George Ernest, Count of Erbach-Wildenstein (7 October 1629 – 25 August 1669), was a German prince member of the

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and ruler over

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und

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. He was the third child and second (but eldest surviving son) of

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and his first wife Magdalena, a daughter of

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Life

After the death of his father in 1648, he ruled jointly with his half-brothers their domains until 1653, when he ceded Breuberg to George Frederick, but his early death allowed him to reunite this district to his government. Because his other three half-brothers are still minors, George Ernest continue to be sole ruler until his death. In Fürstenau on 22 November 1656 George Ernest married with her step-aunt Charlotte Christiana (6 November 1625 – 13 August 1677), a daughter of George Frederick II, Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Schillingsfürst and his wife Dorothea Sophie of Solms-Hohensolms. They had no children. George Ernest died in Kleinheubach aged 39. Because he died without issue, his domains where inherited by his surviving half-brothers, who ruled jointly until 1672, when they divided their lands between them.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:George Ernest of Erbach Wildenstein Counts in Germany House of Erbach 1629 births 1669 deaths 17th-century German nobility