Solms-Braunfels

County (Principality) of Solms-Braunfels Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Braunfels
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← 1258–1806 →   →   →   →
Coat of arms
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

Amalia 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.

Rulers of Solms-Braunfels

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; his third daughter was Amalia, wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange)
• Conrad Louis (1623–35)
• John Albert II (1635–48)
• Henry Trajectinus (1648–93)
• William Maurice of Solms-Greifenstein (1693–1724)
• Frederick William (1724–42)

Princes of Solms-Braunfels (1742–1806)

Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812-1875)

• Frederick William (1742–61)
• William Ernest (1761–83)
• William (1783–1806), with
• Frederick William (1783–1806)
• Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812-1875)