Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Alexander of Zweibrücken
Spouse(s)	Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Johanna of Croÿ
Born	(1462-11-26)26 November 1462
Died	Zweibrücken

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

Family 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

External links

• Die Genealogie der Wittelsbacher