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unusual facts about County of Ziegenhain



Adolph III, Count of Waldeck

In 1387, Adolph married Agnes, the daughter of Count Gottfried VIII of Ziegenhain.

Elisabeth of Hanau, Countess of Hohenlohe

Through her marriage to Albert I of Hohenlohe strengthened, Elisabeth strengthened the family relations between the House of Hohenlohe and the Counts of Ziegenhain, which had begun when her maternal aunt Agnes of Ziegenhain (d. 1399) had married Count Kraft IV of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim.

Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege

His full title, as immortalized on his coffin, was: Frederick, the brave hero, Landgrave of Hesse, Prince of Hersfeld, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Diez, Ziegenhain, Nidda and Schaumburg.


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