George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

George II of Hesse-Darmstadt, Georg II von Hessen-Darmstadt (17 March 1605, in Darmstadt – 11 June 1661) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1626 to 1661. He was the son of Ludwig V and Magdalene of Brandenburg.

He married Sophia Eleonore of Saxony on 1 April 1627. From 1645 to 1648 he led the so-called Hessenkrieg against the Landgravine Amalie Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel over the inheritance of the extinct line of Hesse-Marburg. This conflict resulted in the loss of Hesse-Marburg to Hesse-Kassel.

Children

 * Louis VI (1630–1678)
 * Magdalena Sybilla (1631–1651)
 * George (1632–1676), married Dorothea Augusta, Duchess of Holstein-Sonderborg
 * Sophia Eleonore (1634–1663), married Landgrave William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg
 * Elisabeth Amalie (1635–1709), married Philip William, Elector Palatine
 * Louise Christine (1636–1697)
 * Anna Maria (1637–1637)
 * Anna Sophia II, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1638–1683)
 * Amalia Juliana (1639–1639)
 * Stillborn daughter (1640)
 * Henrica Dorothea (1641–1672), married Count John II of Waldeck-Landau
 * John (1642–1643)
 * Augusta Philippina (1643–1672)
 * Agnes (1645–1645)
 * Marie Hedwig (1647–1680), married Duke Bernhard I of Saxe-Meiningen