Louis II Count of Flanders

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Louis II of Flanders (25 October 1330 Male – 30 January 1384 Lille) also Louis III of Artois and Louis I of Palatine Burgundy known as Louis of Male was the son of Louis I of Flanders and Margaret I of Burgundy daughter of king Philip V of France. He was Count of Flanders from 1346 until his death.On his father’s death at the Battle of Crécy in 1346 he inherited the counties of Flanders Nevers and Rethel.

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birth date

1330-10-25

birth place

Male Belgium

death date

1384-01-30

death place

Lille

parent

Margaret I Countess of Burgundy, Louis I Count of Flanders

spouse

Margaret of Brabant Countess of Flanders