Christian Günther III, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

## **Reign**

* November 6, 1758 - October 14, 1794 (35 years)
* Preceded by Heinrich XXXV, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
* Succeeded by Günther Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

## **Life Data**

* Christian Günther
* House of Schwarzburg
* Born June 24, 1736
* Died October 14, 1794 (58 years)

## **Immediate Family**

* Father: August, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1691-1750)
* Mother: Charlotte Sophie, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (1696-1762)

* Sibling 1: Friederike Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1723-25)
* Sibling 2: Charlotte, Countess of Reichenbach-Goschütz (1732-74)
* Sibling 3: Christian Wilhelm, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1734-37)
* Sibling 4: Johann Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1737-38)
* Sibling 5: August, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1738-1806)

* Paternal Grandfather: Christian Wilhelm, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1647-1721)
* Paternal Grandmother: Wilhelmine Christiane, Princess of Saxe-Weimar (1658-1712)

* Maternal Grandfather: Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1668-1721)
* Maternal Grandmother: Sophie Albertine, Countess of Solms-Sonnenwald (1672-1708)

## **Wife: Charlotte Wilhelmine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg**

* Born August 25, 1737
* Father: Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1700-65)
* Mother: Albertine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1712-50)
* Died April 26, 1777 (39 years)

* Marriage: February 4, 1760 - April 26, 1777 (17 years, widowed)

## **Child 1: Günther Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen**

* Günther Friedrich Karl
* Born December 5, 1760
* Died April 22, 1837 (76 years)

* Wife: Caroline, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1799-1837)
* Marriage: June 23, 1799 - April 22, 1837 (37 years, died)

* Child 1: Emilie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1800-67)
* m.1820 Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796-1851)
* Children: 6 sons, 3 daughters

* Child 2: Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1801-89)
* m.1827 Marie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1809-33)
* Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter
* m.1835 Mathilde, Princess of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1814-88)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter

## **Child 2: Catharina, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen**

* Catharina Charlotte Friederike Albertine
* Born August 2, 1761
* Died January 31, 1801 (39 years)

* Husband: Friedrich Christian, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1763-91)
* Marriage: August 1, 1790 - October 26, 1791 (1 year, widowed)

* Child 1: Güntherina, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1791-1875)
* m.1811 Johann, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1772-1842)
* Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters

## **Child 3: Günther Albrecht, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen**

* Günther Albrecht August
* Born September 6, 1767
* Died June 23, 1833 (65 years)

## **Child 4: Caroline Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen**

* Caroline Auguste Albertine
* Born February 19, 1769
* Died August 1, 1819 (50 years)

## **Child 5: Albertine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen**

* Albertine Wilhelmine Amalie
* Born April 5, 1771
* Died April 25, 1829 (58 years)

* Husband: Ferdinand Frederick Augustus, Duke of Württemberg (1763-1834)
* Marriage: March 18, 1795 - 1801 (5-6 years, divorced)

## **Child 6: Johann, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen**

* Johann Karl Günther
* Born June 24, 1772
* Died November 16, 1842 (70 years)

* Wife: Güntherina, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1791-1875)
* Marriage: July 5, 1811 - November 16, 1842 (31 years, died)

* Child 1: Karl Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1812-12)

* Child 2: Luise, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1813-48)
* m.1847 Wilhelm Albrecht von Götz (1815-71)
* Children: 1 daughter

* Child 3: Adolf, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1815-16)

* Child 4: Charlotte, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1816-1912)
* m.1856 Hans Heinrich, Baron von Jud (1825-64)