Hydrothermal reactions of lanthanide metal salts with MeN(CH(2)CO(2)H)(CH(2)PO(3)H(2)) (H(3)L) and 5-sulfoisophthalic acid monosodium salt (NaH(2)BTS) lead to four isomorphous lanthanide carboxylate-phosphonate-sulfonate hybrids, namely, Ln(H(2)L)(HBTS)(H(2)O)(2).H(2)O (Ln = La (1), Pr (2), Nd (3), Gd (4)). Their structures have been established by X-ray single-crystal diffraction. The interconnection of the lanthanide(III) ions by carboxylate-phosphonate ligands results in a 1D double chain; these double chains are further bridged by bidentate bridging carboxylate-sulfonate ligands to form a <011> layer. The luminescent properties of compounds 3 and 4 have also been studied.