County (Principality) of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | |||||||||||||||||
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Lich | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||||
| 1718 | |||||||||||||||||
• Raised to principality | 1792 | ||||||||||||||||
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Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was at first a County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hessen, Germany.
Grafschaft
The county was originally created in 1718 as a union of the counties of Solms-Hohensolms and Solms-Lich for Count Friedrich Wilhelm zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1682-1744). It existed from 1718 until 1792.
Principality
It was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1792 for Prince Karl Christian zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1725-1803). Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was mediatised to Austria, Hesse-Darmstadt, Prussia and Württemberg in 1806. The House of Solms had its origins at Solms, Hesse. The Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich still resides at Castle Lich in Lich.
Rulers of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
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The House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich is a Hessian princely family, and a line of the House of Solms-Braunfels. The House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich originally were imperial counts, raised to the rank of Imperial Prince in 1792.
Counts of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1718–1792)[1]
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Count 1718–44 (1682-1744)
- Charles Christian, Count 1744–92 (1725-1803), created Reichsfürst 1792
Princes of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1792–present)
- Charles Christian, 1st Prince 1792–1803 (1725-1803) ∞ 1759 Sophie Charlotte, Countess of Dohna-Schlobitten
- Charles Louis Augustus, 2nd Prince 1803–1807 (1762-1807) - Mediatized in 1806; ∞ 1802 Henrietta Sophie, Countess of Bentheim-Steinfurt
- Charles, 3rd Prince 1807-1824 (1803-1824)
- Ludwig, 4th Prince 1824-1880 (1805-1880); ∞ 1829 Marie, princess of Isenburg-Büdingen
- Prince Ferdinand (1806-1876)'
- Hermann, 5th Prince 1880-1899 (1838-1899); Agnes, Countess of Stolberg-Wernigerode
- Charles, 6th Prince 1899-1920 (1866-1920); ∞ 1894 Emma, Princess of Stolberg-Wernigerode
- Reinhard Louis, 7th Prince 1920-1951 (1867-1951); ∞ 1898 Marka Clara, Countess of Solms-Sonnewalde
- Hermann Otto, Hereditary Prince (1902-1940); ∞ 1933 Gertrud, Baroness of Werthern-Beichlingen
- Philipp-Reinhard, 8th Prince 1951-2015 (1934-2015);[2] ∞ 1974 Marie, Countess Fouché d’Otrante
- Carl-Christian, 9th Prince 2015–present (born 1975); ∞ 2009 Christina, Countess of Douglas-Langenstein
- Louis Clemens Jamal, Hereditary Prince (born 2008)
- Prince Louis PhilHlip (born 1978)
- Prince Frederik Sebastian (born 1987)
- Carl-Christian, 9th Prince 2015–present (born 1975); ∞ 2009 Christina, Countess of Douglas-Langenstein
- Prince Wilhelm (born 1937)
- Prince Benedict (born 1965)
- Prince Christian-Lucius (born 1974)
- Prince Maximilian
- Prince Hermann Otto (born 1940)
- Philipp-Reinhard, 8th Prince 1951-2015 (1934-2015);[2] ∞ 1974 Marie, Countess Fouché d’Otrante
- Hermann Otto, Hereditary Prince (1902-1940); ∞ 1933 Gertrud, Baroness of Werthern-Beichlingen
- Hermann, 5th Prince 1880-1899 (1838-1899); Agnes, Countess of Stolberg-Wernigerode
- Charles Louis Augustus, 2nd Prince 1803–1807 (1762-1807) - Mediatized in 1806; ∞ 1802 Henrietta Sophie, Countess of Bentheim-Steinfurt
References
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "solms/solms5.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
- ^ "Anzeige von Philipp Reinhard Fürst zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich". mittelhessen-gedenkt.de. Retrieved 2016-11-27.