Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels
{{Short description|Prussian general}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Prince Frederick William
| image = Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm zu Solms-Braunfels.jpg
| house = House of Solms-Braunfels
| father = Ferdinand William Ernest, Prince of Solms-Braunfels
| mother = Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach
| spouse = Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
| issue = {{plainlist|
- Prince Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels
- Augusta, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Prince Alexander of Solms-Braunfels
- Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels
}}
| issue-link = #Marriage and issue
| issue-pipe = among others
| birth_date = {{birth date|1770|10|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Braunfels
| death_date = {{death date and age|1814|4|13|1770|10|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = Sławięcice
}}
Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels (22 October 1770 in Braunfels – 13 April 1814 in Slawentzitz) was a Prussian Major General and by birth member of the House of Solms-Braunfels.
Early life
He was the fourth son of Ferdinand William Ernest, 2nd Prince of Solms-Braunfels (1721–1783) and his wife, Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach (1741–1772).
Biography
He became known mainly through his marriage to Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was the widow of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (1773–1796). When she became pregnant in 1798, he married her in order to avoid a scandal. The daughter died soon after birth. Frederick William was alleged to have been strongly inclined to consume alcohol and had to quit military service in 1805 for health reasons. He also lost his income and even his brother advised Frederica to divorce. She was initially against it, but when in 1813, she met Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771–1851), she, too, wanted the divorce. Before they got around to it, however, Frederick William died, in 1814 in Sławięcice.
Marriage and issue
From his marriage to Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the following children are known:
- Princess Sophia of Solms-Braunfels (born: 27 February 1799; died: 20 October 1799).Dagmar von Gersdorff: Queen Louise and Frederick William III, 2002
- Prince Frederick Wilhelm (born: 11 September 1800; died: 14 September 1800).
- Prince Frederick Wilhelm Henry Casimir of Solms-Braunfels (1801–1868); married in 1831 Countess Maria Anna Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1809–1892).
- Princess Louise Augusta of Solms-Braunfels (1804–1865); married in 1827 Prince Albert of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1867 Prince) (1798–1869).
- Unnamed daughter (1805–1805).
- Prince Alexander Frederick Louis of Solms-Braunfels (1807–1867); married in 1863 Baroness Louise von Landsberg-Velen (1835–1894).
- Prince Frederick William Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812–1875); married firstly from 1834-1841 (morganatic marriage) Louise Beyrich, and secondly, in 1845, Princess Sophie von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1814–1876).
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels
|2= 2. Ferdinand, Prince of Solms-Braunfels
|3= 3. Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach
|4= 4. Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels
|5= 5. Princess Magdalena Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
|6= 6. Christian August, Count of Solms-Laubach
|7= 7. Princess Elizabeth of Isenburg and Budingen in Birstein
|8= 8. William Maurice, Count of Solms-Braunfels
|9= 9. Landgravine Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg
|10= 10. John Ernest, 1st Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
|11= 11. Countess Marie Polyxene of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
|12= 12. Frederick Ernest, Count of Solms-Laubach
|13= 13. Countess Fredericka Charlotte of Stolberg-Gedern
|14= 14. Wolfgang Ernest I, 1st Prince of Isenburg and Budingen in Birstein
|15= 15. Countess Friederike of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
|16= 16. William II, Count of Solms-Braunfels-Greifenstein
|17= 17. Countess Johannetta Sibylla of Solms-Hohensolms
|18= 18. William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
|19= 19. Landgravine Sophie Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
|20= 20. Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
|21= 21. Countess Christiane Elizabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg
|22= 22. Frederick Emich, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
|23= 23. Countess Sibylla of Waldeck-Wildungen
|24= 24. John Frederick, Count of Solms-Laubach
|25= 25. Countess Beninga of Promnitz
|26= 26. Louis Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern
|27= 27. Duchess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
|28= 28. William Maurice I, Count of Isenburg and Budingen in Birstein
|29= 29. Countess Anna Amalia of Ysenburg and Budingen
|30= 30. Emich XIV, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg
|31= 31. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Christine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg
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Footnotes
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External links
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p10584.htm#I105840
- {{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/solms/solms3.html |title= Family Tree |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}{{Self-published source|date=August 2012}}{{Better source|date=August 2012}}
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Category:People from Braunfels
Category:People from Solms-Braunfels
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