George Ernest, Count of Erbach-Wildenstein
George Ernest, Count of Erbach-Wildenstein (7 October 1629 – 25 August 1669), was a German prince member of the and ruler over Wildenstein, Kleinheubach und Breuberg.
He was the third child and second (but eldest surviving son) of George Albert I, Count of Erbach-Schönberg and his first wife Magdalena, a daughter of Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.
Life[]
After the death of his father in 1648, he ruled jointly with his half-brothers their domains until 1653, when he ceded Breuberg to George Frederick, but his early death allowed him to reunited this district to his government. Because his other three half-brothers are still minors, George Ernest continue to be sole ruler until his death.
In Fürstenau on 22 November 1656 George Ernest married with her step-aunt[1] Charlotte Christiana (6 November 1625 – 13 August 1677), a daughter of George Frederick II, Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Schillingsfürst and his wife Dorothea Sophie of Solms-Hohensolms.[2][better source needed] They had no children.
George Ernest died in Kleinheubach aged 39. Because he died without issue, his domains where inherited by his surviving half-brothers, who ruled jointly until 1672, when they divided their lands between them.
Notes[]
- ^ She was the sister of Elisabeth Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Schillingsfürst, third and last wife of George Ernest's father.
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Hohenlohe". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 9 May 2015.[self-published source]
- Counts of Germany
- House of Erbach
- 1629 births
- 1669 deaths
- 17th-century German people