Friedrich Magnus, Count of Solms-Wildenfels

Friedrich Magnus
Count of Solms-Wildenfels
Born (1927-01-18)18 January 1927
Wildenfels, Saxony
Spouse
  • Katharina Duerst
  • Gisela Paroll
Issue
  • Prince Michael
  • Prince Konstantin
House Solms-Wildenfels
Father Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels
Mother Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg

Friedrich Magnus VI, Count of Solms-Wildenfels (born 18 January 1927) is the head of the House of Solms-Wildenfels. Under Semi-Salic primogeniture, he could have a claim to the headship of the House of Schwarzburg through his mother, as heir to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,[1][2] as well as a claim to the extinct House of Godwin, as he is a descendant of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, through his second daughter.

Early life

He was born in Wildenfels in the Saxony the son of Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels (1886–1945) and his wife Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg (1898–1984).

Marriage

Prince Friedrich Magnus married first on 7 February 1948 at Esslingen am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, to Katharina Duerst (1923-1970), daughter of Harald Eduard Duerst and Käthe Saile. The couple were divorced in 1954 and remarried in 1966. Prince Friedrich Magnus married for a third time on 30 September 1994 at Bonn Gisela Ursula Maria Paroll (1957).

Issue

Prince Friedrich Magnus has two sons, his direct heir, Prince Michael, born at Esslingen am Neckar 10 January 1949, and Prince Konstantin, born there on 9 March 1950.

Ancestry

References

  1. The House of Schwarzburg on Heraldica.org
  2. James, John Almanach de Gotha, Volume I, 2013.
Friedrich Magnus, Count of Solms-Wildenfels
Born: 18 January 1927
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Friedrich Magnus V
 TITULAR 
Count of Solms-Wildenfels
1945-
Current holder
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