Marriages and Issue
Before 14 August 1409, Ludwik II married firstly Hedwig Zápolya (d. 1414), daughter of a Hungarian baron. They had no children.
In Konstanz on 9 April 1418, Ludwik II married secondly Elisabeth (b. 1 May/29 September 1403 – d. Legnica, 31 October 1449), daughter of Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg. They had four children:
- Louis (b. 1419/20 – d. bef. 7 January 1435)
- Elisabeth (b. 5 January 1426 – d. bef. 7 January 1435)
- Magdalena (b. ca. 1430 – d. 10 September 1497), married by February 1442 to Duke Nicholas I of Opole.
- Hedwig (b. ca. 1433 – d. 21 October 1471), married in February 1445 to Duke Jan I of Lubin.
The death of his only son left Louis II without heirs. On his death, one year later, he left the Duchies of Legnica and Brieg to his wife as a widow's land (Oprawa wdowia). Eventually, both Duchies were obtained by his grandson Frederick I of Legnica -Hedwig's son- in 1481.
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