| Timeline of the Life of Prince Carl (Karl) of Solms-Braunfels |
| Year |
Event |
| 1812 |
- July 27 - Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Ludwig Georg Alfred Alexander is born in Neustrelitz
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| 1834 |
- Marries Louise Auguste Stephanie Beyrich, later von Schönau, mother to three of his children
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| 1841 |
- Separates from Louise to save his career
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| 1842 |
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| 1844 |
- Commissioner General of the first colony that the society proposed to establish in Texas
- July 1 - Arrives in Galveston, purchases land on Matagorda Bay to be called Carlshafen, or Indianola
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| 1845 |
- Secures title to 1,265 acres (5.12 km2) of the Veramendi grant, including the Comal Springs and River, for the Adelsverein
- March 21 - Founds New Braunfels
- May 15 - Returns to Germany
- December 3 - Marries the widow Maria Josephine Sophie, widow of Prince Franz of Salm-Salm and princess of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, mother to five of Carl's children
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| 1846 |
- Leaves the Austrian army - becomes a Colonel in the cavalry of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
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| 1850 |
- Rejoins the Austrian army
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| 1859 |
- Becomes a brigadier with command of dragoons on Lake Constance
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| 1866 |
- Takes part in Austria war against Prussia.
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| 1868 |
- Retires as a field marshal to Rheingrafenstein near Kreuznach on the Nahe River
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| 1875 |
- November 13 - dies Is interred in the city cemetery of Bad Kreuznach
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