Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim

County of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
*Grafschaft Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim*
County of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim Grafschaft Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
1635–1699; 1722–1728; 1778–1806
	Coat of arms
Status	Stateof theHoly Roman Empire
Capital	Rödelheim
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
•UnionofS-Rödelheim; andS-Assenheim	1635
• Repartitioned in twain	1699
• Reunited	1722
• Repartitioned	1728
• Reunited	1778
•MediatisedtoHesse-; -Kasseland-Darmstadt	1806
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Solms-Assenheim
	Solms-Rödelheim
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheimwas a County of southernHesseand easternRhineland-Palatinate,Germany.TheHouse of Solms^[1]had its origins atSolms,Hesse.

Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim was thrice created by a union of the Counts ofSolms-AssenheimandSolms-Rödelheim,and on the first two occasions repartitioned into those statelets. Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim wasmediatisedtoHesse-Kassel(or Hesse-Cassel) andHesse-Darmstadtin 1806.

Counts of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim[edit]

First creation: 1635–1699^[2]^{[better source needed]}[edit]

Johann August,Count 1635–1680 (1623-1680),second son of Johann Georg II, Count of Solms-Baruth
- Johann Karl Eberhard,Count 1680–1699 (1657-1699),eldest surviving son

Second creation: 1722–28[edit]

Ludwig Heinrich,Count 1722-1728 (1667-1728),third surviving son of Johann August, inherited Assenheim 1699, Rödelheim 1722

Third creation: 1778–1806[edit]

Johann Ernst Karl,Count 1778–90 (1714-1790),second surviving son of Ludwig Heinrich, inherited elder brother's territories 1778
- Volrath Franz Karl Ludwig,Count 1790–1818 (1762-1818), mediatized 1806

After Mediatization[edit]

Volrath Franz Karl Ludwig,Count 1790–1818 (1762-1818), mediatized 1806
- Karl,Count 1818-1844 (1790-1844)
  - Maximilian,Count 1844-1892 (1826-1892)
    - Karl Franz,Count 1892-1923 (1864-1923)
      - Maximilian,Count 1923-1968 (1893-1968)
        Markwart,Count 1968-1976 (1925-1976),adopted Nikolaus as his successor
      - Count Joachim Ernst of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim (1896-1978)
        Count Günther Wolfgang of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim (1931-1979)
        Nikolaus,Count 1979-1981 (1961-1981)
        
        Philipp,Count 1981–present (born 1964)
        Theodor, Hereditary Count (born 2010)^{[citation needed]}

Properties[edit]

Assenheim Castle

References[edit]

^See German article on theHouse of Solmsor French articleMaison de Solms.
^Marek, Miroslav."solms/solms8.html".genealogy.euweb.cz.^{[self-published source]}

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[1] See German article on theHouse of Solmsor French articleMaison de Solms.

[2] Marek, Miroslav."solms/solms8.html".genealogy.euweb.cz.^{[self-published source]}

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