Agnes of Solms-Laubach (7 January 1578 – 23 November 1602) was a Countess of

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and, by marriage,

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from 1593 until her death.

Life

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 Schönburg-Glauchau (1554–1606). She married at the age of 15, on 23 September 1593, to

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Landgrave

Maurice of Hesse-Kassel Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (german: Moritz; 25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), also called Maurice the Learned or Moritz, was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1592 to 1627. Life Maurice was born in 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

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Countess increased Maurice ties with the Calvinist counts of

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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.

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made an embroidery of the countess with her husband and children. On the day after Anna's death, Maurice wrote to King

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about his great loss.

Offspring

From her marriage with Maurice, Agnes had following children: *

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(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) *

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(1602–1637),

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: married in 1619 Countess

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(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
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