Christian Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt
Christian Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt | |
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Born | 1 April 1616 |
Died | 10 September 1666 | (aged 50)
Noble family | House of Schwarzburg |
Spouse(s) | Sophia Dorothea of Mörsperg-Beffort |
Father | Christian Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
Mother | Anna Sibylle of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
Christian Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt (1 April 1616 – 10 September 1666) was Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. From 1642 until his death, he ruled a part of the County around his residence in Arnstadt.
Life
[edit]Count Christian Günther II was the son of Count Christian Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1578-1642), and his wife, Countess Anna Sibille (1584-1623), the daughter of Count Albert VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
After the death of his father, the brothers were divided the County among themselves on and Christian Günther II received the entire Upper Schwarzburg-Sondershausen with his residence of Arnstadt.
Marriage and issue
[edit]In 1645, Christian Günther II married since 1645 to Sophia Dorothea (d. 1685), the daughter of Count George of Mörsperg and Beffort, and they had the following children:
- Sibille Juliane (1646-1698), married Count Henry I of Reuss-Obergreiz (1668-1681)
- Sophia Dorothea (1647-1708), married Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (1650-1710)
- Clara Sabine (1648-1698)
- Christine Elisabeth (1651-1670)
- Catherine Eleanor (1653-1685)
- John Günther IV (1654-1669), his successor, died unmarried and without issue
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Friedrich Apfelstedt: Das Haus Kevernburg-Schwarzburg von seinem Ursprunge bis auf unsere Zeit, Arnstadt, 1890
- Dr. Kamill von Behr: Genealogie der in Europa regierenden Fürstenhäuser, Leipzig, 1870