Louis, Count of Leiningen-Westerburg, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Louis, Count of Leiningen-Westerburg
- Louis, Count Leiningen-Westerburg (1557–1622) was a German nobleman.
- He was a member of the House of Leiningen and was the ruling count of Leiningen-Leiningen from 1597 until his death. He was the eldest son of Philip I (1527–1597), and his first wife Amelia of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1537–1577), a daughter of Count Simon V of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (d.
- 1540).
- His father was descended from the noble Leiningen-Westerburg family.
- House of Westerburg is a cadet branch of the House of Runkel.
- The County of Leiningen-Westerburg had been divided between Philip I and his brothers, and Philip I had founded the Leiningen-Leiningen line.
- By marrying Amelia, he had expanded his territory with her inheritance, the imperial county of Rixingen.
- Louis inherited this territory when his father died in 1597. In 1578, he married Bernardine of Lippe (1563-1628), a daughter of Count Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe of Lippe.
- Louis and Bernardine had nine children: George Philip (1579–1589). Amalie (1581–1582). Ursula Maria (1583–1638), married in 1606 to Maximilian Marschall of Pappenheim. Simon (1584–1585). Amalie (1586–1604). John Casimir (1587–1635), Count of Leiningen-Leiningen, married in 1617 to Martha of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1575–1638). Anastasia (1583–1638), married in 1624 to Count Konrad Wilhelm of Tübingen. Philip II (1591–1668), Count of Leiningen-Rixingen, married in 1618 to Agathe Catherine Schenk of Limpurg (1595–1664). Louis Emich (1591–1668), Count of Leiningen-Oberbronn, married in 1624 to Esther of Eberstein (1603-1682).Louis died in 1622 and was buried in Oberbronn.
- His two eldest surviving sons divided his territory.
- Philip II, the youngest son, received the Imperial County of Rixingen, where he founded the Leiningen-Rixingen line.
- His elder brother John Casimir received the lands Louis had inherited from his father, and continued the Leiningen-Leiningen line.
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