Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Appearance
County (Principality) of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | |||||||||||||||||
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1718–1806 | |||||||||||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||||||
Capital | Lich | ||||||||||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||||
1718 | |||||||||||||||||
• Raised to principality | 1792 | ||||||||||||||||
1806 | |||||||||||||||||
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Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was a County of northern Baden-Württemberg and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was originally created as a union of Solms-Hohensolms and Solms-Lich, and it was raised to a Principality in 1792. Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was mediatised to Austria, Hesse-Darmstadt, Prussia and Württemberg in 1806. The House of Solms had its origins at Solms, Hesse.
Rulers of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Counts of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1718–1792)
- Frederick William of Solms-Hohensolms (1718–44)
- Charles Christian (1744–92)
Princes of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1792–present)
- Charles Christian (1792–1803)
- Charles Louis Augustus (1803–07) - Mediatized in 1806
- Charles (1807-1824)
- Ludwig (1824-1880)
- Hermann (1880-1899)
- Charles (1899-1920)
- Reinhard (1920-1951)
- Philipp-Reinhard (born 1934)
- Heir : Carl-Christian (born 1975)