Engelbert II von Altenhaus

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Engelbert II, Prince von Altenhaus (1689-1738) was a Braslander nobleman. He was the son of Prince Engelbert von Altenhaus.

In 1719 he married Princess Maria von Hohenburg. They had five children: Heinrich (born 1720), Adam (born 1721), Cecilie (1722-1723), Theresia (born 1724) and Aglae (born 1725). Maria died in 1727.

Engelbert remarried in 1729 to Countess Auguste von Altenhaus, a distant relative. They had five sons: Johannes (1730-1731), Julius (born 1732), Markus (1733-1740), Salvator (born and died 1734) and Johann Baptist (born 1737).

After Maria's death, Engelbert became a mentally unbalanced man. He had episodes of extreme violence and he frequently beat his wife.

He died in 1738.