Louis II of Bohemia (
Ludwig II) was born in
1506 as the son of
Ladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia[?] Jagiello, who died in
1516. The minor Louis II accended to the throne of Hungary and Bohemia upon his father's death. Louis had been adopted by emperor
Maximilian I in
1515. When Maximilian I died in
1519, Louis was raised by his legal guardian Georg
Hohenzollern, margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach.
In 1522 Louis II became married to Mary of Habsburg, granddaughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, as stipulated by an imperial congress at Vienna in 1515. His sister Anne was married to Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Louis was killed at the battle of Mohacs in 1526.