Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg (21 August, 1852 - 16 April 1925) was the final sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
Biography
He was born in Rudolstadt the son of Prince Adolf of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1801-1875) and his wife Princess Mathilde of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1826-1914). His mother Princess Mathilde was the daughter of Otto Victor, Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1785-1861) and Princess Thekla of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1795-1861) a cousin of Prince Günther's father.
Following the death of his father on July 1, 1875 Prince Günther became the heir presumptive to the principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Following the death of his first cousin once removed Prince Georg on January 19, 1890 Prince Günther succeeded him as sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
With the death of Prince Leopold of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen on April 20, 1906 Prince Günther then became heir presumptive to the other Schwarzburg principality.[ [http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty/HGSchwarzburg.htm House Laws of Schwarzburg] ] The death of the prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Karl Günther on March 28, 1909 united the two Schwarzburg principalities under Prince Günther in a personal union. This was the first time the two principalities had been united under the same ruler since the 16th century when the Sondershausen and Rudolstadt lines had been formed. [ [http://ellone-loire.net/obsidian/gerS.html#SCHWARZBURG Regnal chronologies] ] Following his succession in Sondershausen Prince Günther dropped the name Rudolstadt from his title and assumed the title Prince of Schwarzburg.]Following the outbreak of the German revolution Prince Günther abdicated on November 22, 1918. Following his death in Sondershausen he was succeeded as head of the House of Schwarzburg by Prince Sizzo.Marriage
Prince Günther was married to Princess Anna Luise of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1871-1951) at Rudolstadt on December 9, 1891. The marriage was childless. [ [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/schwburg/schwburg7.html Genealogy.eu] ]
In 1942 Princess Anna Luise adopted her nephew Prince Wilhelm of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1913-44) and his son Prince Ulrich (b. 1940).Ancestry
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1= Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg
2= Prince Adolf of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
3= Princess Mathilde of Schönburg-Waldenburg
4= Prince Karl Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
5= Landgravine Luise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg
6= Otto Victor, Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg
7= Princess Thekla of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
8= Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Scwarzburg-Rudolstadt
9= Princess Friederike of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
10=Friedrich V Ludwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
11=Landgravine Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt
12=Otto Karl Friedrich, Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg
13=Henriette Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz
14=Ludwig Friedrich II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
15= Landgravine Karoline of Hesse-Homburg
References
External links
* [http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-families/schwarzburg/schwarzburgrudolstadt2/1852%20Gunther%20Viktor.jpgPainting of Prince Günther]
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/schwarzburg.html Online Gotha]
* [http://www.sondershausen.de/geschichte/GVictor.php Page on Prince Günther] de icon
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