Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth

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Viktoria-Luise
Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
Born(1921-03-13)13 March 1921
Schloss Casel, Casel, Weimar Republic
Died1 March 2003(2003-03-01) (aged 81)
Louisiana, United States
Spouse
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(m. 1942; div. 1946)​

Richard Whitten
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(1947⁠–⁠2001)​
IssueAndreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Victoria Astrid Whitten
Names
Victoria-Louise Frederica Caroline Mathilde
German: Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde
HouseSolms-Baruth
FatherCount Hans of Solms-Baruth
MotherPrincess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (Christened as Countess Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde of Solms-Baruth; 13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003)

Early life

Countess Viktoria-Luise was born at Schloss Casel in Casel, Weimar Republic to Count Hans of Solms-Baruth and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Her maternal grandparents were Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Marriages

On 25 January 1942, Viktoria-Louise married her first cousin (by virtue of their common maternal grandparents) Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the youngest child of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg at the Pfarr- und Patronatskirche Kasel. She and Friedrich Josias divorced on 19 September 1946.[1] They had one child:

She married, secondly, Richard Whitten on 6 November 1947 at Steinwänd bei Werfen, Austria. They were remarried in a religious ceremony on 14 February 1948 at San Francisco, California.[1] They had one daughter:

  • Victoria Astrid Solms Whitten (23 August 1948); married Jack Terry Taubin in 1967 and were divorced. They have two children and six grandchildren. She remarried to Michael Lee Beveridge in 1975. They have one daughter.
    • Keith Lyle Taubin (30 September 1967); married Tiffiny Ann Somerhalder in 1998 and divorced. They have one son. He has an illegitimate daughter with Nancy Adams.
      • Connor Shiké Taubin (1998)
      • Jolie Taubin (2001)
    • Richard Todd Taubin (8 March 1969); married Jamie Elizabeth Bourgeois in 1987 and divorced. They have one daughter. He remarried Christie Elizabeth Hall in 1992. They have four children:
      • Kirsten Monique Taubin (1988) married Joshua Waguespack in 2014
      • Alexis Carlyle Taubin (1996)
      • Madeleine Elizabeth Taubin (1999)
      • Christopher Todd Taubin (2001)
    • Victoria Elizabeth Beveridge (12 July 1980)

Titles

  • ;13 March 1921 - 25 January 1942: Her Illustrious Highness Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
  • 25 January 1942 - 19 September 1946: Her Highness Princess Viktoria-Luise, The Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Countess of Solms-Baruth
  • 19 September 1946 - 6 November 1947: Her Illustrious Highness Princess Viktoria-Luise, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Countess of Solms-Baruth
  • 6 November 1947 - 1 March 2003: Her Illustrious Highness Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth, Mrs. Whitten

Ancestry

Family of Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
16. Count Friedrich of Solms-Baruth
8. Friedrich, Prince of Solms-Baruth
17. Countess Bertha of Solms-Baruth
4. Friedrich, Prince of Solms-Baruth
18. Count Ferenc Teleki de Szék
9. Countess Rosa Teleki de Szek
19. Baroness Erzsébet Bánffy de Losoncz
2. Count Hans of Solms-Baruth
20. Hans Heinrich X of Hochberg, Prince of Plesse
10. Hans Heinrich XI of Hochberg, Prince of Plesse
21. Ida von Stechow
5. Countess Luise of Hochberg
22. Count Eduard of Kleist, Baron of Zützen
11. Marie von Kleist
23. Countess Luise of Hochberg, Baroness of Fürstenstein
1. Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
24. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
12. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
25. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel
6. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
26. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
13. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
27. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
3. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
28. Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
29. Countess Louise-Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe
7. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
30. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
31. Princess Feodora of Leiningen

References

  1. ^ a b C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, UK: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 25.

External links

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