Georg (Erbach) von Erbach (1548 - 1605)

Born 15 Jul 1548 in Erbach

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1605 at age 56 in Erbach

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Georg III Erbach was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Georg III, Graf von Erbach (Count of Erbach) was born on 15 July 1548 at Erbach, the son of Eberhard XII, Graf von Erbach, and his wife, Margareta, Gräfin von Salm, Wild-und-Rheingräfin von Dhaun.

Georg III succeeded as Graf von Erbach in Erbach, Michelstadt, Fürstenau etc, and had united all the Erbach lands by 1569.

He died at Erbach on 16 February 1605 and was buried at Michelstadt.

He had married four times and had many children.

1. He married on 27 July 1567, Anna Amalia, Gräfin von Sayn-Hachenburg, (born 1551, died 13 July 1571), daughter of Johann IX, Graf von Sayn-Hachenburg, and Anna von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg;
2. Married 15 July 1572 at Erbach, Anna, Gräfin von Solms-Laubach, (born 31 March 1557, died 8 December 1586), daughter of Friedrich Magnus, Graf von Solms-Laubach;
3. Married 1 November 1587, Dorothea Reuss-Greiz, (born 1566, died 26 October 1591), daughter of Heinrich XV Reuss-Greiz zu Obergreiz
4. 23 July 1592, Maria, Gräfin von Barby-Mühlingen, (born 8 April 1563, died 19 December 1619, buried at Korbach), daughter of; and widow of Josias, Graf von Waldeck-Eisenberg (died 1588)

His children included: With his second wife;

1. Friedrich Magnus, born 18 April 1575 at Erbach, succeeded as Graf von Erbach in Fürstenau;
2. Margarethe, born 17 May 1576 at Erbach, married 7 May 1598, Ludwig Eberhard, Graf von Oettingen-Oettingen;
3. Anna Amalie, born 10 June 1577, died 1630, married (1) (as his fourth wife), Friedrich I, Graf von Salm, Wild-und-Rheingraf zu Neufville, (born 3 February 1547, died 26 October 1608); (2) 23 December 1626, Emich, Graf von Daun-Falkenstein (died 1628);
4. Elisabeth, born 30 July 1578, died 12 March 1645, married 3 March 1606 at Erbach, Heinrich II, Schenk von Limpurg, (born 22 January 1573, died 13 May 1637);
5. Agathe, born 16 May 1581, died 30 April 1621, married 23 October 1614, (as his second wife), Georg Friedrich, Markgraf von Baden-Durlach (born 30 January 1573, died 24 September 1638;

With his fourth wife;

1. Dorothea, born 13 July 1593, died 8 October 1643, married 28 November 1610, Ludwig Eberhard, Graf von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (born 19 January 1590, died 1 November 1650);
2. Christiane, born 5 June 1596, died 6 July 1646 at Cuylenburg (Culembourg), and was buried at Heusden, married 20 August 1616 or perhaps 17 January 1619, Wilhelm, Graf von Nassau-Siegen (born 12 August 1592, died 7 or 17 July 1642 at Osroy, buried at Heusden);
3. Georg Albrecht I, born 16 December 1597, succeeded as Graf von Erbach

Sources

• Raimar, Wolfgang, (1997), Ahnentafel von König Ludwig II. von Bayern, Neustadt/Aisch : Verlag Degener & Co.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Enno Borgsteede for creating WikiTree profile Van Erbach-2 on 30 October 2013.