George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

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.

Children

• Louis VI (1630–1678)
• Magdalena Sybilla (1631–1651)
• George (1632–1676), married Dorothea Augusta, Duchess of Holstein-Sonderborg
• Sophia Eleonore (1634–1663), married Landgrave William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg
• Elisabeth Amalie (1635–1709), married Philip William, Elector Palatine
• Louise Christine (1636–1697)
• Anna Maria (1637–1637)
• Anna Sophia II, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1638–1683)
• Amalia Juliana (1639–1639)
• Stillborn daughter (1640)
• Henrica Dorothea (1641–1672), married Count John II of Waldeck-Landau
• John (1642–1643)
• Augusta Philippina (1643–1672)
• Agnes (1645–1645)
• Marie Hedwig (1647–1680), married Duke Bernhard I of Saxe-Meiningen

Ancestry

References

• Georg II. , Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt (Biography in German)
• Wikisource: Allgemeine Deutsch Biographie "Georg II. (Landgraf von Hesse-Darmstadt)" (in German)