Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (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.

Early life

Princess Karoline Mathilde was born on 11 May 1894 at Grünholz Manor, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, the sixth and youngest child and fifth and youngest daughter of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbug-Glücksburg, and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Frederick Ferdinand was the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and a nephew of

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. Upon the death of his father in 1885, he had succeeded to the headship of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and the title of

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. Her eldest sister, Victoria Adelaide, was the consort of

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Marriage

She married Count Hans of Solms-Baruth on 27 May 1920 at

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.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. Count Hans was the third son of Friedrich II, Prince of Solms-Baruth and his wife Countess Luise of Hochberg-Pless and a younger brother of Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Solms Baruth, the husband of Karoline Mathilde's elder sister

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. Solms-Baruth was one of the many minor states of the

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, located in

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. It had lost its independence in the

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of 1806. Karoline Mathilde and Hans had three children: * Countess Viktoria-Luise Frederica Caroline Matildhe of Solms-Baruth (13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003) *Count Friedrich Hans of Solms-Baruth (3 March 1923 – 13 November 2006) *Count Hubertus of Solms-Baruth (7 December 1934 – 22 October 1991)

Later life

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

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. Count Hans died on 9 October 1971 in

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. Countess Karoline Mathilde died on 28 January 1972, also in Salzburg.

Ancestry

References

External links

Profile of Karoline Mathilde Prinzessin zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
thePeerage.com; accessed 15 August 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, Princess 1894 births 1972 deaths Princesses of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein House of Solms-Baruth