George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

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

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Ludwig VI. (1630-1678)
Georg - married with Dorothea Augusta Herzogin zu Holstein-Sonderborg - died 1676 in Itter
Johann
Magdalena Sybilla
Sophia Eleonora - married with Landgraf Wilhelm Christoph zu Hessen-Homburg
Elisabeth Amalia Magdalena von Hessen-Darmstadt (1635-1709) - married with the Kurfürst Philipp Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg
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.

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