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.

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, 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. A later Count Otto 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
  • John George
  • Albert Otto I
  • Albert Otto II
  • Charles Otto

    Second creation: 1696–1806

  • Frederick Ernest
  • Christian Augustus, with...
  • * Frederick Magnus II
  • Frederick Louis Christian

    Mediatized

  • Friedrich Ludwig Christian, 5th Count 1806 -1822
  • * Otto, 6th Count 1822-1872
  • ** Friedrich, 7th Count 1872–1900
  • *** Otto, 8th Count 1900–1904
  • **** Georg, 9th Count 1904–1969
  • ***** Otto, 10th Count 1969–1973
  • ****** Karl, 11th Count 1973–present
  • ******* August, Hereditary Count of Solms-Laubach
  • ****** Count Gustav
  • ******* Count Oscar
  • ****** Count Franz
  • **** Count Friedrich
  • ***** Count Ernst
  • ****** Count Stefan
  • *** Count Reinhard
  • **** Count Hans
  • ***** Count Georg
  • ** Count Ernst
  • *** Count Ernstotto
  • **** Count Friedrich-Ernst
  • ***** Count Moritz
  • ***** Count Philipp

    Literature

  • Rudolph zu Solms-Laubach: Geschichte des Grafen- und Fürstenhauses Solms. Adelmann, Frankfurt am Main 1865
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Category:Middle Hesse
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