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Alexander of Zweibrücken
Born(1462-11-26)26 November 1462
Died21 October 1514(1514-10-21) (aged 51)
Zweibrücken
Noble familyHouse of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Issue
Detail
FatherLouis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
MotherJohanna of Croÿ
Alexanderskirche, built starting in 1493 by Alexander

Alexander of Zweibrücken (German: Pfalzgraf Alexander von Zweibrücken "der Hinkende") (26 November 1462 – 21 October 1514) was Count Palatine, Duke of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz in 1489–1514.

Life

He was the son of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Johanna of Croÿ.

Alexander's Church (Alexanderskirche [de]) is the oldest church in Zweibrücken, a late-Gothic Protestant hall church built from 1493 to 1514 as a gift from Alexander after his return from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Its crypt is the burial place of numerous counts/dukes of his house's line.

Family

He was married in 1499 in Zweibrücken to Countess Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, daughter of Count Kraft VI of Hohenlohe and Helene of Württemberg. They had the following children:

  1. Johanna (1499–1537), a nun in Trier.
  2. Louis II (1502–1532).
  3. George (1503–1537).
  4. Margarete (1509–1522), a nun at Marienberg bei Boppard.
  5. Rupert, a canon in Trier, Strassburg and Cologne, then count Palatine of Veldenz (1506–1544).
  6. Katharina (1510–1542), married before 1 February 1541 to Count Otto IV of Rietberg.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
16. Rupert II, Elector Palatine
8. Rupert of Germany
17. Beatrice of Sicily (1326–1365)
4. Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
18. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
9. Elisabeth of Nuremberg
19. Elisabeth of Meissen
2. Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
20. Henry III of Veldenz
10. Frederick III, Count of Veldenz
21. Loretta of Sponheim-Starkenburg
5. Anna of Veldenz
22. John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
11. Margaret of Nassau-Saarbrücken
23. Joanna of Saarbrücken
1. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
24. Guillaume de Croÿ
12. Jean I de Croÿ
25. Isabeau de Renty
6. Antoine I de Croÿ
26. John I of Craon
13. Marie de Craon
27. Marie de Châtillon-sur-Marne
3. Johanna of Croÿ
28. Frederick of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont
14. Antoine, Count of Vaudémont
29. Margaret of Joinville
7. Margaret of Lorraine-Vaudémont
30. John VII of Harcourt
15. Marie, Countess of Harcourt
31. Marie of Alençon

References

  1. ^ Hudlet, Richard B. (1993). 500 Jahre Alexanderskirche Zweibrücken, 1493-1993 : Betrachtungen zur Geschichte einer Kirche und einer Stadt [500 years of Alexander's Church Zweibrücken, 1493-1993: Reflections on the history of a church and a city] (in German). Zweibrücken: Protestantische Kirchengemeinde Zweibrücken-Mitte . ISBN 9783924171186. OCLC 34658300.

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Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken House of WittelsbachBorn: 26 November 1462 Died: 21 October 1514
Preceded byLouis I Duke of Zweibrücken
1489–1514 		Succeeded byLouis II
Count of Veldenz
1489–1514
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