Friedrich Magnus VI, Count of Solms-Wildenfels

Friedrich Magnus
Friedrich Magnus
	Count of Solms-Wildenfels
Born	18 January 1927; Wildenfels, Saxony
Spouse	Katharina Duerst; Gisela Paroll;
Issue	Prince Michael; Prince Konstantin;
House	Solms-Wildenfels
Father	Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels
Mother	Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg

Friedrich Magnus VI, Count of Solms-Wildenfels (born 18 January 1927) is the head of the House of Solms-Wildenfels. Under Semi-Salic primogeniture, he could have a claim to the headship of the House of Schwarzburg through his mother, as heir to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,[1][2] as well as a claim to the extinct House of Godwin, as he is a descendant of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, through his second daughter.

Early life

He was born in Wildenfels in Saxony, the son of Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels (1886–1945) and his wife Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg (1898–1984).

Marriage

Prince Friedrich Magnus married first on 7 February 1948 at Esslingen am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, to Katharina Duerst (1923-1970), daughter of Harald Eduard Duerst and Käthe Saile. The couple were divorced in 1954 and remarried in 1966. Prince Friedrich Magnus married for a third time on 30 September 1994 at Bonn Gisela Ursula Maria Paroll (1957).

Issue

Prince Friedrich Magnus has two sons, Prince Michael, born at Esslingen am Neckar 10 January 1949 and died 2006, and Prince Konstantin, born on 9 March 1950, who married 1st on 30 Mar 1973 (div.) Gabriele Schaessberg (b. 23 Jul 1951), and 2nd on 21 Mar 1994 Erica Krummacer (b. 6 Oct 1939), both marriages without issue.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Friedrich Magnus VI, Count of Solms-Wildenfels

8. Friedrich Magnus III, Count of Solms-Wildenfels

4. Friedrich Magnus IV, Count of Solms-Wildenfels

9. Countess Ida zu Castell-Castell

2. Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels

10. Willem, Count von Aldenburg Bentinck

5. Countess Anne von Bentinck

11. Countess Pauline von Münnich

1. Friedrich Magnus VI, Prince of Schwarzburg, Count of Solms-Wildenfels

12. Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

6. Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg

13. Countess Helene von Reina, Princess of Anhalt

3. Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg

14. Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt

7. Princess Alexandra of Anhalt

15. Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

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References

The House of Schwarzburg on Heraldica.org
James, John Almanach de Gotha, Volume I, 2013.

External links

Titles in pretence
Friedrich Magnus VI, Count of Solms-Wildenfels House of Solms-Wildenfels Born: 18 January 1927
Preceded by Friedrich Magnus V	— TITULAR — Count of Solms-Wildenfels 1945-	Current holder

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[1] The House of Schwarzburg on Heraldica.org

[2] James, John Almanach de Gotha, Volume I, 2013.