Prince Herman Adolf of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (15 April 1838 in

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– 16 September 1899 in

Lich, Hesse Lich () is a town in the Gießen (district), district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 12 km southeast of Gießen. Lich has a population of around 13,000. Geography Location The town is located on the river Wetter (river), Wet ...

) was a German

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from the

House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was at first a Grafschaft, County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hessen, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Solms, originally from Solms. Imperial county ...

and a

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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

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from 1872 to 1874 and from 1880 until his death in 1899. From 1881 to 1899, he was also a member of the

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. He also was a member of the parliament of the Prussian

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Marriage and issue

He married in 1865 in

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to Countess Agnes of

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(1842-1904), a daughter of Prussian General of the Cavalry Count Wilhelm zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. They had seven children: *

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(1866-1920), married Princess Emma zu

, who succeeded him * Reinhard Louis (1867-1951) married Countess Marka zu Solms-Sonnenwalde * Anna Elizabeth (1868-1950) married Count Johannes zu Lynar *

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(1871-1937) married

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* Marie Mathilde (1873-1953) married Prince Richard zu Dohna-Schlobitten * Caroline (1877-1958) married

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* Dorothea (1883-1942) married Prince Hermann (1867–1913), son of Prince

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Honours and awards

* : ** Military Medical Cross, ''8 May 1872'' ** Grand Cross of the Merit Order of Philip the Magnanimous, ''3 March 1880'' ** Grand Cross of the

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, ''21 May 1885'' *

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: ** Knight of Honour of the

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, ''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

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, 2nd Class with Star, ''1 September 1884''; 1st Class with Crown, ''18 January 1893'' *

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: Grand Cross of the

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, with Crown in Ore

Literature

* Jochen Lengemann: ''MdL Hessen 1808-1996'', 1996, , p. 361

References

House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich House of Solms Princes in the German Empire 1838 births 1899 deaths 19th-century German people Members of the Prussian House of Lords People from Brtnice {{Germany-noble-stub