Philip, Count of Solms-Lich

He was also a councilor at the courts of Maximilian I, Charles V and Frederick III, as well as a patron of art and architecture.

He was the son of Kuno of Solms-Lich and Walpurgis of Dhaun-Kyrburg and a younger brother of John of Solms.

The rebuilding of the Burg Hohensolm around this time was probably undertaken by Philip, whilst he also built a residence at Lich.

He, the Landgrave of Hesse and the bishop of Trier were probably the builders of the Marienkirche in Niederweidbach (now a district of Bischoffen) - he paid for the church's altar and he and his family were painted on its donation board, probably by Döring.

In 1520 he and Franz von Sickingen joined forces to protect Martin Luther from possible arrest.