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Countess of Solms-Laubach; Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
Agnes of Solms-Laubach
(7 January 1578 – 23 November 1602) was a Countess of
Solms-Laubach
and, by marriage,
Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
from 1593 until her death.
Life
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Agnes was a daughter of Count John George (1546?1600), son of Count
Frederick Magnus I of Solms-Laubach
, from his marriage to Margaret of
Schonburg-Glauchau
(1554?1606).
She married at the age of 15, on 23 September 1593, to
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.
Matthaus Merian
made an embroidery of the countess with her husband and children. On the day after Anna's death, Maurice wrote to King
Henry IV of France
about his great loss.
Offspring
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From her marriage with Maurice, Agnes had following children:
- married firstly in 1613 Princess Katharina Ursula of
Baden-Durlach
(1593?1615)
- married secondly in 1617 Princess Agnes Magdalena of
Anhalt-Dessau
(1590?1626)
- married in 1618 Duke
John Albert II of Mecklenburg-Gustrow
(1590?1636)
- married in 1619 Countess
Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Munzenberg
(1602?1651)
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