George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
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George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
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| Spouse(s) | Juliane Ursula of Salm-Neufville Agathe of Erbach Elisabeth Stolz |
| Noble family | House of Zähringen |
| Father | Charles II of Baden-Durlach |
| Mother | Anna of Veldenz |
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30 January 1573 Baden |
| Died | 24 September 1638 (aged 65) Strassbourg |
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, 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.
He died at Strasbourg in 1638.
George Frederick was born in Baden to Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach and Anna of Veldenz.
George Frederick was four years old when he inherited the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach, necessating a regency. The regents were his mother Anna, Elector Palatine Louis VI (until 1583), Count Palatine Philip Louis of Neuburg and Duke Louis III "the Pious" of Württemberg.
In 1584, his brothers Ernest Frederick and James (d. 1590) and his mother (d. 1586) took over the guardianship. In 1595, George Frederick was declared an adult, and he took up government himself.
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