George II of Hesse-Darmstadt, german: Georg II von Hessen-Darmstadt (17 March 1605, in

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Hesse ...

– 11 June 1661) was the

Landgrave Landgrave (german: Landgraf, nl, landgraaf, sv, lantgreve, french: landgrave; la, comes magnus, ', ', ', ', ') was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire, and later on in its former territories. The German titles of ', ' (" margrave") ...

Hesse-Darmstadt The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse be ...

from 1626 to 1661. He was the son of Ludwig V and

Magdalene of Brandenburg Magdalene of Brandenburg, also Magdalene and Magdalen, (7 January 1582 – 4 May 1616) was the daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg and his third wife Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. Issue She married Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Dar ...

. He married

Sophia Eleonore of Saxony Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (23 November 1609 – 2 June 1671) was a duchess of Saxony by birth and the landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1627 to 1661 through her marriage to Landgrave George II. She was the eldest surviving child of John ...

on 1 April 1627. From 1645 to 1648 he led the so-called ''Hessenkrieg'' against the Landgravine Amalie Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel over the inheritance of the extinct line of

Hesse-Marburg The Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Marburg) was a German landgraviate, and independent principality, within the Holy Roman Empire, that existed between 1458 and 1500, and between 1567 and 1604/1650. It consisted ...

. This conflict resulted in the loss of Hesse-Marburg to Hesse-Kassel.

Children

* Louis VI (1630–1678) *Magdalena Sybilla (1631–1651) * George (1632–1676), married Dorothea Augusta, Duchess of Holstein-Sonderborg * Sophia Eleonore (1634–1663), married Landgrave William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg * Elisabeth Amalie (1635–1709), married Philip William, Elector Palatine *Louise Christine (1636–1697) *Anna Maria (1637-1637) * Anna Sophia II, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1638-1683) *Amalia Juliana (1639-1639) *Stillborn daughter (1640) *Henrica Dorothea (1641–1672), married Count John II of Waldeck-Landau *John (1642–1643) *Augusta Philippina (1643–1672) *Agnes (1645-1645) * Marie Hedwig (1647–1680), married Duke Bernhard I of Saxe-Meiningen

Ancestry

References

''Georg II. , Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt'' (Biography in German)Wikisource: ''Allgemeine Deutsch Biographie'' "Georg II. (Landgraf von Hesse-Darmstadt)" (in German)
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