Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Duke and Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroDuke and Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz
wasCount Noble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth26 November 1462
Death21 October 1514Zweibrücken (aged 51 years)
Star signSagittarius
Family
Father:Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Children:Louis II Count Palatine of Zweibrücken Rupert Count Palatine of Veldenz
The details

Biography

Alexander of Zweibrücken (German: Pfalzgraf Alexander von Zweibrücken "der Hinkende") (26 November 1462 – 21 October 1514) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken and of Veldenz in 1489–1514.
He was the son of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Johanna of Croÿ. Alexander promised to establish a church after the successful return from a crusade, and it was kept in 1489 with the building of the Alexanderskirche in Zweibrücken.

Family and children

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), a canon in Trier, Strassburg and Cologne.
  4. Margarete (1509–1522), a nun at Marienberg bei Boppard.
  5. Rupert (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 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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
House of Wittelsbach
Born: 26 November 1462 Died: 21 October 1514
Preceded by
Louis I
Duke of Zweibrücken
1489–1514
Succeeded by
Louis II
Count of Veldenz
1489–1514
Succeeded by
Rupert

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