Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (Christen

Christen

-People:* Adolf Christen , court actor, theater director and theater manager* Brian Christen , Canadian cricketer* Fritz Christen , German Waffen-SS soldier of WWII era* Georges Christen , Luxembourgian strongman...

ed 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

Kasel-Golzig

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, Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

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. Her parents were Count Hans of Solms-Baruth and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg by birth and a member...

. Her maternal grandparents were Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

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 and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was the second-eldest daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.-Family:Karoline Mathilde's elder sister, Augusta Viktoria was German...

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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

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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 and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg on Kassel. She and Friedrich Josias divorced on 19 September 1946.

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

Austria

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. They were remarried in a religious ceremony on 14 February 1948 at San Francisco, California

California

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They had one child:

• Victoria Astrid Whitten (b. 23 August 1948)

Ancestry