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| issue = | full name = Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Ludwig Georg Alfred Alexander | father = Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels | mother = Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | birth_date = | birth_place = Neustrelitz | death_date = | death_place = Rheingrafenstein | religion = Lutheranism |}} Prince Carl (Karl) of Solms-Braunfels (27 July 1812 – 13 November 1875), was a German prince and military officer in both the Austrian army and in the cavalry of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. As Commissioner General of the Adelsverein, he spearheaded the establishment of colonies of German immigrants in Texas. Prince Solms named New Braunfels, Texas in honor of his homeland. ==Early years and family life== Prince Friedrich Wilhelm ''Kar''l Ludwig Georg Alfred Alexander of Solms-Braunfels was born in Neustrelitz. He was one of the thirteen children born to Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz during the course of three marriages, his father being her second husband, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels.〔 Although he was the landless, younger son of a younger son of a minor German prince whose realm had been mediatized in 1806, his 1834 marriage to Luise Auguste Stephanie Beyrich was considered below his princely station and had to be conducted morganatically. In 1837 his mother became queen consort of Hanover and shortly before her death in 1841, his step-father, King Ernest Augustus I, a member of the British royal family, succeeded in pressuring him to make a monetary arrangement with his wife and children for a ''de facto'' royal annulment. Luise and the three children—Marie (born 1835, married Wilhelm Bähr), Karl Louis (1837-1918, married Wilhelmine Gantenhammer), and Melanie (born 1840, married Karl Heil)—were ennobled in the Grand Duchy of Hesse under the name ''von Schönau'' on 25 March 1841. The family was further ennobled in 1912 with the surname ''von Schönau de Solos''.〔''Genealogisches Handbuch des in Bayern immatrikulierten Adels'' p. 743 Band XXII, Verlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1998〕 Prince Solms married Maria Josephine Sophie,〔 widow of Prince Franz of Salm-Salm and a princess of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, on 3 December 1845. The union produced five children:〔 Prince Ludwig (1847–1900), Princess Eulalia (1851–1922), Princess Marie (1852–1882), Princess Sophie (1853–1869) and Prince Alexander (1855–1926). He was the well-educated and well-connected handsome prince of wealth and privilege who sought adventure and looked for new worlds to explore. In 1841, he became Captain in the cavalry in the Imperial Army of Austria.〔 International Napoleonic Wargaming Club〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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