Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum, count of
Limburg Stirum
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, count of
Bronckhorst, Lord of
Wisch,
Lichtenvoorde
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and
Wildenborch, son of
Jobst of Limburg
Jobst of Limburg (19 April 1560, Borculo, Gelderland - 7 August 1621) was count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch and Borculo (1616), and the son of Hermann Georg of Limburg, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst.
He married in 159 ...
.
Georg Ernst was Captain (in 1625), then Major (in 1641) of the Army of the
Republic of the United Netherlands.
He married twice. His first wife was countess
Magdalene, the daughter of
Arnold III of
Bentheim,
Limburg
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and
Bronckhorst. They had one daughter:
Mary Magdalene (d. 1707), who married
Henry of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1652). Henry and Mary Magdalene had four children: Ernestine,
William Maurice,
Sophie Amalie and
Frederick Henry.
After Magdalena's death, Georg Ernst married in
Terborg
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, on 13 January 1636, to countess
Sophie Margarete (1610-1665), a daughter of Count
John VII of Nassau-Siegen. She was a titular countess of
Nassau
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,
Katzenelnbogen,
Vianden
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and
Diez and Lady of Beilstein. This marriage was childless.
Georg Ernst died in 1666.
Literature
* Genealogische Handbuch des Adels, Gräfliche Häuser A Band II, 1955;
* W. Gf v. Limburg Stirum, "Stamtafel der Graven van Limburg Stirum", 's Gravenhage 1878;
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Year of birth missing
1666 deaths
Georg Ernst