Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg

Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg
Countess of Solms-Wildenfels
Spouse	Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels
Issue
Countess Anne of Solms-Wildenfels Friedrich Magnus, Count of Solms-Wildenfels Countess Jutta of Solms-Wildenfels Count Albert of Solms-Wildenfels Countess Kristin of Solms-Wildenfels
House	House of Schwarzburg
Father	Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg
Mother	Princess Alexandra of Anhalt
Born	7 February 1898(1898-02-07) Großharthau, Kingdom of Saxony
Died	4 November 1984(1984-11-04) (aged 86) Klingen, West Germany

Marie Antoinette, Princess of Schwarzburg (German: Marie Antoinette Prinzessin zu Schwarzburg; 7 February 1898 – 4 November 1984) was the eldest child of Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg.

Early life

Marie Antoinette was born at Großharthau, Kingdom of Saxony, the first child of Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg (1860–1926), (son of Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Countess Helena of Raina) and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Anhalt (1868–1958), (daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg). Through her mother she was descendant of King Frederick William II of Prussia.

Marriage

Marie Antoinette married on 4 January 1925 in Wildenfels to Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels (1886–1945), only son of Friedrich Magnus IV, Count of Solms-Wildenfels and his wife, Jacqueline, Baroness Bentinck.

They had four children:

• Countess Anne of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 1 January 1926 (1926-01-01) (age 85)
• Friedrich Magnus, Count of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 18 January 1927 (1927-01-18) (age 84)

∝Katharina Duerst (m.1948, div.1954/m.1966), had issue.
∝Gisela Frania (m.1971 div.1972), no issue.
∝Gisella Marie Parsoll (m.1994), no issue.

• Countess Jutta of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 12 February 1928 (1928-02-12) (age 83)

∝Salim Farid Saad (m.1957)

• Count Albert of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 28 May 1929 (1929-05-28) (age 82)

∝Ingrid Gross (m.1970)

• Countess Kristin of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 27 May 1938 (1938-05-27) (age 73)

∝Dietrich Gross (m.1971)

House of Schwarzburg

On April 21, 1896 her father was recognised as a dynast of the House of Schwarzburg having previously not had dynastic rights due to his parents morganatic marriage.^[1]

Following her brother's death in 1971 in the House of Schwarzburg became extinct in the male line. However the Schwarzburg principalities operated under Semi-Salic primogeniture which means that in the event of the extinction of all male dynasts, as happened with the death of Prince Friedrich Günther, females can inherit. Therefore, Marie Antoinette presumably became the head of the House of Schwarzburg. At her death in 1984, her elder son Friedrich Magnus would had become the titular to the principalities of Schwarzburg.^[1]

Titles and styles

• 7 February 1898 – 28 March 1909: Her Serene Highness Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
• 28 March 1909 – 4 January 1925: Her Serene Highness Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg
• 4 January 1925 – 4 November 1984: Her Serene Highness The Countess of Solms-Wildenfels

Ancestry

Notes and sources

1. ^ ^{a b} House Laws of Schwarzburg

• thePeerage.com - Marie Antoinette Prinzessin von Schwarzburg
• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Marie Antoinette, Prinzessin zu Schwarzburg
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , , Reference: 1991 201