Louis II, Count of Flanders

Louis II of Flanders
Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, Count of Rethel, Count of Artois, Count of Burgundy
Portrait of Louis II
Reign
PredecessorLouis I of Flanders
SuccessorMargaret III, Countess of Flanders
Born(1330-10-25)25 October 1330
Male Castle, Flanders, France
Died30 January 1384(1384-01-30) (aged 53)
Saint-Omer, County of Artois, France
Noble familyDampierre
Spouse(s)Margaret of Brabant
Issue
Detail
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
FatherLouis I, Count of Flanders
MotherMargaret 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.