Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim


Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The Mediatised houses#List of [Princely mediatised houses (Durchlaucht)|House of Solms] 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. mediatised [houses">German Mediatisation">mediatised [houses (Erlaucht)|Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim] was mediatised to Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806.

Counts of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim

First creation: 1635–1699

Johann August, Count 1635–1680, second son of Johann Georg II, Count of Solms-Baruth
  • * Johann Karl Eberhard, Count 1680–1699, ''eldest surviving son''

Second creation: 1722–28

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

Third creation: 1778–1806

Johann Ernst Karl, Count 1778–90, second surviving son of Ludwig Heinrich, inherited elder brother's territories 1778

After Mediatization

Volrath Franz Karl Ludwig, Count 1790–1818, mediatized 1806
  • * Karl, Count 1818-1844
  • ** Maximilian, Count 1844-1892
  • *** Karl Franz, Count 1892-1923
  • **** Maximilian, Count 1923-1968
  • ***** Markwart, Count 1968-1976, adopted Nikolaus as his successor
  • **** Count Joachim Ernst of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
  • ***** Count Günther Wolfgang of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
  • ****** Nikolaus, Count 1979-1981
  • ****** Philipp, Count 1981–present
  • ******* Theodor, Hereditary Count