Signature | Name William, of | |
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Born 9 January 1759
Braunfels ( 1759-01-09 ) Died 20 March 1837(1837-03-20) (aged 78)
Braunfels Spouse Wild- und Rheingrafin Auguste of Salm-Grumbach
Elisabetha Becker House House of Solms-Braunfels Father Ferdinand William Ernest, Prince of Solms-Braunfels Mother Countess Sophie of Solms-Laubach | ||
Wilhelm Christian Karl, 3rd Prince of Solms Braunfels (9 January 1759, in Braunfels – 20 March 1837, in Braunfels) was by succession an immediate Prince, then a nobleman and head of the Princely House of Solms-Braunfels, a Prussian major general and Hessian deputy.
Family
William was a member of the Princely House of Solms-Braunfels. His grandfather Frederick William (1696–1761) was the first Prince of Solms-Braunfels. His parents were the imperial colonel and lieutenant general of the United Provinces Ferdinand Wilhelm Ernst (1721–1783) and Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach. first daughter and second child of Christian August, Count of Solms-Laubach. Prussian Major General Frederick William (1770–1814) was one of his younger brothers.
On 6 October 1792, he married Wild- und Rheingräfin Auguste of Salm-Grumbach (1771–1810) half-sister of Friedrich, Prince of Salm-Horstmar. They had four children:
By his maitress Anna Elisabeth Becker (1779–1852), whom he married morganatically once widower, he had three children who received patronymic Wilhelmi