Count Anton Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (9 January 1620 – 19 August 1666) was the ruling Count of Schwarzburg-

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from 1642 until his death in 1666.

Life

Count Anton Günther I was the son of the Count Christian Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1578-1642) and his wife Countess Anna Sibille (1584-1623), daughter of Count Albert VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. After his father's death, he and his brothers Louis Günther II and Christian Günther II divided

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with its capital at Sondershausen. History Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a county (earldom) until 1697. In that year, it became a principal ...

. Anton Günther I received most of Lower Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, except for a few districts that went to Louis Günther II. He did much for the churches and schools and laid the foundation stone of the church in

that replaced the one that had burned down in 1621. In 1657, the parish and school buildings burned down; he rebuilt those as well.

Marriage and issue

Anton Günther I married Mary Magdalene (1622-1689), a daughter of Count Palatine George William of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld on 29 October 1644. They had the following children: * Anna Dorothea (1645-1716), married Henry IV of Reuss-Greiz (1650-1686) * Christian William I (1647-1721), Count and from 1697 the Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen * Clara Juliana (1648-1739) * Sophie Eleanor (1650-1718), Deaness at

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* Anton Günther II (1653-1716), Count and from 1697 the Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt * Mary Magdalene (1655-1727) * George Frederick ''or'' Rudolf (1657) * George Ernest (1658-1659) * Louis Günther III (1660) * Johanne Elisabeth (1662-1720)

References

* Friedrich Apfelstedt: ''Das Haus Kevernburg-Schwarzburg von seinem Ursprunge bis auf unsere Zeit'', Arnstadt, 1890 * Dr. Kamill von Behr: ''Genealogie der in Europa regierenden Fürstenhäuser'', Leipzig, 1870 House of Schwarzburg Counts of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1620 births 1666 deaths 17th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub