Solms-Laubach
{{Infobox country
|native_name = Grafschaft Solms-Laubach
|conventional_long_name = County of Solms-Laubach
|common_name = Solms-Laubach
|
|era = Middle Ages
|status = Vassal
|empire = Holy Roman Empire
|government_type = Principality
|
|year_start = 1544
|year_end = 1806
|life_span = 1544–1676
1696–1806
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|event_start = Partitioned from S-Lich
|date_start =
|event1 = Partitioned to create
{{spaces|4}}Solms-Sonnenwalde
|date_event1 =
1561
|event2 = Partitioned to create
{{spaces|4}}S-Baruth & S-Rödelheim
|date_event2 =
1607
|event3 = Partitioned to create
{{spaces|4}}Solms-Sonnenwalde
|date_event3 =
1627
|event4 = Annexed to Solms-Baruth
|date_event4 = 1676–96
|event_end = Mediatised to Hesse
|date_end =
|
|p1 = Solms-Lich
|image_p1 = File:DEU Solms COA.svg
|s1 = Grand Duchy of Hesse
|flag_s1 = Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg
|
|image_flag =
|image_coat = Solmslaubachklein.jpg
|image_map =
|image_map_caption =
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|capital = Laubach
}}
File:COA_family_de_Grafen_von_Solms.svg
Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The House of SolmsSee German article on the House of Solms or French article Maison de 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 (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 =
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- {{Tree list/final branch}} Friedrich Ludwig Christian, 5th Count 1806 (Mediatized)-1822 (1769–1822)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} 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)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} August, Hereditary Count of Solms-Laubach (b.1994)
- Count Gustav (b.1965)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Oscar (b.2008)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Franz (b.1971)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Friedrich (1902-1991)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Ernst (b.1939)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Stefan (b.1976)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Reinhard (1872-1937)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Hans (1927-2009)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Georg (b.1972)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Ernst (1837-1908)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Ernstotto (1890-1977)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Friedrich-Ernst (b.1940)
- Count Moritz (b.1980)
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Philipp (b.1985)
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References
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Literature
- Rudolph zu Solms-Laubach: Geschichte des Grafen- und Fürstenhauses Solms. Adelmann, Frankfurt am Main 1865
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Category:1676 disestablishments
Category:States and territories established in 1696
Category:1544 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
Category:1696 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
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