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Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels

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Prince Frederick William
Born(1770-10-22)22 October 1770
Braunfels
Died13 April 1814(1814-04-13) (aged 43)
Sławięcice
SpouseFrederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
HouseHouse of Solms-Braunfels
FatherFerdinand William Ernest, Prince of Solms-Braunfels
MotherCountess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach

Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels (22 October 1770 in Braunfels – 13 April 1814 in Slawentzitz) was a Prussian Major General. He was the fourth son of Ferdinand William Ernest, 2nd Prince of Solms-Braunfels (1721–1783) and Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach (1741–1772).

He became known mainly through his marriage to Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was the widow of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (1773–1796). When she became pregnant in 1798, he married her in order to avoid a scandal. The daughter died soon after birth. Frederick William was alleged to have been strongly inclined to consume alcohol and had to quit military service in 1805 for health reasons. He also lost his income and even his brother advised Frederica to divorce. She was initially against it, but when in 1813, she met Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (1771–1851), she, too, wanted the divorce. Before they got around to it, however, Frederick William died, in 1814 in Sławięcice.

Marriage and issue

From his marriage to Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the following children are known:

  • Princess Caroline of Solms-Braunfels (born: 27 February 1799; died: 20 October 1799)[1]
  • Unnamed child (1800–1800).
  • Unnamed child (1800–1800).
  • Prince Frederick William Henry of Solms-Braunfels (1801–1868); married in 1831 Countess Maria Anna Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1809–1892).
  • Princess Sophie of Solms-Braunfels (1803–1803).
  • Princess Louise Auguste of Solms-Braunfels (1804–1865); married in 1827 Prince Albert of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1867 Prince) (1798–1869).
  • Prince Alexander Frederick Louis of Solms-Braunfels (1807–1867); married in 1863 Baroness Louise of Landsberg-Velen (1835–1894).
  • Prince Frederick William Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812–1875); married firstly from 1834-1841 (morganatic marriage) Louise Beyrich, and secondly, in 1845, Princess Sophie of Loewenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1814–1876).

Ancestry

Family of Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels
16. William II., Count of Solms-Braunfels-Greifenstein
8. William Maurice, Count of Solms-Braunfels
17. Countess Johannetta Sibylla of Solms-Hohensolms
4. Frederick William, 1st Prince of Solms-Braunfels
18. William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
9. Landgravine Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg
19. Landgravine Sophie Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
2. Ferdinand William Ernest, 2nd Prince of Solms-Braunfels
20. Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
10. John Ernest, 1st Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
21. Countess Christiane Elizabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg
5. Princess Magdalena Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
22. Frederick Emich, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
11. Countess Marie Polyxene of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
23. Countess Sibylla of Waldeck-Wildungen
1. Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels
24. John Frederick, Count of Solms-Laubach
12. Frederick Ernest, Count of Solms-Laubach
25. Countess Beninga of Promnitz
6. Christian August, Count of Solms-Laubach
26. Louis Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern
13. Countess Fredericka Charlotte of Stolberg-Gedern
27. Duchess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
3. Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach
28. William Maurice I, Count of Isenburg and Budingen in Birstein
14. Wolfgang Ernest I, 1st Prince of Isenburg and Budingen in Birstein
29. Countess Anna Amalia of Ysenburg-Budingen
7. Princess Elizabeth of Isenburg and Budingen in Birstein
30. Emich XIV, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg
15. Countess Friederike of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
31. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Christine of Zweibrucken-Landsberg
  • http://www.thepeerage.com/p10584.htm#I105840
  • Marek, Miroslav. "Family Tree". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source][better source needed]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Dagmar von Gersdorff: Queen Louise and Frederick William III, 2002
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