Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth

Prev. Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Richard Whitten
(m. 1947; died 2001)
IssueAndreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Victoria Astrid Whitten
Names
Victoria-Louise Frederica Caroline Mathilde
German: Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde
HouseSolms-BaruthFatherCount Hans of Solms-BaruthMotherPrincess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (Christened as Countess Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde of Solms-Baruth; 13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003) was a German noblewoman.

Early life

Countess Viktoria-Luise was born at Schloss Casel in Casel, Weimar Republic to Count Hans of Solms-Baruth and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Her maternal grandparents were Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Marriages

On 25 January 1942, Viktoria-Louise married her first cousin, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, at the Pfarr- und Patronatskirche Kasel. She and Friedrich Josias divorced on 19 September 1946.[1] They had one child:

She married, secondly, Richard Whitten on 6 November 1947 at Steinwänd bei Werfen, Austria. They were remarried in a religious ceremony on 14 February 1948 at San Francisco, California.[1] They had one child:

  • Victoria Astrid Whitten (b. 23 August 1948).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
8. Friedrich, Prince of Solms-Baruth
4. Friedrich, Prince of Solms-Baruth
9. Countess Rosa Teleki de Szek
2. Count Hans of Solms-Baruth
10. Hans Heinrich XI of Hochberg, Prince of Pless
5. Countess Luise of Hochberg
11. Marie von Kleist
1. Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
12. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
6. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
13. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
3. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
7. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

References

  1. ^ a b C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, UK: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 25.

External links

  • Victoria Louise Frederica Caroline Matildhe Gräfin zu Solms-Baruth profile, thepeerage.com; accessed 15 April 2014.
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  • *princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by marriage until 1826
  • **also a princess of Belgium by marriage
  • ***also a British princess by marriage
  • ^did not have a royal or noble title by birth
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