'GLEICHEN,Beyer, Die drei Gleichen, Erfurt, 1898). The other group consists of two castles, NeuenGleichen and Alten-Gleichen. Both are in ruins and crown two hills about 2 m. S.E. from Göttingen.
The name of Gleichen is taken by the family descended from Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg through his marriage with Miss Laura Seymour, daughter of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, a branch of the Hohenlohe family having at one time owned part of the county of Gleichen.