Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (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 Princess Viktoria-Irene Adelheid Auguste Alberta Feodora Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; 11 May 1894 – 28 January 1972) was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg by birth and a member of the House of Solms Baruth

Solms-Baruth

Solms-Baruth was a Lower Lusatian state country, from 16th century until 1945.-History:Solms-Baruth was one of the many minor states of the Holy Roman Empire. It lost its independence in the German Mediatization of 1806. Initially it passed to the Kingdom of Saxony...

 and Countess of Solms Baruth through her marriage to Count Hans of Solms-Baruth.

Early life

Princess Karoline Mathilde was born in Grünholz, Schleswig-Holstein

Province of Schleswig-Holstein

The Province of Schleswig-Holstein was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946. It was created from the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, which had been conquered by Prussia and the Austrian Empire from Denmark in the Second War of Schleswig in 1864...

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

Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-Family and succession:...

 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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Her sister, Victoria Adelaide was the consort of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, two duchies in Germany , and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954...

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Marriage

She married Count Hans of Solms-Baruth on 27 May 1920, on Glücksburg

Glücksburg

Glücksburg is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx. 10 km northeast of Flensburg...

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They had three children:

• Countess Viktoria-Luise Frederica Caroline Matildhe of Solms-Baruth
  Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
  Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth -Early life:...
  
   (13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003)
• Count Friedrich Hans of Solms-Baruth (3 March 1923 – 13 November 2006)
• Count Hubertus of Solms-Baruth (7 December 1934 – 22 October 1991)

In 1942, her daughter Viktoria married her first cousin Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, youngest son of her sister Victoria Adelaide, and later the pretender to the ducal throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...

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Ancestry