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'''George Gustavus''' (German: Georg Gustav) (6 February 1564 – 3 June 1634) was the [[County of Veldenz#Palantine Veldenz Line|Count of Veldenz]] from 1592 until 1634.
==Biography==
George Gustavus was born in 1564 as the eldest son of [[George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz|George John I, Count Palatine of Lützelstein]]. His father died in 1592, and John Augustus and his brothers succeeded him under the regency of their mother [[Anna Maria of Sweden|Anna of Sweden]]. In 1598 the brothers partitioned the territories; George Gustavus retained the counties of [[County of Veldenz|Veldenz]] and [[County of Lautereck|Lautereck]] while his younger brothers obtained the other territories.  In 1608, he founded [[Lixheim]] for Reformed refugees, but was also forced to sell the new town in 1623 to [[Henry II, Duke of Lorraine]].  He died in 1634 and was buried in [[Remigiusberg]].
===Marriage===
George Gustavus married Duchess [[Elizabeth of Württemberg (1548 - 1592)|Elizabeth]] of [[Württemberg]] (3 March 1548 – 28 February 1592), daughter of Duke [[Christopher, Duke of Württemberg|Christopher]], on 30 October 1586. The marriage remained childless.
George Gustavus married Princess [[Maria Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1581 - 1637)|Maria Elizabeth]] of [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken]] (7 November 1581 – 18 August 1637), daughter of Duke [[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John I]], on 17 May 1601 and had the following children:
#[[Anne Magdalena of Palatinate-Veldenz (1602 - 1630)|Anne Magdalena]] (19 March 1602 – 20 August 1630), married to [[Henry Wenceslaus, Duke of Oels-Bernstadt]]
#[[John Frederick of Palatinate-Veldenz|John Frederick]] (12 January 1604 – 30 November 1632)
#George Gustavus (17 August 1605 – 17 September 1605)
#Elizabeth (18 March 1607 – 4 October 1608)
#[[Charles Louis of Palatinate-Veldenz|Charles Louis]] (5 February 1609 – 19 July 1631)
#Wolfgang William (22 August 1610 – 27 January 1611)
#Sophie Sybille (14 March 1612 – 12 July 1616)
#[[Maria Elizabeth of Palatinate-Veldenz (1616 - 1649)|Maria Elizabeth]] (24 June 1616 – 12 September 1649)
#Maria Amalie (11 September 1621 – 10 December 1622)
#[[Magdalena Sophie of Palatinate-Veldenz (1622 - 1691)|Magdalena Sophie]] (29 November 1622 – 14 August 1691)
#[[Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz|Leopold Louis]] (1 February 1625 – 29 September 1694)
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[[Category:Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire]]
[[Category:House of Wittelsbach]]
[[Category:1564 births]]
[[Category:1634 deaths]]