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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 a cadet branch of the House of Runkel.