George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg

George III. of Erbach ( born July 15, 1548 Erbach, † February 26, 1605 ibid ) was Count of Erbach and Breuberg.

Life

George was the eldest son of Eberhard XII. (* January 19, 1511, † July 12, 1564 ), and Margarethe von Dhaun ( born September 25, 1521 † April 5, 1576 ). He was heir to Castle Reichenberg, which he had rebuilt to a sovereign fortress in the Renaissance style.

Circa 1560 he was given the office Wildenstein as Palatine fief, together with his father Eberhard XII. and his uncle Valentin II (* July 16, 1517, † December 12, 1563 ). After the death of his uncle George II (* January 18, 1506; † August 27, 1569 ) was in 1569 united under him the different possessions of the Erbacher again.

Between 1588 and 1590 he was the moated castle Fuerstenau expand. He is buried in the church of Michel town where there is the family vault of the Counts of Erbach since 1678. After his death, the area was divided among his sons again:

• Friedrich Magnus (1575-1618) inherited Fuerstenau and Reichenberg,
• John Casimir (1584-1627) Breuberg and Wildenstein,
• Ludwig I (1579-1643) inherited parts of Erbach and free stone and
• Georg Albrecht I (1597-1647) inherited Schoenberg and Seeheim.

After the death of Friedrich Magnus his brothers divided the land among themselves again. So in 1623 Fuerstenau came to John Casimir, Michel city and King Ludwig and Reichenberg Georg Albrecht. John Casimir died in 1627, so Wildenstein came to Ludwig and Fuerstenau to Georg Albrecht. With the death of Louis returned all possessions in one hand.

Progeny

George III. married on July 27, 1567 Countess Anna Amalia von Sayn ( * ca 1551; † July 13, 1571 ). The marriage remained childless.

He married on July 15, 1572 Countess Anna von Solms- Laubach (* April 11, 1557 in Laubach, † December 8, 1586 ) and had with her the following children:

• Agnes Maria ( born May 24, 1573 Erbach, † June 28, 1634 in Gera )

• Eberhard (* April 13, 1574; † August 14, 1574 )
• Friedrich Magnus ( born April 18, 1575 Erbach, † March 26, 1618 in Liberec ), from 1606 Graf von Erbach to Fuerstenau and Reichenberg

• Margareta (* Erbach May 17, 1576, † June 5, 1635 ( or 26 May ) in Ulm)

• Anna Amalia (* Erbach June 10, 1577, † 1630 )

• Elisabeth ( * July 30, 1578, † March 15, 1645 in Obersontheim )

• Louis I (* September 3, 1579, † April 12, 1643 ), from 1606 Graf von Erbach Erbach and free stone, from 1623 to Michelstedt and King, from 1627 also to Wildenstein

• Agathe (* Erbach May 16, 1581; † 30./20 April 1621 in Carl Burg. )

• Anna (* April 27, 1582, † 30 July 1650 in Idstein )

• Maria ( * May 11, 1583; † September 3, 1584 )
• John Casimir (* August 10, 1584; † January 14, 1627 in Schweidnitz ) from 1606 Graf von Erbach to Breuberg and Wildenstein
• Barbara ( 1585 - before 1591 )

In his third wife he married in Greiz on November 11, 1587 Dorothea Reuss to Obergreiz (* October 28, 1566, † October 26, 1591 ) and has the following children:

• Dorothea Sabina (* October 19, 1588; † January 20, 1589 )
• Georg Heinrich ( * January 20, 1590, † February 10, 1591 )
• Maria Salome (* / † May 15, 1591 )

His fourth wife was Countess Maria von Barby (* April 8, 1563; † 19./29 December 1619. ), Daughter of Albrecht X. of Barby - Mühlingen (* February 15, 1534, † 1588) and Maria von Anhalt- Zerbst ( born December 1, 1538 † April 25, 1563 ), widow of Josiah Count of Waldeck -Eisenberg. The couple married on August 2, 1592 and had the following children Korbach:

• Dorothea ( born July 13, 1593 † October 8, 1643 in Pfedelbach )

• Friedrich Christian (* July 25, 1594; † September 15, 1594 )
• Christina ( * June 5, 1596; † July 6, 1646 in Culemborg )

• Georg Albrecht I. (* December 16, 1597, † November 25, 1647 ), from 1606 Graf zu Erbach, Schoenberg and Seeheim to Reichenberg 1623 to 1627 Fuerstenau, all possessions in 1643,

• Elisabeth Juliana (* January 22, 1600, † May 29 1640 Saalfeld );

• Luise Juliane (* Fuerstenau June 18, 1603; † September 28, 1670 )