Agnes (Solms-Laubach) von Hessen-Kassel (1578 - 1602)

Born 7 Jan 1578 in Laubach

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Died 23 Nov 1602 at age 24 in Laubach

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Agnes Solms-Laubach was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

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];

1. Otto, born 24 December 1594 at Kassel, Hereditary Landgrave, who died before his father;
2. Elisabeth, born 24 March 1596 at Kassel, married Johann Albrecht II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow;
3. Child stillborn at Melsungen 24 January 1597;
4. Child stillborn in August 1599;
5. Moritz, born 14 July 1600 at Kassel, Coadjutor of Abbey of Hersfeld from 10 August 1608, died at Kassel 11 August 1612;
6. 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. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Raimar, Wolfgang. 1997. Ahnentafel von König Ludwig II. von Bayern. Neustadt an der Aisch: Verlag Degener.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} 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.
3. ↑ Theroff, Paul. "Solms 3." in An Online Gotha, http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/solms3.html : viewed 13 November 2016
4. ↑ 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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