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{{Infobox country
|native_name            = ''Grafschaft Solms-Laubach''
|conventional_long_name = County of Solms-Laubach
|common_name            = Solms-Laubach
|
|era                    = Middle Ages
|status                 = Vassal
|empire                 = Holy Roman Empire
|government_type        = Principality
|
|year_start             = 1544
|year_end               = 1806
|life_span              = 1544–1676 <br/> 1696–1806
|
|event_start            = Partitioned from [[Solms-Lich|S-Lich]]
|date_start             = 
|event1                 = Partitioned to create <br/>{{spaces|4}}[[Solms-Sonnenwalde]]
|date_event1            = <br/>1561
|event2                 = Partitioned to create <br/>{{spaces|4}}[[Solms-Baruth|S-Baruth]] & [[Solms-Rödelheim|S-Rödelheim]]
|date_event2            = <br/>1607
|event3                 = Partitioned to create <br/>{{spaces|4}}[[Solms-Sonnenwalde]]
|date_event3            = <br/>1627
|event4                 = Annexed to [[Solms-Baruth]]
|date_event4            = 1676–96
|event_end              = [[German Mediatisation|Mediatised]] to [[Grand Duchy of Hesse|Hesse]]
|date_end               = <!--- Optional: Date of disestablishment --->
|
|p1                     = Solms-Lich
|image_p1               = [[File:DEU Solms COA.svg|20px|Solms-Lich]]
|s1                     = Grand Duchy of Hesse
|flag_s1                = Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg
|
|image_flag             = <!--- Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}}.svg --->
|image_coat             = Solmslaubachklein.jpg
|image_map              = 
|image_map_caption      = 
|
|capital                = Laubach
}}
[[File:COA_family_de_Grafen_von_Solms.svg|thumb|262px|Original coat of arms of the Counts of Solms-Laubach]]
'''Solms-Laubach''' was a County of southern [[Hesse]] and eastern [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. The [[House of Solms]]<ref>See German article on the ''[[:de:Solms (Adelsgeschlecht)|House of Solms]]'' or French article ''[[:fr:Maison de Solms|Maison de Solms]]''.</ref> had its origins in [[Solms]], Hesse.

== History ==
Solms-Laubach was originally created as a partition of [[Solms-Lich]]. In 1537 [[Philip, Count of Solms-Lich]], ruling count at [[Lich, Hesse|Lich]], purchased the ''[[Herrschaft]]'' [[Sonnewalde]] in [[Lower Lusatia]] which he left to his younger son Otto of Solms-Laubach (1496–1522), together with the county of [[Laubach]]. While Lich and Laubach were counties with [[imperial immediacy]], Sonnewalde remained a semi-independent [[state country]] within the [[March of Lusatia]] (the latter being an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire). A later Count Otto (1550–1612) moved to Sonnewalde and built the castle in 1582. In 1596 he also purchased the nearby Herrschaft of [[Baruth/Mark|Baruth]] which was also elevated to a state country within the March of Lusatia. The branch then was divided into the twigs of Solms-Laubach, [[:File:Solms-Sonnenwalde.PNG|Solms-Sonnewalde]] and Solms-Baruth.

Solms-Laubach partitioned between itself and [[Solms-Sonnenwalde]] in 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 [[German Mediatisation|mediatised]] to [[Grand Duchy of Hesse|Hesse-Darmstadt]] in 1806.

The counts of Solms-Laubach still own [[Laubach]] Castle and [[Arnsburg Abbey]]. Until 1935, [[Münzenberg Castle]] also belonged to the estate.
[[File:Laubach schloss ws ds 05 2008.jpg|thumb|262px|[[Laubach Castle]].]]

== Counts of Solms-Laubach ==

=== First creation: 1544–1676 ===
* [[Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach|Frederick Magnus I]] (1544–61)
*[[John George of Solms-Laubach|John George]] (1561–1600)
*[[Albert Otto I of Solms-Laubach|Albert Otto I]] (1600–10)
*[[Albert Otto II of Solms-Laubach|Albert Otto II]] (1610–56)
*[[Charles Otto of Solms-Laubach|Charles Otto]] (1656–76)

=== Second creation: 1696–1806 ===
* Frederick Ernest (1696–1723)
* Christian Augustus (1723–84), ''with...''
** Frederick Magnus II (1723–38)
* Frederick Louis Christian (1784–1806)

=== Mediatized ===
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* {{Tree list/final branch}} '''Friedrich Ludwig Christian''', 5th Count 1806 (Mediatized)-1822 (1769–1822)
** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''Otto''', 6th Count 1822-1872 (1799–1872)
*** '''Friedrich''', 7th Count 1872–1900 (1833–1900)
**** '''Otto''', 8th Count 1900–1904 (1860–1904)
***** '''Georg''', 9th Count 1904–1969 (1899–1969)
****** '''Otto''', 10th Count 1969–1973 (1926–1973)
******* '''Karl''', 11th Count 1973–present (b.1963)
******** {{Tree list/final branch}} August, Hereditary Count of Solms-Laubach (b.1994)
******* Count Gustav (b.1965)
******** {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Oscar (b.2008)
******* {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Franz (b.1971)
***** ''{{Tree list/final branch}} Count Friedrich (1902-1991)''
****** {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Ernst (b.1939)
******* {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Stefan (b.1976)
**** {{Tree list/final branch}} ''Count Reinhard (1872-1937)''
***** {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Hans (1927-2009)
****** {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Georg (b.1972)
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} ''Count Ernst (1837-1908)''
**** {{Tree list/final branch}} ''Count Ernstotto (1890-1977)''
***** {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Friedrich-Ernst (b.1940)
****** Count Moritz (b.1980)
****** {{Tree list/final branch}} Count Philipp (b.1985)<ref>https://www.genealogics.org/descendtext.php?personID=I00025908&tree=LEO&display=block&generations=8</ref>
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== References ==
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==Literature==
* Rudolph zu Solms-Laubach: ''Geschichte des Grafen- und Fürstenhauses Solms.'' Adelmann, Frankfurt am Main 1865

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[[Category:Middle Hesse]]
[[Category:1544 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire]]
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