Georg II, Landgrave o Hesse-Darmstadt
Georg II, Landgrave o Hesse-Darmstadt (17 Mairch 1605 – 11 Juin 1661) wis the Landgrave o Hesse-Darmstadt frae 1626 tae 1661. He wis the son o Ludwig V an Magdalene o Brandenburg.
Georg II | |
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Landgrave o Hesse-Darmstadt | |
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Born | 17 March 1605 Darmstadt |
Dee'd | 11 Juin 1661 (aged 56) Darmstadt |
Spouse | Sophia Eleonore o Saxony |
Issue | Louis VI, Landgrave o Hesse-Darmstadt Elisabeth Amalie Anna Sophia II, Princess-Abbess o Quedlinburg |
Hoose | Hesse-Darmstadt |
Faither | Louis V, Landgrave o Hesse-Darmstadt |
Mither | Magdalene o Brandenburg |
He mairit Sophia Eleonore o Saxony on 1 April 1627. Frae 1645 tae 1648 he led the so-cried Hessenkrieg against the Landgravine Amalie Elisabeth o Hesse-Kassel over the inheritance o the extinct line o Hesse-Marburg. This conflict resultit in the loss o Hesse-Marburg tae Hesse-Kassel.
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- Louis VI (1630–1678)
- Magdalena Sybilla (1631–1651)
- Georg III, Landgrave o Hesse-Itter (1632–1676), mairit Dorothea Auguste o Holstein-Sonderborg
- Sophia Eleonore (1634–1663), mairit Landgrave William Christoph o Hesse-Homburg
- Elisabeth Amalie (1635–1709), mairit Philip William, Elector Palatine
- Luise Christine (1636–1697)
- Anna Maria (1637-1637)
- Anna Sophia II, Princess-Abbess o Quedlinburg (1638-1683)
- Amalie Juliane (1639-1639)
- Stillborn dochter (1640)
- Henrica Dorothea (1641–1672)
- Johann (1642–1643)
- Auguste Philippine (1643–1672)
- Agnes (1645-1645)
- Marie Hedwig (1647–1680), mairit Bernhard I o Saxe-Meiningen