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Solms Laubach

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Laubach

Historical era
  
Middle Ages

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Principality

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Solms-Laubach

Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The House of Solms had its origins at Solms, Hesse.

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Solms-Laubach was originally created as a partition of Solms-Lich. Solms-Laubach partitioned between itself and Solms-Sonnenwalde 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.

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

    References

    Solms-Laubach Wikipedia
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