Karl zu Solms-Rödelheim

Karl (Carl) Friedrich Ludwig Christian Ferdinand Graf zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (born May 15, 1790 in Assenheim , † March 18, 1844 ibid) was a Hessian landlord and landowner from the House of Solms-Rödelheim .

family

Karl Graf zu Solms-Rödelheim came from the Hessian noble family Solms . He was a son of Volrath Friedrich Carl Ludwig Graf zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (1762-1818) and his wife Philippine Charlotte Sophie , née Countess zu Solms-Laubach (1771-1807). Karl was the older brother of Friedrich and Franz . He married Louise Amalie , née Countess zu Solms-Laubach (1795–1875), the daughter of Gustav Ernst Graf zu Erbach-Schönberg (1739–1812) and Henriette Christiane, née Countess zu Stolberg-Stolberg , on January 1, 1824 in Schönberg (1753-1816). They had the following children:

1. Bertha (1824–1896) ⚭ Carl Martin von Stolberg-Roßla (1822–1870),
2. Maximilian (1826–1892) ⚭ Thekla zu Solms-Laubach (1835–1892), daughter of Otto zu Solms-Laubach (1799–1872),
3. Friedrich (1827–1883) ⚭ Mathilde von Salm-Horstmar (1827–1908), daughter of Wilhelm Friedrich von Salm-Horstmar (1799–1865),
4. Otto (1829–1904) ⚭ Emma von Thun (1834–1900), daughter of Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun ,
5. Emma (1831–1904) ⚭ Carl von Castell-Castell (1826–1886),
6. Agnes (1833-1910),
7. Cuno (1836-1862).

Life

He first received private lessons and attended the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig from 1806 to 1808. In 1810/12 he studied at the universities of Gießen and Göttingen . In 1813 he entered Austrian and 1815 Prussian military service . Then he trained in administration with Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach. In February 1818 he took over the class rule. In 1843 he became lieutenant general à la suite in Hesse-Darmstadt .

According to the constitution of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , he was a member of the first chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1820 . He was a member of the state parliament from 1820 to 1842 and took his deputy oath on November 14, 1820 . From 1832 to 1833 he was Second President of the Chamber.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , pp. 848-849.
• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 363.
• Jochen Lengemann: Hessian MPs 1820–1933 , Darmstadt 2008, No. 847 and No. 848. - Original: State Archives Darmstadt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim, Karl Friedrich Ludwig Christian Ferdinand Graf too. Hessian biography. (As of May 15, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).