Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim Explained

Native Name:Grafschaft Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
Conventional Long Name:County of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
Common Name:Solms-Rodelheim-Assenheim
Era:Middle Ages
Status:Vassal
Empire:Holy Roman Empire
Government Type:Principality
Year Start:1635
Year End:1806
Life Span:1635–1699
1722–1728
1778–1806
Event Start:Union of S-Rödelheim
and S-Assenheim
Event1:Repartitioned in twain
Date Event1:1699
Event2:Reunited
Date Event2:1722
Event3:Repartitioned
Date Event3:1728
Event4:Reunited
Date Event4:1778
Event End:Mediatised to Hesse-
-Kassel
and -Darmstadt
P1:Solms-Assenheim
P2:Solms-Rödelheim
S1:Grand Duchy of Hesse
Flag S1:Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg
S2:Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Flag S2:Flag of Hesse.svg
Capital:Rödelheim

Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The House of Solms[1] had its origins at Solms, Hesse.

Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim was thrice created by a union of the Counts of Solms-Assenheim and Solms-Rödelheim, and on the first two occasions repartitioned into those statelets. Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim was mediatised to Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806.

Counts of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim

First creation: 1635–1699[2]

Second creation: 1722–28

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

Third creation: 1778–1806

After Mediatization

Notes and References

  1. See German article on the House of Solms or French article Maison de Solms.
  2. Web site: Marek . Miroslav . solms/solms8.html . genealogy.euweb.cz.