George II
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Died when: 56 years 86 days (674 months)Star Sign: Pisces
George II of Hesse-Darmstadt, German: Georg II von Hessen-Darmstadt (17 March 1605, in Darmstadt – 11 June 1661) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1626 to 1661.
He was the son of Ludwig V and Magdalene of Brandenburg.He married Sophia Eleonore of Saxony 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.
This conflict resulted in the loss of Hesse-Marburg to Hesse-Kassel.
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