Brief Life History of Johann Georg
When Graf Johann Georg zu Solms-Laubach II. was born on 19 November 1591, in Laubach, Schotten, People's State of Hesse, Germany, his father, Graf Johan Georg zu Solms-Laubach I., was 44 and his mother, Catharina Margaretha Schonburg Glauchau, was 37. He married Gräfin Anna Maria zu Erbach-Fürstenau on 28 May 1620, in Oettingen, Oettingen in Bayern, Donau-Ries, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 4 February 1632, in Prague, Czechia, at the age of 40, and was buried in Dresden, Kreis Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
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Chinese:
Mandarin form of the surname 祖, meaning ‘ancestors’ in Chinese: (i) from the first element of the personal names Zu Jia (祖甲), Zu Yi (祖乙), Zu Xin (祖辛), Zu Ding (祖丁), and Zu Geng (祖庚), personal names of several kings during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ). (ii) from the first element of the personal names of Zu Ji (祖己) and Zu Yin (祖尹), who were descendants of an official called Zhong Hui who lived some time during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ).
Mandarin form of the surname 俎, meaning ‘sacrificial utensil’ in ancient Chinese: (i) adopted as a surname by the Bao Zu (鮑俎) family from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD ). (ii) said to be adopted by the fourth son of the uncle of the famous general Yue Fei (1103–1142 AD ), who changed the original surname Zhu (祝) to Zu (俎) in order to escape from political persecutions.
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