Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

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Georg Friederich of Baden-Durlach (1573-Strassburg, 1638) was a son of margrave Charles II of Baden-Durlach and Anna of Veldenz.

He succeeded his brother Ernst Friederich as margrave in 1604. He then also inherited Baden-Baden. Georg Friederich was a prominent member of the Protestant Union.

He raised an army of 12.000 men at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War in 1618, and defeated the imperial troops of Tilly near Wiesloch in 1622. But a few days later he himself was defeated in Wimpfen, and his army was destroyed. In 1627 he joined the Danish army.