Christian Günther II. (Schwarzburg-Arnstadt)

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Christian Günther II von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen zu Arnstadt ( April 1, 1616 - September 10, 1666 ) ruled and resided in Arnstadt since 1642 .

Life

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 Albrecht VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

After the death of their father, the brothers divided the county among themselves and Christian Günther II received the entire sovereignty with the residence town of Arnstadt .

progeny

Christian Günther II had been married to Sophie Dorothee († 1685), the daughter of Count Georg von Mörsperg and Beffort, since 1645 and had the following children with her:

  • Sibille Juliane (1646–1698) ∞ Heinrich I von Reuss-Obergreiz (1668–1681)
  • Sophie Dorothee (1647–1708) ∞ Count Ernst von Stolberg-Ilsenburg (1650–1710)
  • Clara Sabine (1648–1698)
  • Christine Elisabeth (1651-1670)
  • Catharina Eleonore (1653–1685)
  • Johann Günther IV. (1654–1669), Count of Arnstadt, died unmarried and without descendants

See also

literature

  • Friedrich Apfelstedt : The House of Kevernburg-Schwarzburg from its origins to our time. Arnstadt 1890.
personal data
SURNAME Christian Günther II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnstadt, Christian Günther II. Von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Arnstadt (from 1642)
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1616
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1666