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George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

1573–1638 · 17th century

George Frederick was Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1604 to 1622, a Protestant prince and military writer. To fight for the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years' War he handed the government to his son in 1622, but was defeated by Tilly at Wimpfen that year. He spent his last years in exile and died in Strasbourg in 1638.

George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
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Free Imperial City of WimpfenMargraviate of Baden-Durlach

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