Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum

Who was Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum?

Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum, count of Bronckhorst, Lord of Wisch, Lichtenvoorde and Wildenborch, son of Jobst of Limburg.

Georg Ernst was Captain, then Major of the Army of the Republic of the United Netherlands.

He married twice. His first wife was countess Magdalene, the daughter of Arnold III of Bentheim, Limburg and Bronckhorst. They had one daughter: Marie Elisabeth, who married Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen. Henry and Marie Elisabeth had four children: Ernestine, Frederick, Sophie and William Maurice.

After Magdalena's death, Georg Ernst married in Terborg, on January 13, 1636, to countess Sophie Margarete, a daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen. She was a titular countess of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Diez and Lady of Beilstein. This marriage was childless.

Georg Ernst died in 1666.