsons of Duke Henry IX of Lüben, elder brother of Duke Louis II, Elisabeth's late husband, who left her Liegnitz and Brieg (already give by the Dowager Duchess to both brothers in 1443) in 1436; in addition, John I had another claim over Liegnitz through his marriage with Hedwig, youngest daughter of Louis II and Elisabeth.

Louis II, Count of Blois

In 1340 in Soissons, he married Jeanne of Avesnes, Countess of Soissons (d. 1350), daughter of John of Avesnes, Lord of Beaumont.

Louis II, Count of Flanders

These lands were to provide the core of the dominions of the House of Valois-Burgundy, which were, together with the Duchy of Burgundy, to provide them with a power base to challenge the rule of their cousins, the Valois kings of France in the 15th century.

The main line of the House of Dampierre, originally only counts of Flanders, had through a clever marriage policy managed to inherit the counties of Nevers (1280) and Rethel (1328).

Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Louis had fourteen children, including four sons who survived him and his divided his inheritance: William Louis, John, Ernest Casimir and Otto.

Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg (9 August 1565, Weilburg – 8 November 1627, Saarbrücken) was a count of Nassau-Weilburg.

Louis was the eldest son of Count Albert of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler and Countess Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Louis also inherited the territories of his uncle Philip IV of Nassau-Saarbrücken (died: 12 March 1602) and John Louis II of Nassau-Wiesbaden (died: 9 June 1605), who was the last of his line.

Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg

Louis released Holland and Hainaut for his brothers William I and Albert I in 1349, since he expected to acquire the Polish crown by his marriage with Cunigunde of Poland, a daughter of Casimir III and Aldona Ona of Lithuania.

When his father died in 1347, Louis succeeded him as Duke of Bavaria (as Louis VI) and Count of Holland and Hainaut together with his five brothers.

Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse

The last two were, however, more likely fathered by Baron August von Senarclens de Grancy, the longtime lover of his wife.

Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia

According to a legend, which was recorded by Johannes Rothe in 1421, Louis II was travelling anonymously and one night, he found shelter with a blacksmith in Ruhla.

Order of Our Lady of the Thistle

The Order of Our Lady of the Thistle was founded in January 1370 in Moulins, by Louis II "the Good", Duke of Bourbon « in the honour of God and the Immaculated Virgin», at the occasion of his mariage with Anne of Auvergne, Heiress Countess of Forez, daughter of Beraud II, Dauphin of Auvergne and Jeanne of Forez; niece of John, Count of Forez.

Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

As Philip had no sons, his territories were inherited by his nephew Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg, who then held all the territories of the Walram line of Nassau.

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1821-1826), legal daughter of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, possible daughter of Baron Augustus de Senarclens

Schwedt

In the course of the Brandenburg–Pomeranian conflict, the Brandenburg margrave Louis II the Roman ceded it to Duke Barnim III of Pomerania in 1354.

Sophie of Landsberg

On 24 October 1266 was issued in Augsburg by Duke Louis II of Upper Bavaria a settlement, under which he pledged several possessions on behalf of his ward and nephew Conradin, King of Sicily and Jerusalem.

The forty-five guards

After the Catholic League revolt in Paris, King Henry III was forced to flee to Blois, there, he staged a coup, regaining control of the Estates-General by employing the Forty-five to kill Henry I, Duke of Guise when he came to meet the king at the Château de Blois on 23 December 1588, and his brother, Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, the following day.


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