Anna Maria was born as the third daughter of Count Otto of Solms-Sonnewalde (1550-1612), and his wife Anna, (1560-1635), the eldest daughter of Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg.
Amid the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War, the widow Anna Maria and took over the reins of government.
In September 1634, she fled just in time with her mother and her children and an escort of 200 cavalry provided by the Count Palatine of the Rhine.
She died in Ottweiler on 20 November 1634 and was buried next to her husband in the city church of Langenburg.
A stone monument commemorating the couple still stands behind the altar.