Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg
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.
Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg | |
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Countess of Solms-Wildenfels | |
Born | Großharthau, Kingdom of Saxony | 7 February 1898
Died | 4 November 1984 86) Klingen, West Germany | (aged
Spouse | Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels |
Issue | Countess Anne of Solms-Wildenfels Friedrich Magnus VI, 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 |
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, Anna Jacqueline, Countess of Bentinck-Aldenburg-Middachten.
They had five children:
- Anne, Countess of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 1 January 1926
- Friedrich Magnus VI, Count of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 18 January 1927, married three times: with Katharina Duerst (m.1948, div.1954/m.1966), had issue; with Gisela Frania (m.1971 div.1972), no issue; and with Gisella Marie Parsoll (m.1994), no issue.
- Jutta, Countess of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 12 February 1928, married in 1957 with Salim Farid Saad.
- Albrecht Sizzo, Count of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 28 May 1929, died on 8 February 2010, married in 1970 with Ingrid Gross.
- Kristin, Countess of Solms-Wildenfels, born on 27 May 1938, married in 1971 with Dietrich Gross.
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 the House of Schwarzburg became extinct in the male line.
Ancestry
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Notes and sources
- thePeerage.com - Marie Antoinette Prinzessin von Schwarzburg
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1991 201