Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Fürstentum Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
House of Schwarzburg
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality
in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with capital at Sondershausen.Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a county until
1697, in that year it became a principality, and lasted until the fall of the German monarchies in 1918, during the German
Revolution of 1918-1919. After which it became a republic. In 1920 it joined with other small states in the area to form the
new state of Thuringia. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen had an area of 862 km² and a population of 85,000 (1905). Towns placed
in the state were: Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Gehren, Langewiesen, Großbreitenbach, Ebeleben, Großenehrich, Greußen
and Plaue.
Rulers of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - 1552-1918
Counts of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- 1552-1586 John Günther I
- 1586-1631 Günther
XLII, with Anton Henry, John Günther II and Christian Günther I
- 1631-1638 Günther XLII, with Anton Henry and Christian
Günther I
- 1638-1642 Günther XLII, with Christian
Günther I
- 1642-1643 Günther XLII, with Anton
Günther I
- 1643-1666 Anton Günther I
- 1666-1697 Christian William, with Anton Günther II
Raised to Principality in 1697
Princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- 1697-1716: Anton Günther II
- 1697 -
10 May 1721: Christian William
- 10 May 1721 -
28 November 1740: Günther XLIII
- 28 November
1740 - 6 November 1758: Heinrich XXXV
- 6
November 1758 - 14 October 1794: Christian Günther III
- 14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835: Günther Friedrich Karl I
- 19 August 1835 - 17 July 1880: Günther Friedrich Karl II
- 17 July 1880 - 28 March 1909: Karl Günther
United under Prince Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 28 March 1909 - November 1918: Prince Günther
Heads of the princely house of Schwarzburg
On the death of the childless Prince Günther Victor in 1925 he was succeeded by Prince
Sizzo (1860-1926) who was the son of Prince Friedrich Günther (1793-1867) from his second,morganatic marriage. Prince
Sizzo was recognised as a full member of the House of Schwarzburg in 1896.
- 1918-1925: Prince Günther (1852-1925)
- 1925-1926: Prince Sizzo (1860-1926)
- 1926-1971: Prince Friedrich Günther (1901-1971)
The
Genealogy of the Princely House
August Günther Pr von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (Sondershausen
27 Apr
1691-Ebeleben
27 Oct 1750); m.Bernburg 19 Jul 1721 Charlotte Pss of
Anhalt-Bernburg (Bernburg 21 May 1696-Sondershausen 22 Jul 1762)
1a)
Friederike Auguste (Ebeleben
9
Jul 1723-Ebeleben 7 Oct 1725)
2a) Charlotte (Ebeleben 10 Feb 1732-Festenberg 11 Jun 1774);
m.Ebeleben 30 Jun 1754 Heinrich Gf von Reichenbach-Goschütz
(1731-Goschütz 11 Mar 1790)
3a)
Christian Wilhelm (Ebeleben 7
Feb 1734-Ebeleben 2 Nov 1737)
4a) CHRISTIAN GÜNTHER, suc his uncle as Fst von Schwarzburg-
Sondershausen 1758 (Ebeleben 24 Jun 1736-Sondershausen
14 Oct
1794); m.Bernburg
4 Feb 1760 Wilhelmine Pss of Anhalt-Bernburg
(Bernburg 25 Aug 1737-Sondershausen 26 Apr 1777)
1b) GÜNTHER FRIEDRICH KARL Fst von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
(Sondershausen 5 Dec 1760-Schloß an der Possen,
bei Sondershausen
22
Apr 1837); m.Schloß Rudolstadt 23 Jun 1799 Caroline Pss von
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1774-1854)
1c) Emilie Friederike Charlotte (Sondershausen
23 Apr 1800
-Detmold
