Louis, Count of Leiningen-Westerburg

Who is Louis, Count of Leiningen-Westerburg?

Louis, Count Leiningen-Westerburg 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, and his first wife Amelia of Zweibrücken-Bitsch, a daughter of Count Simon V of Zweibrücken-Bitsch. His father was descended from the noble Leiningen-Westerburg family, 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, a daughter of Count Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe of Lippe. Louis and Bernardine had four children:

George Philip

Simon

John Casimir, Count of Leiningen-Leiningen, married in 1617 to Martha of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim

Philip II, Count of Leiningen-Rixingen, married in 1618 to Agathe Catherine Schenk of Limpurg