Solms-Wildenfels

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County of Solms-Wildenfels
Grafschaft Solms-Wildenfels
1696–1806
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Coat of arms
Status State of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalWildenfels
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical era Middle Ages
 Partitioned from S-Baruth
1696
 Partitioned to create
     Solms-Sachsenfeld

1741
  Mediatised to Hesse
1806
 Reintegrated into
     Solms-Sachsenfeld

1896
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Solms-Wildenfels_Solms-Baruth_(Counts)_Coat_of_arms.png Solms-Baruth
Grand Duchy of Hesse Flagge Grossherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg
Coat of arms of the Counts of Solms-Wildenfels Solms-Wildenfels Solms-Baruth (Counts) Coat of arms.png
Coat of arms of the Counts of Solms-Wildenfels
Wildenfels Castle Schloss Wildenfels.jpg
Wildenfels Castle

Solms-Wildenfels was a minor Imperial county around Wildenfels in what is now part of south-western Saxony, Germany. The House of Solms [1] had its origins at Solms, Hesse.

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Solms-Wildenfels was a partition of Solms-Baruth. In 1741 it was partitioned between itself and Solms-Sachsenfeld, and reintegrated that county upon its extinction in 1896. Solms-Wildenfels was mediatised to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806.


Counts of Solms-Wildenfels (1696–1806)

Mediatized Counts of Solms-Wildenfels

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References

  1. See German article on the House of Solms or French article Maison de Solms.
  2. House Laws of Schwarzburg
  3. The House of Schwarzburg on Heraldica.org
  4. James, John Almanach de Gotha, Volume I, 2013.