Louis II of Hesse (German: Ludwig) (7 September 1438 – 8 November 1471), called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of Lower Hesse 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.

Their children were: He also had seven (known) illegitimate children by his mistress, Margarethe von Holzheim (born about 1443 - died after 1515): The Landgraviate of Hesse had been divided by his father Louis I between Louis II and his brother Henry III into Hesse-Kassel (Lower Hesse) and Hesse-Marburg (Upper Hesse).

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