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Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (Christened as Countess Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde of Solms-Baruth; 13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003) was a German noblewoman.
Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918-1998), m.1st 1942 (div 1946) Countess Viktoria Luise of Solms-Baruth (1921-2003) (below), m.2nd 1948 (div 1964) Denyse de Muralt (1923-2005), m.3rd 1964 Katrin Bremme (1940-2011)
1 mar 2003 · Gräfin Viktoria Luise zu Solms-Baruth (full given name: Viktoria Luise Friederike Caroline Mathilde) was the daughter of Hans Georg Eduard, Graf zu Solms-Baruth, and his wife, Prinzessin Caroline Mathilde von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
The Counts of Solms-Baruth were granted a seat in the Prussian House of Lords, until the German Revolution of 1918–1919. Count Friedrich zu Solms-Baruth (1821–1904) was elevated to the hereditary rank of a Fürst (Prince) by the King of Prussia in 1888.
- Early Life
- Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Later Life
Princess Victoria Adelaide was born on 31 December 1885 at Castle Grünholz, Thumby, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia as the eldest daughter of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Victoria Adelaide's mother was a sister of Augusta Vict...
On 11 October 1905, at Glücksburg Castle, Schleswig, she married Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Charles Edward was the only son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany by his wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and a grandson of Queen Victoria. Five years before the marriage, he had succeeded to the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha upon the dea...
In 1918, the Duke was forced to abdicate his ducal throne, following the end of World War I, forcing the family to become private citizens. Charles Edward was an early and fervent supporter of Adolf Hitler. At a 1929 local election in Coburg, Victoria Adelaide attended Nazi party campaign events alongside her husband. According to some accounts, sh...
30 nov 2023 · Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (1921-2003) led one of the most extraordinary lives imaginable. Born to an extremely well-connected German noble family, her godmother and namesake was Viktoria-Luise’s maternal great-aunt, Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, the last German Empress and first wife ...
17 giu 2019 · Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth, former Princess Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was born on March 13, 1921 in a little village about fifty miles south of Berlin, Germany. In her memoirs*, she recounts her lineage.
