Agnes of Solms-Laubach

Agnes of Solms-Laubach
Spouse	Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Father	Count John George of Solms-Laubach
Mother	Margaret I of Schönburg-Glauchau
Born	7 January 1578(1578-01-07) Laubach
Died	23 November 1602(1602-11-23) (aged 24) Laubach

Agnes of Solms-Laubach (born: 7 January 1578 in Laubach, died: 23 November 1602 in Laubach) was a Countess of Solms-Laubach and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel.

Life

Agnes was a daughter of Count John George of Solms-Laubach (1546–1600) from his marriage to Margaret (1554–1606), daughter of Count George I of Schönburg-Glauchau.

She married at the age of 15, on 23 September 1593, in Kassel Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel, whom she had met at the wedding of his oldest sister Anna Maria. Anna's wedding was celebrated in the presence of numerous princely guests. The marriage to the Calvinist Countess increased Maurice ties with the Calvinist counts of Wetterau considerably, although Maurice had chosen Agnes as his wife more out of love than of dynastic calculation.

Agnes was described as exceptionally talented, beautiful and lovable. Matthäus Merian made an embroidery of the countess with her husband and children. On the day after Anna's death, Maurice wrote to his great loss to King Henry IV of France.

Offspring

From her marriage with Maurice, Agnes had following children:

• Otto (1594–1617)

married firstly in 1613 Princess Katharina Ursula of Baden-Durlach (1593-1615)

married secondly in 1617 Princess Agnes Magdalena of Anhalt-Dessau (1590-1626)

• Elisabeth (1596–1625)

married in 1618 Duke John Albert II of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1590-1636)

• Maurice (1600–1612)
• William V (1602–1637), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

married in 1619 Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602-1651)

References

• Christian Roeth: history of Hesse, p. 225 ff.
• Heiner Borggrefe, Vera Lüpkes and Hans Otto Meyer (ed.): The scholar Maurice: a Renaissance prince in Europe, 1997
• Stefan Schweizer: interpretation of history and pictures from history, p. 270
• Alison Deborah Anderson: On the verge of war, p. 34

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Vacant Title last held by Sabine of Württemberg

Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel 23 September 1593–23 November 1602

Vacant Title next held by Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg

Persondata
Name	Agnes of Solms-Laubach
Alternative names	Agnes zu Solms-Laubach (German)
Short description	Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
Date of birth	7 January 1578
Place of birth	Laubach
Date of death	23 November 1602
Place of death	Laubach