Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Germany
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Place of Birth: Durlach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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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