George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

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George II of Hesse-Darmstadt (German Georg) (March 1605 in Darmstadt - 11 June 1661) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1626 - 1661. He was the son of Ludwig V and Magdalena von Brandenburg .

He married Sophia Eleonore of Saxony on April 1, 1627.

Children

Ludwig VI. (1630-1678)
Georg - married with Dorothea Augusta, Duchess of Holstein-Sonderborg - died 1676 in Itter
Johann
Magdalena Sybilla
Sophia Eleonora - married with Landgrave Wilhelm Christoph of Hessen-Homburg
Elisabeth Amalie (1635-1709) - married Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
Luise Christine (1636-1697)
Anna Maria
Anna Sophia
Amalia Juliana
"a daughter born dead"
Henrica Dorothea
Augusta Philippina
Agnes
Marie Hedwig (1647-1680), married with Herzog Bernhard I. von Sachsen-Meiningen

He is the most recent male ancestor of both Marie Antoinette and Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse, and is also an ancestor of Charles, Prince of Wales.