Countess Amalie Henriette Charlotte of Solms-Baruth (

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, 30 January 1768 –

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, 31 October 1847) was an

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ess of

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by birth and Princess of

Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg () was a German county and later principality in the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the current northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Langenburg. Since the medieval times this small state was ruled by the Hous ...

by marriage.

Early life

She was the only child of Count Johann Christian II, Count of

Solms-Baruth Solms-Baruth was a Lower Lusatian state country, from 16th century until 1945. History The House of Solms had its origins at Solms, Hesse, and ruled several of the many minor states of the Holy Roman Empire. These lost their independence in the G ...

and his wife, Countess Friederike Louise of Reuss-Köstritz.

Marriage and issue

She married on 30 January 1789 with

Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Karl Ludwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 September 1762 in Langenburg – 4 April 1825 in Langenburg) was the third Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the first child of Prince Christian Albert of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife, ...

. They had the following children: * Princess Louise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg * Princess Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1790–1830); married

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, Duke of Ratibór * Princess Constance of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1792–1847); married

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* Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1793–1859); married Count Friedrich Ludwig of

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; their daughter Countess Adelheid married

Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld , house = Lippe-Biesterfeld , father = Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld , mother =Modeste von Unruh , birth_date = , birth_place = Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia , death_date = , death_place =Baden-Baden, Gran ...

and had issue * Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860); married in 1828

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(1807–1872) * Prince Frederick of Hohenlohe-Langenburg * Princess Marie Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg * Princess Louise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; married Prince Adolf zu

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* Princess Johanna of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; married Count Emil Christian of Erbach-Schönberg * Princess Mary ''Agnes'' of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; married Konstantin, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg * Prince Henry Gustav of Hohenlohe-Langenburg *

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(1807–1880); married Duke Eugen of Württemberg *Prince Henry of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Due to the marriages of her children and grandchildren, she is ancestress to several European monarchs: * Prince

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is the great-grandson of

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, whose mother

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was Amalie Henriette's granddaughter. * King

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is also a descendant of

through her daughter Maria Josepha. * Grand Duke

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is also a descendant of

through her daughters Marie Anne, Maria Antonia and Marie Josepha. * King Charles XVI Gustav of Sweden is a son of Sibylla, who was the great-great-granddaughter of Amalie Henriette's son Ernest Christiaan. * Queen

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is a daughter of

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, who was a great-grandson of Amalie Henriette's daughter Emilie. *

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and

Constantine II of Greece Constantine II ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Βʹ, ''Konstantínos II''; 2 June 1940) reigned as the last King of Greece, from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Monarchy of Greece, Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973. Constantine is the only ...

are children of

Frederica of Hanover Frederica of Hanover (''Friederike Luise''; ; 18 April 1917 – 6 February 1981) was Queen consort of Greece from 1947 until 1964 as the wife of King Paul, thereafter Queen mother during the reign of her son, King Constantine II. Early life ...

, whose grandmother Empress Augusta Victoria was a granddaughter of Amalie Henriette's son Ernest Christian.

Ancestry

House of Solms-Baruth German countesses Princesses of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1768 births 1847 deaths 18th-century German people 19th-century German people {{Germany-countess-stub