Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Louis II of Hesse , called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1458 - 1471.
He was the son of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse and Anna of Saxony. He married Mechthild, daughter of Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach in 1454. Their children were:
He also had seven illegitimate children by his mistress, Margarethe von Holzheim :
The Landgraviate of Hesse had been divided by his father Louis I between Louis II and his brother Henry III into Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Marburg. The brothers fought about the exact demarcation of the realm until May 1470.Ancestry
