Ludwig II (Württemberg-Urach)

Ludwig II. , Count of Württemberg-Urach, (born April 3, 1439 in Waiblingen , † November 3, 1457 in Urach ) was the eldest son of Count Ludwig I and Mechthild of the Palatinate and after the death of his father in 1450 the official regent the county of Württemberg-Urach until 1457.

Ludwig grew up at the Uracher Hof, Ludwig I's residence after the division of Württemberg stipulated in the Nürtingen Treaty in 1442. After the early death of the father, a dispute broke out over the guardianship of the not yet twelve-year-old son. Ludwig II, who finally came of age, took office on October 13, 1453 at the age of 15. He died in 1457 at the age of 18.

Little is known about the cause of death; However, a "serious ailment" has been handed down since childhood and a related vow that repeatedly mentions St. Valentine , the patron saint of the "falling sick." a. Counted sick people who suffered from epilepsy , which is also assumed to be the case for Ludwig's disease.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Museum of Epilepsy and the History of Epilepsy

literature

• Roland Deigendesch: Ludwig II. In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (ed.): The house of Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 91 f.
• Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 1: The House of Württemberg from Count Ulrich the Founder to Duke Ludwig. 6th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-34-0 , pp. 332-335.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ludwig I.	Count of Württemberg-Urach 1450–1457	Eberhard V.
Ludwig I.	Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard 1450–1457	Eberhard V.