| Princess Adelaide | |||||
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| Princess of Solms-Baruth | |||||
| Born |
19 October 1889 Grünholz, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia |
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| Died | 11 June 1964 (aged 74) Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria |
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| Spouse | Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth | ||||
| Issue | Countess Friederike Luise Feodore, Princess of Aursperg Countess Rosa Friedrich, 4th Prince of Solms-Baruth Countess Caroline Mathilde |
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| House | Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | ||||
| Mother | Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | ||||
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| Adelaide Louise German: Adelheid Luise |
Princess Adelaide Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (German: Adelheid Luise; 19 October 1889 – 11 June 1964) was a daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
Princess Adelaide was the Princess consort of Solms-Baruth through her marriage to Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth.
Princess Adelaide was born on 19 October 1889 at Grünholz Manor in Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia as the fourth eldest daughter of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbug-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
Adelaide's father was the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark. Four years before the birth of Adelaide, he had succeeded to the headship of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and the title of duke upon the death of his father in 1885.
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 on 1 August 1914 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia.Solms-Baruth was one of the many minor states of the Holy Roman Empire, located in Lower Lusatia. It had lost its independence in the German Mediatization of 1806.