Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Louis II of Hesse, called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of from 1458 - 1471.
He was the son of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse and Anna of Saxony. He married Mechthild, daughter of Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach in 1454, and also known as Matilda. Their children were:

He also had seven illegitimate children by his mistress, Margarethe von Holzheim :

Anna of Hesse
Margarethe of Hesse
Johannes of Hesse
Wilhelm of Hesse
Luckel Lambrechts, a nun at the convent of Ahnaberg in Kassel
Ernst of Natega, a canon in Hildesheim
Friedrich of Hesse

The Landgraviate of Hesse had been divided by his father Louis I between Louis II and his brother Henry III into Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Marburg. The brothers fought about the exact demarcation of the realm until May 1470.