Overview
Prince Charles Ferdinand William of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms (27 June 1866, in Lich – 26 July 1920) was a German politician. He was president of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. His sister, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich married Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
Early life
Charles was the eldest son of Prince Hermann of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1838–1899) and his wife Agnes, Countess of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1842–1904).
Marriage and issue
He married on 16 October 1894 in Wernigerode with Princess Emma of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1875–1956), his cousin and daughter of the prince Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode. The marriage produced four children:
Philip Hermann (1895–1918), Hereditary Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich; fell in battle at Kostiantynivka (Ukraine)
Anne-Agnes (1899–1987), married in 1923 Prince Carl of Castell-Castell (1897–1945)
Elizabeth (1903–1992), married in 1944 historian Otto Vossler (1902–1987)
Johanna Marie (1905–1982), married in 1924 Count George Frederick of Solms-Laubach (1899–1969; grandson of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen); they had issue, among which:
Countess Irene of Solms-Laubach, mother of Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen and grandmother of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach, wife of Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover
As his only son Philip was killed in World War 1 in 1918, after Charles' death in 1920 his younger brother Reinhard Louis (1867–1951) inherited the title of Fürst of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich.
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