George II, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard
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Duke George II of Württemberg-Montbéliard (5 October 1626 in Montbéliard – 1 June 1699 in Montbéliard) was Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard from 1662 until his death.
Life
George II was a son of the Duke
Nassau-Gleiberg (1577-1602). He succeeded his older brother Leopold Frederick
as Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard in 1662.
Montbéliard was occupied in 1676 by French troops. King
liege lord. He refused, and Württemberg-Montbéliard was administered by his cousin Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
until 1698.
After Frederick Charles died in 1698, George II returned to Montbéliard, where he died a year later.
Marriage and issue
George married on 9 March 1648 in Montbeliard with Anne de Coligny (1624-1680), daughter of Gaspard III de Coligny, Duc de Châtillon. With her he had the following children:
- Otto Frederick (1650-1653)
- Henrietta (1654-1680)
- Eleonore Charlotte (1656-1743)
- married in 1672 with Duke Silvius II Frederick of Württemberg-Oels (1651-1697)
- Conrad Louis (1658-1659)
- Anna (1660-1733)
- Elizabeth (1665-1726)
- married in 1689 with Duke Frederick Ferdinand von Württemberg-Weiltingen (1654-1705, grandson of Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen)
- Hedwig (1667-1715)
- Leopold Eberhard (1670-1723), his only surviving son and successor, married:
- in 1695 with Anna Sabine Hedwig, Countess of Sponeck (1676-1735), divorced in 1714
- in 1718 with Charlotte Elizabeth Curie, Baroness of L'Esperance (1684-1733)
References
- Paul Friedrich von Stälin (1878), "Georg, Herzog von Württemberg-Mömpelgard", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 8, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 709–710
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