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George Albert II, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau

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George Albert II, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau (26 February 1648 – 23 March 1717), was a member of the German House of Erbach who held the fiefs of Fürstenau, Schönberg, Seeheim, Reichenberg and Breuberg.

Born in Fürstenau, he was the ninth child and sixth (but fourth surviving) son of George Albert I, Count of Erbach-Schönberg and his third wife Elisabeth Dorothea, a daughter of George Frederick II, Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Schillingsfürst. He was born three months after his father's death, on 25 November 1647.

Life

He pursued a military career and became a Oberstleutnant of the Impèrial army.

Following the division of the Erbach patrimony in 1672, George Albert II received the districts of Schönberg, Seeheim and 1/4 of Breuberg; in 1678, following the death of his brother George IV, he added to his domains the districts of Fürstenau and Reichenberg.[1]

George Albert II died in Fürstenau aged 69 and was buried in Michelstadt.

Marriage and Issue

In Waldenburg[disambiguation needed] on 3 November 1671 George Albert II married with Anna Dorothea Christina (22 February 1656 – 28 October 1724), a daughter of Count Philipp Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg and his wife Anna Christiane Schenkin of Limpurg.[2] They had twelve children:[3][4][5]

  • Christine Elisabeth Sophie (6 November 1673 – 24 February 1734), married on 29 September 1695 to Count Frederick Kraft of Hohenlohe-Öhringen.
  • Philipp Frederick (11 January 1676 – 25 July 1676).
  • Philipp Charles, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau (14 September 1677 – 2 April 1736).
  • Dorothea Elisabeth (born and died 12 February 1679).
  • Charles William (30 November 1680 – 27 September 1714).
  • Ernest Frederick Albert (27 December 1681 – 3 January 1710), a Danish colonel.
  • Fredericka Albertine (29 September 1683 – 19 January 1709), married on 18 January 1702 to Count Frederick Eberhard of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg.
  • George William, Count of Erbach-Erbach (19 July 1686 – 31 May 1757).
  • George Albert (1 November 1687 – 20 December 1706).
  • Henriette Juliane Charlotte (23 April 1689 – 12 September 1718).
  • George Augustus, Count of Erbach-Schönberg (17 June 1691 – 29 March 1758).
  • Christian Charles (26 December 1694 – 23 August 1701).

Notes

  1. ^ Bernhard Peter: Die Entwicklung der Erbacher Wappen (in German) [retrieved 22 May 2015].
  2. ^ Genealogy of the House of Hohenlohe in: genealogy.euweb.cz [retrieved 22 May 2015].
  3. ^ Genealogy of the House of Erbach in: genealogy.euweb.cz [retrieved 22 May 2015].
  4. ^ ERBACH in: angelfire.com [retrieved 22 May 2015].
  5. ^ Georg Albrecht II, Graf von Erbach-Fürstenau in: geneall.net [retrieved 22 May 2015].
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