Solms-Braunfels

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Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Braunfels County (Principality) of Solms-Braunfels State of the Holy Roman Empire ← 1258 – 1806 →   →   →   → Capital Braunfels Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Partitioned from Solms 1258  - Partitioned to create     Ottenstein   1325  - Partitioned to create Lich 1409  - Partitioned to create     Greifenstein and Hungen   1592  - Raised to principality 1742  - Mediatised to Austria,     Hesse, Prussia and     Württemberg     1806

Amalie of Solms-Braunfels (1602–75), wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632)

Solms-Braunfels was a County in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany.

Solms-Braunfels was a partition of Solms, and was raised to a Principality in 1742. Solms-Braunfels was partitioned between: itself and Solms-Ottenstein in 1325; itself and Solms-Lich in 1409; and itself, Solms-Greifenstein and Solms-Hungen in 1592. Solms-Braunfels was mediatised to Austria, Hesse-Darmstadt, Prussia and Württemberg in 1806.

[edit] Rulers of Solms-Braunfels

[edit] Counts of Solms-Braunfels (1258–1742)

• Henry III (1258–1312)
• Bernard I (1312–49)
• Otto I (1349–1409)
• Bernard II (1409–59)
• Otto II (1459–1504)
• Bernard III (1504–37)
• Philip (1537–81)
• Conrad (1581–92)
• John Albert I (1592–1623)
• Conrad Louis (1623–35)
• John Albert II (1635–48)
• Henry Trajectinus (1648–93)
• William Maurice of Solms-Greifenstein (1693–1724)
• Frederick William (1724–42)

[edit] Princes of Solms-Braunfels (1742–1806)

• Frederick William (1742–61)
• William Ernest (1761–83)
• William (1783–1806), with
• Frederick William (1783–1806)

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