Louis II of Flanders | |
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Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, Count of Rethel, Count of Artois, Count of Burgundy | |
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Predecessor | Louis I of Flanders |
Successor | Margaret III, Countess of Flanders |
Born | Male Castle, Flanders, France | 25 October 1330
Died | 30 January 1384 Saint-Omer, County of Artois, France | (aged 53)
Noble family | Dampierre |
Spouse(s) | Margaret of Brabant |
Issue Detail | Margaret III, Countess of Flanders |
Father | Louis I, Count of Flanders |
Mother | Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy |
Louis II (Dutch: Lodewijk van Male; French: Louis II de Flandre) (25 October 1330, Male – 30 January 1384, Lille), also known as Louis of Male, a member of the House of Dampierre, was Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, and Count of Rethel from 1346 to 1384, and also Count of Artois and Count of Burgundy from 1382 until his death. He was the son of Count Louis I of Flanders and the Countess of Burgundy and Artois, Margaret I of Burgundy, the youngest daughter of the King of France, Philip V the Tall.