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George II _____, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
b.Mar 1605 Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
d.11 Jun 1661 Darmstadt
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m. 5 Jun 1598
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m. 1 Apr 1627
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George II of Hesse-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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