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Born 7 January 1578 Laubach ( 1578-01-07 ) Mother Margaret I of Schonburg-Glauchau Parents Count John George of Solms-Laubach Grandchildren William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Charlotte, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel Died 23 November 1602 (aged 24) Laubach Similar Juliane of Nassau Dillenburg (1587 1643), Agnes of Hesse Kassel, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau Münzenberg | ||
Agnes of Solms-Laubach (7 January 1578 – 23 November 1602) was a Countess of Solms-Laubach and, by marriage, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel from 1593 until her death.
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Life
Agnes was a daughter of Count John George of Solms-Laubach (1546–1600) from his marriage to Margaret (1554–1606), daughter of Count George I of Schönburg-Glauchau.
She married at the age of 15, on 23 September 1593, in Kassel Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel, whom she had met at the wedding of his oldest sister Anna Maria. Anna's wedding was celebrated in the presence of numerous princely guests. The marriage to the Calvinist Countess increased Maurice ties with the Calvinist counts of Wetterau considerably, although Maurice had chosen Agnes as his wife more out of love than of dynastic calculation.
Agnes was described as exceptionally talented, beautiful and lovable. Matthäus Merian made an embroidery of the countess with her husband and children. On the day after Anna's death, Maurice wrote to King Henry IV of France about his great loss.
Offspring
From her marriage with Maurice, Agnes had following children: