Solms-Braunfels
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Solms-Braunfels was a County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany.
History
Solms-Braunfels was a partition of Solms, ruled by the House of Solms, and was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1742. The county of 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.
Frederick William (1696–1761) was created a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1742, with his younger offspring also bearing the title prince and princess, styled Serene Highness. The Principality of Solms-Braunfels was mediatised to Austria, Hesse-Darmstadt, Prussia and Württemberg in 1806.
Rulers
Counts of Solms-Braunfels (1258–1742)
- Henry III, Count 1258–1312 (died 1312), elder son of Henry II, Count of Solms
- Template:Tree list/final branch Bernhard I, Count 1312–49 (died 1349), second son of Henry III
- Template:Tree list/final branch Otto I, Count 1349–1410 (died 1410)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Bernhard II, Count 1409–59 (died 1459)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Otto II, Count 1459–1504 (1426–1504)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Bernhard III, Count 1504–47 (1468–1547)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Philipp, Count 1547–81 (1494–1581)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Konrad, Count 1581–92 (1540–1592)
- Johann Albrecht I, Count 1592–1623 (1563–1623); his third daughter was Amalia, wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
- Konrad Ludwig, Count 1623–35 (1595–1635)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Johann Albrecht II, Count 1635–48 (1599–1647)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Heinrich Trajectinus, Count 1648–93 (1639–1693)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Wilhelm I, Count of Solms-Greifenstein (1570–1635)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Wilhelm II, Count of Solms-Greifenstein (1609–1676)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Greifenstein 1676–1720, and of Solms-Braunfels 1693–1720 (1651–1720)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Friedrich Wilhelm, Count 1720–42 (1696–1761), created Reichsfürst 1742
- Template:Tree list/final branch Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Greifenstein 1676–1720, and of Solms-Braunfels 1693–1720 (1651–1720)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Wilhelm II, Count of Solms-Greifenstein (1609–1676)
- Johann Albrecht I, Count 1592–1623 (1563–1623); his third daughter was Amalia, wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
- Template:Tree list/final branch Konrad, Count 1581–92 (1540–1592)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Philipp, Count 1547–81 (1494–1581)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Bernhard III, Count 1504–47 (1468–1547)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Otto II, Count 1459–1504 (1426–1504)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Bernhard II, Count 1409–59 (died 1459)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Otto I, Count 1349–1410 (died 1410)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Bernhard I, Count 1312–49 (died 1349), second son of Henry III
Princes of Solms-Braunfels (1742–1806)
- Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince 1742–61 (1696–1761)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Ferdinand Wilhelm Ernst, 2nd Prince 1761–83 (1721–1783)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Wilhelm Christian Karl, 3rd Prince 1783–1837, mediatized 1806 (1759–1837)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Ferdinand Wilhelm Ernst, 2nd Prince 1761–83 (1721–1783)
Mediatized Princes of Solms-Braunfels
- Ferdinand Wilhelm Ernst, 2nd Prince of Solms-Braunfels 1761–83 (1721–1783)
- Wilhelm Christian Karl, 3rd Prince 1783–1837, mediatized 1806 (1759–1837)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand, 4th Prince 1837–73 (1797–1873)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels (1770–1814)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich of Solms-Braunfels (1801–1868)
- Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm, 5th Prince 1873–80 (1835–1880)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Georg Friedrich Bernhard, 6th Prince 1880–91 (1836–1891)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Georg Friedrich Victor, 7th Prince 1891–1970 (1890–1970)
- Template:Tree list/final branch Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich of Solms-Braunfels (1801–1868)
- Wilhelm Christian Karl, 3rd Prince 1783–1837, mediatized 1806 (1759–1837)
Template:Tree list/end The main branch of the princely House of Solms-Braunfels became extinct with Georg Friedrich Victor in 1970. Braunfels and Hungen Castles including their agricultural and forest estates were inherited by the last Prince's daughter Maria Gabrielle Princess of Solms-Braunfels (1918−2003) and her husband Hans Georg Count von Oppersdorff (1920−2003). Since 1969, they and their offspring bear the name Count/Countess von Oppersdorff-Solms-Braunfels, with consent of the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.
An Austrian side branch (which had owned estates in Bohemia and Hungary until 1945) became extinct in 1989.
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Braunfels Castle (owned by the family since 1260)
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Greifenstein Castle (owned 1382−1969 by the House of Solms)
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Hungen Castle (owned 1418−1974 by Solms-Braunfels)
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Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602–75), wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632)
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Solms-Braunfels coat of arms
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