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Friedrich Magnus VI, Count of Solms-Wildenfels

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Friedrich Magnus
Count of Solms-Wildenfels
Born(1927-01-18)18 January 1927
Wildenfels, Saxony
Spouse
  • Katharina Duerst
  • Gisela Paroll
Issue
  • Prince Michael
  • Prince Konstantin
HouseSolms-Wildenfels
FatherFriedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels
MotherPrincess 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[edit]

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[edit]

Count 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. Count Friedrich Magnus married for a third time on 30 September 1994 at Bonn Gisela Ursula Maria Paroll (1957).

Issue[edit]

Count Friedrich Magnus has had two sons, Count Michael, born at Esslingen am Neckar 10 January 1949 and died 2006, and Count Konstantin, Hereditary Count (Erbgraf) zu Solms-Wildenfels, 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 Krummacher (b. 6 Oct 1939), both marriages without issue. His heir-presumptive as head of the House of Solms-Wildenfels is his kinsman, Count Bernhard zu Solms-Wildenfels (b.1941) who resides in Hamburg.

Ancestry[edit]

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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


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