Solms-Laubach
Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The House of Solms had its origins in Solms, Hesse.
County of Solms-Laubach Grafschaft Solms-Laubach | |||||||||
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| 1544–1676 1696–1806 | |||||||||
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Laubach | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partitioned from S-Lich | 1544 | ||||||||
• Partitioned to create Solms-Sonnenwalde | 1561 | ||||||||
1607 | |||||||||
• Partitioned to create Solms-Sonnenwalde | 1627 | ||||||||
• Annexed to Solms-Baruth | 1676–96 | ||||||||
• Mediatised to Hesse | 1806 | ||||||||
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History
Solms-Laubach was originally created as a partition of Solms-Lich. In 1537 Philip, Count of Solms-Lich, ruling count at Lich, purchased the Herrschaft Sonnewalde in Lower Lusatia which he left to his younger son Otto of Solms-Laubach (1496–1522), together with the county of Laubach. While Lich and Laubach were counties with imperial immediacy, Sonnewalde remained a semi-independent state country within the March of Lusatia (the latter being an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire). A later Count Otto (1550–1612) moved to Sonnewalde and built the castle in 1582. In 1596 he also purchased the nearby Herrschaft of Baruth which was also elevated to a state country within the March of Lusatia. The branch then was divided into the twigs of Solms-Laubach, Solms-Sonnewalde and Solms-Baruth.
Solms-Laubach partitioned between itself and Solms-Sonnenwalde in 1561; between itself, Solms-Baruth and Solms-Rödelheim 1607; and between itself and Solms-Sonnenwalde 1627. Solms-Laubach inherited Solms-Sonnenwalde in 1615. With the death of Count Charles Otto in 1676, it was inherited by Solms-Baruth and recreated as a partition in 1696. Solms-Laubach was mediatised to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806.
The counts of Solms-Laubach still own Laubach Castle and Arnsburg Abbey. Until 1935, Münzenberg Castle also belonged to the estate.
Counts of Solms-Laubach
First creation: 1544–1676
- Frederick Magnus I (1544–61)
- John George (1561–1600)
- Albert Otto I (1600–10)
- Albert Otto II (1610–56)
- Charles Otto (1656–76)
Second creation: 1696–1806
- Frederick Ernest (1696–1723)
- Christian Augustus (1723–84), with...
- Frederick Magnus II (1723–38)
- Frederick Louis Christian (1784–1806)
Mediatized
- Friedrich Ludwig Christian, 5th Count 1806 (Mediatized)-1822 (1769-1822)
- Otto, 6th Count 1822-1872 (1799-1872)
- Friedrich, 7th Count 1872-1900 (1833-1900)
- Otto, 8th Count 1900-1904 (1860-1904)
- Georg, 9th Count 1904-1969 (1899-1969)
- Otto, 10th Count 1969-1973 (1926-1973)
- Karl, 11th Count 1973–present (b.1963)
- August, Hereditary Count of Solms-Laubach (b.1994)
- Count Gustav (b.1965)
- Count Oscar (b.2008)
- Count Franz (b.1971)
- Karl, 11th Count 1973–present (b.1963)
- Otto, 10th Count 1969-1973 (1926-1973)
- Count Friedrich (1902-1991)
- Count Ernst (b.1939)
- Count Stefan (b.1976)
- Count Ernst (b.1939)
- Georg, 9th Count 1904-1969 (1899-1969)
- Count Reinhard (1872-1937)
- Count Hans (1927-2009)
- Count Georg (b.1972)
- Count Hans (1927-2009)
- Otto, 8th Count 1900-1904 (1860-1904)
- Count Ernst (1837-1908)
- Count Ernstotto (1890-1977)
- Count Friedrich-Ernst (b.1940)
- Count Moritz (b.1980)
- Count Philipp (b.1985)[citation needed]
- Count Friedrich-Ernst (b.1940)
- Count Ernstotto (1890-1977)
- Friedrich, 7th Count 1872-1900 (1833-1900)
- Otto, 6th Count 1822-1872 (1799-1872)
References
Literature
- Rudolph zu Solms-Laubach: Geschichte des Grafen- und Fürstenhauses Solms. Adelmann, Frankfurt am Main 1865