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Otto of Solms-Laubach

Lich, 20 May 1496 – Lich, 24 May 1522

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A life in time

  1. 20 May 1496

    Born in Lich

  2. 1521–1522

    2 children are born

  3. 24 May 1522

    Dies in Lich, aged 26

Family

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Children · 2

During his lifetime

He lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Lich.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1490s · Otto is born in Lich

News and letters

Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

News and letters

Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.