House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich

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The House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich is a Hessian princely family, and a line of the House of Solms. The House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich originally were imperial counts, raised to the rank of Imperial Prince in 1792.

Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was a County with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hessen, Germany.

Hesse or Hessia, officially the State of Hesse, is a federal state (Land) of the Federal Republic of Germany, with just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main.

Solms-Braunfels was a County with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany.

The prominent members of this line were:

Hermann Otto Solms is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

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Prince Charles Ferdinand William of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms was a German politician. He was president of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse.

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