Ferdinand, Prince of Solms-Braunfels


Ferdinand Wilhelm Ernst, 2nd Prince of Solms-Braunfels was the second Prince of Solms-Braunfels. He was the son of Prince of Solms-Braunfels, and his first wife Princess Magdalena Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg.

Life

Ferdinand Wilhelm Ernst was born in Braunfels, Solms-Braunfels as the first son and child of Frederick William, Count of Solms-Braunfels and his first wife Princess Magdalena Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg daughter of Johann Ernst, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. On 22 May 1742, Emperor Charles VII raised the House of Solms-Braunfels to the rank of Imperial Prince and so when his father died he succeeded him as the 2nd Prince.

Marriage and issue

On 24 August 1756, he married in Laubach, Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach. She was the first daughter and second child of Christian August, Count of Solms-Laubach, and his first wife, Princess Elisabeth of Isenburg und Büdingen zu Birstein, daughter of the first Prince, Wolfgang Ernest I. They had ten children: