Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Princess of Solms-Baruth
Spouse Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth
Issue
Countess Friederike Luise
Countess Feodore
Countess Rosa
Friedrich, 4th Prince of Solms-Baruth
Countess Caroline Mathilde
Full name
Adelaide Louise
German: Adelheid Luise
House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
House of Solms-Baruth
Father Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Mother Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Born 19 October 1889(1889-10-19)
Grünholz, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia
Died 11 June 1964(1964-06-11) (aged 74)
Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Princess Adelaide Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[1][2] (born 19 October 1889 at Grünholz in Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia;[1][2] died 11 June 1964 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria[1][2]) was the fourth-eldest daughter[1][2] of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.[1][2] Princess Adelaide was the Princess consort of Solms-Baruth through her marriage to Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth.

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Marriages and issue

Adelaide married Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Solms-Baruth (later Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth), second child and eldest son of Friedrich II, Prince of Solms-Baruth and his wife Countess Luise of Hochberg[1][2] on 1 August 1914 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia.[1][2] Adelaide and Friedrich had five children[1][2]:

∞ Gert Schenk on 23 November 1942
Sebastian Schenk (born 27 August 1946)
Christian Schenk (born 18 August 1953)
∞ Karl-Adolf, 10th Prince of Auersperg on 6 October 1961 at Vienna, Austria
Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Gobertina of Auersperg (born 24 May 1962)
Neville Lewis on 3 November 1955 at Stellenbosch, South Africa
Caroline Isabelle Lewis (born 31 August 1954)
Frederick Henry Lewis (born 23 November 1961)
∞ Heinrich Weber on 9 October 1981 at Stellenbosch, South Africa
∞ Baroness Birgitta of Berchem-Königsfeld on 17 August 1963 at Dabib, South West Africa
Friedrich, 5th Prince of Solms-Baruth (born 27 November 1963)
Count Julian of Solms-Baruth (born 6 August 1965)
∞ Johann van Steenderen on 12 May 1963

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Darryl Lundy (17 June 2003). "Adelheid Prinzessin zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p10937.htm#i109367. Retrieved 2008-10-02. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Paul Theroff. "SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/holstein.html. Retrieved 2008-10-02. 
Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 19 October 1889 Died: 11 June 1964
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Luise of Hochberg
Princess consort of Solms-Baruth
31 December 1920–12 September 1951
Succeeded by
Birgitta of Berchem-Königsfeld