Agnes zu Solms-Laubach was born 7 January 1578,[1] at Laubach,[2] the fifth child and eldest daughter of Johann Georg I, Count of Solms-Laubach, and his wife Margarethe von Schönburg-Glauchau.[3]
She married 23 September 1593 at Kassel, as his first wife, [2] Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel,[1]; and had the following issue;[4];
Otto, born 24 December 1594 at Kassel, Hereditary Landgrave, who died before his father;
Elisabeth, born 24 March 1596 at Kassel, married Johann Albrecht II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow;
Child stillborn at Melsungen 24 January 1597;
Child stillborn in August 1599;
Moritz, born 14 July 1600 at Kassel, Coadjutor of Abbey of Hersfeld from 10 August 1608, died at Kassel 11 August 1612;
Wilhelm V, born 13 February 1602 at Kassel, succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
Agnes died 23 November 1602 at Laubach and was buried there.[2] Her husband married 6 months later, his second wife, Juliane, Countess of Nassau-Siegen.[1]; [2]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 Raimar, Wolfgang. 1997. Ahnentafel von König Ludwig II. von Bayern. Neustadt an der Aisch: Verlag Degener.
↑ 2.02.12.22.3 Schwennicke, Detlev, ed. 1999. Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue folge. Vol. I.2: Przemysliden, Askanier, Herzoge von Lothringen, die Häuser Hessen, Württemberg und Zähringen. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann.
↑ Huberty, Michel, Alain Giraud, F & B Magdelaine. 1976. L'Allemagne Dynastique: Les quinze Familles qui ont fait l'Empire. Vol. 1 Hesse-Reuss-Saxe. Le Perreux: Giraud. p. 73.
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Von Solms- Laubach-1 and Solms-Laubach-4 appear to represent the same person because: duplicates... Von may be written Zu , as well, for instance, so connectors are not really feasible as part of the surname
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