Princess Adelaide Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg^[1][2] (born 19 October 1889 at Grünholz in Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia^[1][2]; died 11 June 1964 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria^[1][2]) was the fourth-eldest daughter^[1][2] of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg^[1][2]. Princess Adelaide was the Princess consort of Solms-Baruth through her marriage to Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth.

[edit] Marriages and issue

Adelaide married Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Solms-Baruth (later Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth), second child and eldest son of Friedrich II, Prince of Solms-Baruth and his wife Countess Luise of Hochberg^[1][2] on 1 August 1914 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia^[1][2]. Adelaide and Friedrich had five children^[1][2]:

• Countess Friederike Luise of Solms-Baruth (10 October 1916 – 10 January 1989)
• Countess Feodore of Solms-Baruth (born 5 April 1920)

∞ Gert Schenk on 23 November 1942

Sebastian Schenk (born 27 August 1946)

Christian Schenk (born 18 August 1953)

∞ Karl-Adolf, 10th Prince of Auersperg on 6 October 1961 at Vienna, Austria

Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Gobertina of Auersperg (born 24 May 1962)

• Countess Rosa Cecilie Karoline-Mathilde Irene Sibylla Anna of Solms-Baruth (born 15 May 1925)

∞ Neville Lewis on 3 November 1955 at Stellenbosch, South Africa

Caroline Isabelle Lewis (born 31 August 1954)

Frederick Henry Lewis (born 23 November 1961)

∞ Heinrich Weber on 9 October 1981 at Stellenbosch, South Africa

• Friedrich, 4th Prince of Solms-Baruth (born 22 December 1926)

∞ Baroness Birgitta of Berchem-Königsfeld on 17 August 1963 at Dabib, South West Africa

Count Friedrich of Solms-Baruth (born 27 November 1963)

Count Julian of Solms-Baruth (born 6 August 1965)

• Countess Caroline Mathilde of Solms-Baruth (born 15 April 1929)

∞ Johann van Steenderen on 12 May 1963

[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms

[edit] Titles and styles

• 19 October 1889 – 1 August 1914: Her Highness Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 1 August 1914 – 31 December 1920: Her Highness The Hereditary Princess of Solms-Baruth
• 31 December 1920 – 12 September 1951: Her Highness The Princess of Solms-Baruth
• 12 September 1951 – 11 June 1964: Her Highness The Dowager Princess of Solms-Baruth

[edit] Ancestry

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