House of Solms-Braunfels
| County (Principality) of Solms-Braunfels | ||||||||||||||||
| Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Braunfels | ||||||||||||||||
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| Capital | Braunfels | |||||||||||||||
| Languages | West Central German | |||||||||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||||||||
| • | Partitioned from Solms | 1258 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Partitioned to create Ottenstein |
1325 |
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| • | Partitioned to create Lich | 1409 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Partitioned to create Greifenstein and Hungen |
1592 |
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| • | Raised to principality | 1742 | ||||||||||||||
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Mediatised to Austria, Hesse, Prussia and Württemberg |
1806 | ||||||||||||||
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Coat of arms
Solms-Braunfels was a County with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany.
Solms-Braunfels was a partition of Solms, ruled by the House of Solms, and was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire 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.
The princely House of Solms-Braunfels became extinct with Georg Friedrich Victor in 1970. Braunfels Castle was inherited by the last Prince's son-in-law, the Count of Oppersdorff who changed the family name in 1969 to Oppersdorff-Solms-Braunfels.
Braunfels Castle
Solms-Braunfels coat of arms
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