Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels (1 May 1731 in

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– 12 September 1792 in Bad Homburg) was a German regent, Landgravine of

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by marriage to Frederick IV of Hesse-Homburg , and

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, on behalf of her minor son Frederick V Louis William Christian from 1751 to 1766.

Early life

Ulrike Louise was a daughter of Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels (1696–1761) and his second wife, Countess Sophie Magdalene of Solms-Laubach-Utphe (1701–1744), daughter of Count Otto of Solms-Laubach-Utphe (1673-1743) and Countess Luise Albertine of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1686-1740).

Biography

She married on 10 October 1746 in

her cousin, Landgrave Frederick IV of Hesse-Homburg (1724–1751). Shortly after the wedding, troops from

Hesse-Darmstadt The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse betwee ...

marched into Hesse-Homburg and occupied it and city of Bad Homburg with Homburg Castle. The dispute could be arbitrated, and Frederick IV was reinstated as ruling

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. After her husband died in 1751, she took up government, with imperial permission, together with Landgrave

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of Hesse-Darmstadt, for her son

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, who was only three years old when his father died. She managed to preserve the sovereignty of Hesse-Homburg and marry her son to a daughter of Landgrave

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Issue

From her marriage with Frederick IV, Ulrike Louise had two children: * Frederick V Louis William Christian (Homburg, 30 January 1748 – Homburg, 20 January 1820), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. * Marie Christine Charlotte Wilhelmine (Homburg, 4 November 1749 – Homburg, 10 November 1750).

References

*Johann I. von Gerning
''Die Lahn- und Main-Gegenden von Embs bis Frankfurt'' p. 163 ff

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1731 births 1792 deaths People from Giessen (district) People from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt House of Solms House of Hesse-Homburg 18th-century women rulers Regents of Germany 18th-century German people House of Solms-Braunfels {{Germany-noble-stub