Solms-Hohensolms-Lich [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was a County with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hessen, Germany.
History.
The county was originally created as a union of the counties of Solms-Hohensolms and Solms-Lich, and it was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire 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.
The actual prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich still resides at Lich castle.
Rulers of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich.
The House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich is a Hessian princely family, and a line of the House of Solms-Braunfels. The House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich originally were imperial counts, raised to the rank of Imperial Prince in 1792.
Rulers of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Counts of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1718–1792).
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Count 1718–44 (1682