2 Apr 1867); m.Arnstadt 23 Apr 1820 Leopold Fst
zur Lippe (6 Nov 1796-1 Jan 1851)
2c) GÜNTHER FRIEDRICH KARL Fst von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
(Sondershausen 24 Sep 1801-Sondershausen 15 Sep
1889); m.1st
Rudolstadt
12 Mar 1827 Marie Pss von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
(1809-1833); m.2d Öhringen 29 May 1838 (div 1852) Mathilde
Pss zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (Öhringen 3 Jul
1814-Schloß
Mirabell,
nr Salzburg 3 Jun 1888)
1d) Günther Friedrich Karl Alexander
(Arnstadt 18 Feb 1828-Arnstadt 31 Oct 1833)
2d)
Elisabeth Caroline Luise (Arnstadt
22 Mar 1829-Dresden 11 May 1893)
3d) KARL GÜNTHER Fst von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
(Arnstadt 7 Aug 1830- Weisser Hirsch, nr Dresden
28
Mar 1909); m.Altenburg
12 Jan 1869 Marie Pss of
Saxe-Altenburg (Munich 28 Jun 1845-Sondershausen
5 Jul 1930)
4d) Günther Leopold (Arnstadt
2 Jul 1832-Berlin 20 Apr 1906)
5d) Marie Pauline Caroline
Luise Wilhelmine Auguste
(Sondershausen 14 Jun 1837- Reichenhall 21 Apr 1921)
6d) Günther Friedrich Karl August Hugo
(Sondershausen 13 Apr 1839-Sondershausen
25 Nov 1871)
2b) Katharine Charlotte
Friederike Albertine (Sondershausen
2 Aug 1762-Otterwisch 31 Jan 1801); m.Sondershausen 11 Apr
1790 Christian Pr von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (below)
3b) Günther Albrecht
August (Sondershausen 6 Sep
1767-Fürstenberg bei Sondershausen 23 Jun 1833)
4b) Karoline Auguste Albertiune, Deaconess at Herford
(Sondershausen 19 Feb 1769- Sondershausen 1 Aug
1819)
5b) Albertine Wilhelmine Amalie (Sondershausen 5 Apr
1771-Wetzlar 25 Apr 1829); m.Sondershausen 18 Mar 1795
(div 1801) Duke Ferdinand of Württemberg (Treptow
22
Oct 1763-Wiesbaden
20 Jan 1834)
6b) Johann Karl Günther (Sondershausen 24 Jun 1772-Otterwisch
16 Nov 1842); m.Coswig 5 Jul 1811 his niece, Güntherine
Pss von
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
(below)
1c) Karl Friedrich Christian Günther
(Arnstadt 11 Apr 1812-Arnstadt 27 Apr 1812)
2c) Luise Friederike Albertine
Pauline (Sondershausen 12 Mar
1813-Otterwisch 30 May 1848); m.Grindelwald 7 Aug 1847 Wilhelm
Albrecht von Götz (1815-Zwickau 1 May 1871)
3c) Adolf Karl Friedrich
Christian Günther
(Arnstadt
20 Sep 1815-Arnstadt 15 Mar 1816)
4c) Charlotte Amalie Friederike Albertine (Arnstadt 7 Sep 1816
-Glockenthal 7 Feb 1912); m.Münsingen 26 Feb
1856 Hans Heinrich
Frhr
von Jud (1825-Malaga 13 Jan 1864)
5a) Johann Günther (Ebeleben 13
Oct 1737-Ebeleben 20 Jan 1738)
6a) August (Ebeleben 8
Dec 1738-Sondershausen 10 Feb 1806); m.
Bernburg 27 Apr 1762 Christine Pss of Anhalt-Bernburg (Bernburg
14 Nov 1746-Coswig 18 May 1823)
1b) Friedrich Christian
Karl Albert (Sondershausen 14 May 1763-
Otterwisch 26 Oct 1791); m.Sondershausen 11 Apr 1790 Friederike
Pss von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (above)
1c)
Güntherine (Otterwisch 24 Jul 1791-Neumünster nr Zürich
30 Oct 1875); m.Coswig 5 Jul 1811 her uncle Karl Pr von
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (above)
2b)
Katharina Christiane Wilhelmine (Sondershausen
27 Jun 1764-Sondershausen 21 Feb 1775)
3b) Albertine Charlotte Auguste (Sondershausen
1 Feb 1768
-Arolsen 26
Dec 1849); m.Otterwisch 12 Sep 1784 Georg Fst
zu Waldeck u.Pyrmont (1747-1813)
4b) Wilhelm Ludwig Günther (Sondershausen
16 Jul 1770-Bamberg 19 Aug 1807)
5b)
Alexius Karl August (Sondershausen 15
Jul 1773-Sondershausen 29 May 1777)
6b) Friederike Albertine Johanna Elisabeth (Sondershausen 15 Jul
1774-Wittgenstein 26 Jul 1806); m.Coswig 31 May
1796 Friedrich
Fst zu
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1766-1837)
