He was the second son of Prince
Christian Eberhard. On 24 September 1709, he married in Idstein his first wife, Princess Christine Louise of
Nassau-Idstein (31 March 1691 – 13 April 1723), daughter of
George August, Prince of Nassau-Idstein. They had five children: • George Christian (13 October 1710 – 28 April 1711). • Henriette Charlotte (23 October 1711 – 29 October 1711). • Charles Christian (4 January 1715 – 14 Jan 1715). •
Charles Edzard (18 June 1716 – 25 May 1744). • Henriette Auguste Wilhelmine (22 April 1718 – 21 April 1719). East Frisia was hit hard by the
Christmas flood of 1717: 2,752 people drowned and large tracts of land were devastated. Christine Louise died on 13 April 1723; on 8 December of that year, in
Berum, George Albert married his second wife,
Sophie Caroline, daughter of
Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. She received from George Albert the manor in the
polder Carolinengroden as a present. She drew revenues from it until her death in 1764. During George Albert's rule the old conflict between the Prince and a part of the
Estates escalated into the so-called
Appeal War of 1726–1727. The Estates were in divided into an
obedient and a
renitent faction; the former sided with the Prince; the latter raised troops to fight him. George Albert emerged victorious from this conflict. Even the city of Emden, which had led the renitent faction, submitted to him. However, due to the poor negotiating skills of George Albert's Chancellor
Enno Rudolph Brenneysen, no peace could be agreed between the warring factions. The Chancellor and the Prince demanded that the rebels be punished harshly, but in 1732, they were pardoned by the Emperor. When Prince George Albert died on 11 June 1734, his son
Charles Edzard, took office at the age of 18. Charles Edzard was the George Albert's last surviving descendant. He could not resolve the conflicts with the Estates, either. == Legacy ==