Hermann of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich

Life

Hermann was the eldest son of Prince Ferdinand of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms (1806-1876) and his wife Caroline, Countess of Collalto and San Salvatore (1818-1855).

As a Hessian nobleman, Hermann of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms was a member of the first chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1872 to 1874 and from 1880 until his death in 1899. From 1881 to 1899, he was also a member of the Prussian House of Lords. He also was a member of the parliament of the Prussian Rhine province.

Marriage and issue

He married in 1865 in Janowice Wielkie to Countess Agnes of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1842-1904), a daughter of Prussian General of the Cavalry Count Wilhelm zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. They had seven children:

Charles (1866-1920), married Princess Emma zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, who succeeded him

Reinhard Louis (1867-1951) married Countess Marka zu Solms-Sonnenwalde

Anna Elizabeth (1868-1950) married Count Johannes zu Lynar

Eleonore (1871-1937) married Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse

Marie Mathilde (1873-1953) married Prince Richard zu Dohna-Schlobitten

Caroline (1877-1958) married Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Dorothea (1883-1942) married Prince Hermann (1867–1913), son of Prince Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode

Honours and awards

Grand Duchy of Hesse:

Military Medical Cross, 8 May 1872

Grand Cross of the Merit Order of Philip the Magnanimous, 3 March 1880

Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 21 May 1885

Kingdom of Prussia:

Knight of Honour of the Johanniter Order, 1869; Knight of Justice, 1872

Knight of the Order of the Prussian Crown, 3rd Class with Red Cross on Band, 8 August 1872

Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Star, 1 September 1884; 1st Class with Crown, 18 January 1893

Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore

Literature

Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen 1808-1996, 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6, p. 361