Solms-Laubach

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Grafschaft Solms-Laubach County of Solms-Laubach State of the Holy Roman Empire ← 1544 – 1676 1696 – 1806 → Capital Laubach Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Partitioned from S-Lich 1544  - Partitioned to create     Solms-Sonnenwalde   1561  - Partitioned to create     S-Baruth and S-Rödelheim   1607  - Partitioned to create     Solms-Sonnenwalde   1627  - Annexed to Solms-Baruth 1676–96  - Mediatised to Hesse 1806

Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was originally created as a partition of Solms-Lich. Solms-Laubach partitioned between itself and Solms-Sonnenwalde 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.

[edit] Counts of Solms-Laubach

[edit] First creation: 1544–1676

• Frederick Magnus (1544–61)
• John George (1561–1600)
• Albert Otto I (1600–10)
• Albert Otto II (1610–56)
• Charles Otto (1656–76)

[edit] Second creation: 1696–1806

• Frederick Ernest (1696–1723)
• Christian Augustus (1723–84), with…
• Frederick Magnus (1723–38)
• Frederick Louis Christian (1784–1806)

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