Louis IV of Thuringia
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Louis IV, a member of the Ludovingian dynasty, was Landgrave of Thuringia and Saxon Count palatine from 1217 until his death. He was the husband of Elizabeth of Hungary.
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Louis and Elizabeth: Miracle of the roses, altarpiece, Mariahof parish church, 16th century
Hermann II of Thuringia
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Hermann II was the Landgrave of Thuringia and the son of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
Louis IV of Thuringia
…of St. George in Eisenach. At Wartburg Castle in 1220 at age twenty, Louis married 14-year-old Elizabeth of Hungary, with whom he had three children: Hermann II, Sophie, and Gertrude, later abbess at Altenberg. He set up his court at Wartburg Castle near Eisenach. When in 1221 Louis' Wettin brother-in-law…
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