Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth
Spouse Count Hans of Solms-Baruth
Issue
Countess Viktoria-Luise
Count Friederich
Count Hubertus
Full name
Victoria-Irene Adelaide Augusta Alberta Feodora Caroline Mathilde
German: Viktoria-Irene Adelheid Auguste Alberta Feodora Karoline Mathilde
House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
House of Solms-Baruth
Father Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Mother Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Born 11 May 1894(1894-05-11)
Grünholz, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia
Died 28 January 1972(1972-01-28) (aged 77)
Salzburg, Austria

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Christened as Princess Viktoria-Irene Adelheid Auguste Alberta Feodora Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; 11 May 1894 – 28 January 1972) was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg by birth and a member of the House of Solms Baruth and Countess of Solms Baruth through her marriage to Count Hans of Solms-Baruth.

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Early life

Princess Karoline Mathilde was born in Grünholz, Schleswig-Holstein. Her parents were Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Her sister, Victoria Adelaide was the consort of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Marriage

She married Count Hans of Solms-Baruth on 27 May 1920, on Glücksburg.[1]

They had three children:

In 1942, her daughter Viktoria married her first cousin Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, youngest son of her sister Victoria Adelaide, and later the pretender to the ducal throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Ancestry

References and sources

  1. ^ C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 175. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.