Solms

SOLMS

Terriorial & Dynastic History

1129:  First documented member was Marquard of Solms

1160:  Solms Castle established as family's residence

1226:  Assumed the title Count of Solms

1250:  Division into: Solms-Konigsberg, Solms-Burgsolms and Solms-Braunfels

1363:  Solms-Konigsberg line extinct; properties acquired by Hesse

1375-1378:  Johann IV of Solms-Burgsolms became Lord of Wetzlar

1415:  Solms-Burgsolms line became extinct; acquired by Solms-Braunfels

1418:  Solms-Braunfels receives, with the death of last Count of Falkenstein, Munzenberg, Lich, Wolfersheim, Sodeler, Hungen, Laubach, and Butzbach

1602:  Solms-Braunfels divided into Solms, Solms-Hungen and Solms-Braunfels

1678:  Divided territories of Solms-Braunfels in 1602 reunited

1742:  Solms-Braunfels elevated to ImperialPrince

1806:  Solms-Braunfels given in to Nassau and Hesse-Darmstadt; Solms-Hohensolms, Solms-Rodelheim and Solms-Laubach fell to Hesse-Darmstadt

1815:  Solms-Braunfels to Prussia

Rulers of Solms

Burg-Solms
Marquard II

1241-1287

Heinrich of Sponheim

1287-1313

Johann I

1313-1354

Dietrich

1354-1371

Johann II

1371-1405

Johann III

1405-1415

Solms
Marquard I

1129-1141

Heinrich I

1161-1213
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Heinrich II

1226-1258

Solms-Affenheim
Ludwig Heinrich 

1699-1728

Wilhelm Karl Ludwig (in Rödelheim)

1728-1778

Ernst (in Affenheim)

1728-1790

Volrad

(d.1818)

1790-1806

Solms-Alt-Puch
Otto Heinrich 

1688-1711

Johann Georg

1711-1769

Solms-Baruth
Johann Georg II

1600-1632


Friedrich Sigismund

1632-1696

Solms-Braunfels

His Serene Highness, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Count Greifenstein, Lichtenstein and Hungen, Tecklenburg, Crichingen, Lingen, Lord of Münzenberg, Rheda, Wildenfels, Sonnewalde, Puettlingen, Dortweiler and Beaucourt.

 Heinrich III

1255-1312


Bernhard I

1312-1349

Otto I

1349-1409


Bernhard II
1409-1459

Otto II
1459-1504

Bernhard III
1504-1537

Philipp
1537-1581

Konrad
1581-1592

Johann Albrecht I
1592-1623

Konrad Ludwig 
1623-1635

Johann Albrecht II
1635-1648

Heinrich Trajectinus
1648-1693

Wilhelm Maurice of S.-Greifenstein
1693-1724

Friedrich Wilhelm ( Prince 1742)
 Prince, 1742-1761
Count, 1724-1742

Wilhelm Ernst
1761-1783

Wilhelm ( in Braunfels)
(d.1837)
1783-1806

Friedrich Wilhelm 
(in Greifenstein and Hungen)
(d.1814)
1783-1806

Solms-Greifenstein
Wilhelm I the Elder

1592-1635

Johann Konrad

1635

Wilhelm II the Younger

1635-1676

Wilhelm Moritz

(d.1724)

1676-1693

Solms-Hohensolms
Hermann Adolf

1562-1601

Johann Ernst

1601-1617

Philipp Reinhard I

1617-1636

Philipp Reinhard II

1636-1655

Heinrich Wilhelm

 1655-1665

Johann Ludwig 

1665-1668 with...

Johann Heinrich Christian

1665-1668

Ludwig 

1668-1707

Friedrich Wilhelm

(d.1744)

1707-1718

Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Friedrich Wilhelm 

1718-1744

Karl Christian

Prince, 1792-1803

Count, 1744-1792

Karl Ludwig Augustus

(d.1807)

1803-1806

Solms-Hungen
Reinhard

1592-1630

Otto

1630-1635

Moritz

1635-1678

Solms-Laubach
Friedrich Magnus
(1521-1561)
Count of Solms-Laubach, 1544-1561

Johann Georg

1561-1600


Albrecht Otto I

1600-1610

Albrecht Otto II
1610-1656

Karl Otto

1656-1676

Solms-Lich
Johann

1409-1457

Kuno

1457-1477

Philipp

1477-1544

Reinhard I

1544-1562

Ernst I

1562-1590

Reinhard II

1590-1596

Georg Eberhard

1596-1602

Ernst II

1602-1619

Otto Sebastian

1619-1640

Ludwig Christoph

1640-1650

Hermann Adolf Moritz

1650-1718

Solms-Ottenstein
Heinrich I

1325-1352

Johann

1352-1386

Heinrich II

1410-1425

Solms-Rodelheim
Friedrich

1600-1610

Johann August

1632-1680

Johann Karl

1680-1699

Ludwig

1699-1716

Lothar Wilhelm

 1716-1722

Solms-Sonnenwalde
Heinrich Wilhelm 

1600-1631

Georg Friedrich 

1632-1688

Heinrich Wilhelm

1688-1718

Friedrich Eberhard

(1711-) 1718-1752

Friedrich Josef

1752-1758

August Friedrich Josef Anton

1758-1761

Franz Xavier

1761-1803

References
Biographies @KirchenLexikon
Biographies @WikiSource
Castle History: Hohensolms 
Coat of Arms
County of Solms-Braunfels @GenWiki
Genealogy @ euweb.cz
Genealogy @GeneAll.net 
Genealogy @Royalty Guide
History of the County of Solms
Lich-Hessen
Rulers' List @Regnal Chronologies 
Solms @DeutscheMonarchie.de
Solms @Wikipedia
Solms-Braunfels