Frederick Charles, Count of Erbach-Limpurg (21 May 1680 – 20 February 1731), was a German prince member of the

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and ruler (through marriage) over the Lordship of Limpurg-Michelbach and (through inheritance) over Erbach, Freienstein, Wildenstein,

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and

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. Born in Erbach, he was the fourteenth child and sixth (but third surviving) son of

George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach (8 May 1643 – 30 April 1693), was a German prince member of the House of Erbach and ruler over Erbach, Freienstein, Wildenstein, Michelstadt and Breuberg. Born in Fürstenau, he was the fifth child and t ...

and his wife

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, a daughter of Philipp Dietrich, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg.

Life

After the death of his father in 1693, Frederick Charles and his surviving older brothers inherited all the Erbach-Erbach domains; however, as the last surviving son of sixteen children, he was still a minor and the government of the lands and legal guardianship were held by the oldest brother Philipp Louis, who managed to rule alone even after his brothers attained majority. On 18 May 1711 Frederick Charles married Sophie Eleonore (10 June 1695 – 28 January 1738), youngest daughter of Vollrath, Schenk of Limpurg-Speckfeld in Obersontheim. They had four children: * Ernest Louis Vollrath William (5 March 1712 – 3 March 1713). * Sophie Christine Albertine (5 November 1716 – 15 December 1741), married on 5 November 1738 to her first-cousin Count Frederick Louis of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg. * Fredericka Charlotte Wilhelmine (6 January 1722 – 29 December 1786), married on 7 December 1738 to her first-cousin Count Johann Louis Vollrath of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg. * Wilhelmine Amalie (7 August 1724 – 3 January 1725). As Sophie Eleonore was one of the five surviving daughters and co-heiresses of Vollrath of Limpurg,''Vollrath, Graf von Limpurg'' in: geneall.net
etrieved 11 May 2015 when her father, died in 1713 Frederick Charles received the Lordship of Michelbach as part of the inheritance, and the rights to assume the arms and titles of Limpurg (''mitregierender'' Count of Limpurg-Obersontheim).''The Limpurg Inheritance'' in: heraldica.org
etrieved 11 May 2015 In 1720 after the death of his brother Philipp Louis without issue, Frederick Charles finally inherited the Erbach-Erbach inheritance as sole ruler. Frederick Charles died in Erbach aged 50 and was buried in

. He died without a surviving male issue and the Erbach-Erbach domains were inherited by the branch of Erbach-Schönberg, but the Limpurg inheritance was divided between his daughters, who passed it on to their descendants.

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Counts in Germany House of Erbach 1680 births 1731 deaths 18th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub