Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach

Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach
Spouse(s)	Agnes of Wied
Noble family	House of Solms
Father	Otto of Solms-Laubach
Mother	Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born	(1521-10-01)1 October 1521
Died	Laubach

Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach (1521 – 13 January 1561 in Laubach) was regent of Solms-Laubach from 1522 to 1548, and the ruling Count of Solms-Laubach from 1548 until his death.

After the early death of his father Otto (1496–1522), Frederick Magnus I took up the government in his father's part of the County of Solms. He chose Laubach Castle as his permanent residence and gradually converted the castle into a palace. After the third division of Solms in 1548, Solms-Laubach became a separate principality, with Frederick Magnus I as its first ruler.

In 1540, Laubach became a fortress and a militia was established. This militia has been preserved to this day as the Laubach festival committee. Frederick Magnus I was a friend of the Reformer Philipp Melanchthon. He introduced the Reformation in Solms-Laubach in 1544. He abolished the inheritance tax and issued a simplified court order, which developed into the Civil Code of Solms. In 1555, he founded a Latin School, with teachers from Wittenberg. He also founded the library of Laubach, which now contains over 90000titles from the 16th century to the present. It is a listed monument and was registered under Heritage Protection Act in 1955.

Frederick Magnus I died in 1561 and was succeeded by his son John George (1547–1600). His daughter Elisabeth of Solms-Laubach (6 March 1549 – 1599) was the second wife of Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein.

Ancestry

Family of Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach

16. Johann V of Solms               8. Kuno of Solms                       17. Elisabeth of Cronberg-Rodelheim               4. Philippe of Solms-Laubach                             18. Johann IV, Count of Dhaun               9. Walpurgis of Dhaun                       19. Elisabeth of Hanau-Munzenberg               2. Otto of Solms-Laubach                                   20. Reinhard III, Count of Hanau               10. Philip I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg                       21. Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach               5. Adriana of Hanau-Munzenberg                             22. Jan IV of Nassau               11. Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg                       23. Maria of Loon-Heinsberg               1. Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach                                         24. John IV, Duke of Mecklenburg               12. Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg                       25. Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg               6. Magnus II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                             26. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg               13. Dorothea of Brandenburg                       27. Elisabeth of Bavaria               3. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                                   28. Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania               14. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania                       29. Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg               7. Sophie of Pomerania                             30. Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania               15. Sophie of Pomerania                       31. Maria of Masovia

External links

• Frederick Magnus I