George Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg (4 March 1618 – 19 May 1656) was Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Early life

He was the son of Prince

Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg Louis Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg (9 May 1594 in Saarbrücken – 12 July 1662 in Dillenburg), was Count, and from 1654 Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg. During the Thirty Years' War, he was a senior officer. He climbed to the rank of Major General. ...

and his wife, Countess Katharina of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1588-1651), daughter of

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and his second wife, Countess Elisabeth von Solms-Laubach (1549-1599).

Marriage

George Louis married on 19 February 1638 in Coppenbrügge to Princess Anna Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1612-1673), the daughter of Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Elizabeth of Denmark.

Death

He never inherited the principality, because he died before his father. George Louis died on 19 August 1656 at the age of 38 and was buried in Dillenburg the next day.

Issue

* Elisabeth Catherine (1639-1641) * Sophia Eleonora (1640-1712) * Henry (1641-1701), succeeded George Louis's father as Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg * Elisabeth Charlotte (1643-1686), married to Count Ferdinand Gobert von Aspremont-Lynden * stillborn son (1645) * Elisabeth Louise (1648-1670) * Anna Catherine (b. 1651)

References

House of Nassau Princes of Nassau 1618 births 1656 deaths 17th-century German people Sons of monarchs Heirs apparent who never acceded {{Germany-noble-stub