Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
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| Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth | |||||
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13 March 1921 Schloss Casel, Casel, Weimar Republic |
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| Died | 1 March 2003 (aged 81) Louisiana, United States |
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| Spouse |
Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (m. 1942; div. 1946) Richard Whitten (m. 1947–2001) |
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| Issue |
Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Victoria Astrid Whitten |
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| House | Solms-Baruth | ||||
| Father | Count Hans of Solms-Baruth | ||||
| Mother | Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
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| Victoria-Louise Frederica Caroline Mathilde German: Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde |
Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (Christened as Countess Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde of Solms-Baruth; 13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003)
Countess Viktoria-Luise was born at Schloss Casel in Casel, Weimar Republic to Count Hans of Solms-Baruth and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Her maternal grandparents were Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
On 25 January 1942, Viktoria-Louise married her first cousin (by virtue of their common maternal grandparents) Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the youngest child of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg at the Pfarr- und Patronatskirche Kasel. She and Friedrich Josias divorced on 19 September 1946. They had one child:
She married, secondly, Richard Whitten on 6 November 1947 at Steinwänd bei Werfen, Austria. They were remarried in a religious ceremony on 14 February 1948 at San Francisco, California. They had one daughter:
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