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Ludwig II von Wurttemberg, Count of Württemberg-Urach

Male 1439 - 1457  (18 years)

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  • Name Ludwig II von Wurttemberg 
    Suffix Count of Württemberg-Urach 
    Birth 3 Apr 1439  Waiblingen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reigned From 1450 to 1457 
    Count of Württemberg 
    Death 3 Nov 1457  Urach Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_II,_Count_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg-Urach


      Ludwig II«/b» (April 3, 1439 in «u»Waiblingen «/u»\endash November 3, 1457 in «u»Urach «/u»), Count of «u»Württemberg «/u». The son of count «u»Ludwig I «/u» and «u»Mechthild of the Palatinate«/u». He reigned from 1450 until 1457.

      After the division of the County of Württemberg, by the Treaty of Nürtingen in 1442, he was raised in Urach, capital of the newly created County of Württemberg-Stuttgart. After the early death of his father, Ludwig I, a conflict over his «u»tutelage «/u» arose. In the end, the count of Württemberg-Stuttgart, his uncle «u»Ulrich V «/u», won influence. Finally Ludwig II was declared full of age and took responsibility for the government at the age of 14.

      Due to his ill health he died prematurely, 1457, at the age of 18.



      «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rulers_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg«/b»
    Person ID I61983  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2010 

    Father Ludwig I von Wurttemberg, Count of Württemberg,   b. Bef 1412   d. 1450 (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Mother Mathilde von WITTELSBACH,   b. 1419, Heidelberg Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1482, Heidelberg Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F551617918  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart