George Albert II, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
George Albert II, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau (26 February 1648 – 23 March 1717), was a member of the German House of Erbach who held the fiefs of Fürstenau, Schönberg, Seeheim, Reichenberg and Breuberg.
Early life and ancestry
Born in Fürstenau, he was the ninth child and sixth (but fourth surviving) son of George Albert I, Count of Erbach-Schönberg and his third wife, Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, the eldest child and daughter of George Frederick II, Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1595-1635). George Albert II was born posthumously, three months after his father's death, on 25 November 1647.[1]
Reign
He pursued a military career and became an Oberstleutnant of the Imperial army.
Following the division of the Erbach patrimony in 1672, George Albert II received the districts of Schönberg, Seeheim and 1/4 of Breuberg; in 1678, following the death of his brother George IV, he added to his domains the districts of Fürstenau and Reichenberg.[2]
He was married to his cousin, Countess Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (1656-1724) and had issue.[3]
Death
George Albert II, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau died on 23 March 1717, in Fürstenau, aged 69. His body was buried in the Erbach family crypt in Michelstadt, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany.[4]