Georg Friedrich Margrave Of Baden Durlach - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jan 30, 1573 Durlach, Baden Württemberg, Germany Died on 24 Sep 1638 (aged 65)

Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Germany

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About Georg Friedrich Margrave Of Baden Durlach

  • George Frederick of Baden-Durlach (30 January 1573 – 24 September 1638) was Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1604 until his abdication in 1622.
  • He also ruled Baden-Baden. He was the third son of margrave Charles II of Baden-Durlach and his second wife, Anna of Veldenz.
  • He was the youngest of eight children and was only four years old when his father died. He succeeded his brother Ernest Frederick as margrave in 1604.
  • He also continued his brother's occupation of Baden-Baden.
  • George Frederick 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.
  • When Catholic League forces under General Tilly approached Baden in 1622 (Palatinate campaign), he marched against them, but came too late for the Battle of Mingolsheim.
  • Setting off to pursue the retreating Catholics, he was defeated at the Battle of Wimpfen, and his army was destroyed, a few days later. In 1627 he joined the Danish army.
  • He died at Strasbourg in 1638.

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