Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth

Viktoria-Luise
Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
Spouse	Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1942–1946) Richard Whitten (1947–2001)
Issue
Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Victoria Astrid Whitten
Full name
Victoria-Louise Frederica Caroline Mathilde German: Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde
House	House of Solms-Baruth House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father	Count Hans of Solms-Baruth
Mother	Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Born	13 March 1921(1921-03-13) Schloss Casel, Casel, Weimar Republic
Died	1 March 2003(2003-03-01) (aged 81) Louisiana, United States

Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (Christened as Countess Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde of Solms-Baruth; 13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003)

Early life

Princess Karoline Mathilde was born at Schloss Casel in Casel, Weimar Republic. Her parents were 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.

Marriage

On 25 January 1942, Viktoria-Louise married her first cousin 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 on Kassel. She and Friedrich Josias divorced on 19 September 1946.^[1]

They had one child:

• Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 21 March 1943)

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.^[1]

They had one child:

• Victoria Astrid Whitten (b. 23 August 1948)

Ancestry

References and sources

1. ^ ^{a b} C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 25. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.

• thePeerage.com Victoria Louise Frederica Caroline Matildhe Gräfin zu Solms-Baruth
• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas: Gräfin Viktoria-Luise zu Solms-Baruth

Persondata
Name	Viktoria-Luise Of Solms-Baruth, Countess
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	13 March 1921
Place of birth	Schloss Casel, Casel, Weimar Republic
Date of death	1 March 2003
Place of death	Louisiana, United States