Günther Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

## **Reign**

* October 14, 1794 - August 19, 1835 (40 years)
* Preceded by Christian Günther III, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
* Succeeded by Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

## **Life Data**

* Günther Friedrich Karl
* House of Schwarzburg
* Born December 5, 1760 (Sondershausen, Germany)
* Died April 22, 1837 (76 years)

## **Immediate Family**

* Father: Christian Günther III, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1736-94)
* Mother: Charlotte Wilhelmine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (1737-77)

* Sibling 1: Catharina, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1761-1801)
* Sibling 2: Günther Albrecht, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1767-1833)
* Sibling 3: Caroline Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1769-1819)
* Sibling 4: Albertine, Duchess of Württemberg (1771-1829)
* Sibling 5: Johann, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1772-1842)

* Paternal Grandfather: August I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1691-1750)
* Paternal Grandmother: Charlotte Sophie, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (1696-1762)

* Maternal Grandfather: Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1700-65)
* Maternal Grandmother: Albertine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1712-50)

## **Wife: Caroline, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt**

* Born January 21, 1774
* Father: Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1736-93)
* Mother: Friederike Sophie Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1745-78)
* Died January 11, 1854 (79 years)

* Marriage: June 23, 1799 - April 22, 1837 (37 years, died)

## **Child 1: Emilie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen**

* Emilie Friederike Caroline
* Born April 23, 1800
* Died April 2, 1867 (66 years)

* Husband: Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796-1851)
* Marriage: April 23, 1820 - January 1, 1851 (30 years, widowed)

* Child 1: Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821-75)
* m.1852 Elisabeth, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1833-96)

* Child 2: Luise, Princess of Lippe (1822-87)

* Child 3: Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824-95)
* m.1858 Sophie, Princess of Baden (1834-1904)

* Child 4: Friederike, Princess of Lippe (1825-97)
* Child 5: Friedrich, Prince of Lippe (1827-54)
* Child 6: Hermann, Prince of Lippe (1829-84)
* Child 7: Alexander, Prince of Lippe (1831-1905)
* Child 8: Karl, Prince of Lippe (1832-34)
* Child 9: Pauline, Princess of Lippe (1834-1906)

## **Child 2: Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen**

* Günther Friedrich Karl
* Born September 24, 1801
* Died September 15, 1889 (87 years)

* First Wife: Marie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1809-33)
* Marriage: March 12, 1827 - March 29, 1833 (6 years, widowed)

* Child 1: Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1828-33)
* Child 2: Elisabeth, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1829-93)

* Child 3: Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1830-1909)
* m.1869 Marie Gasparine, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg (1845-1930)

* Child 4: Leopold, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1832-1906)

* Second Wife: Mathilde, Princess of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1814-88)
* Marriage: May 29, 1835 - May 5, 1852 (16 years, divorced)

* Child 5: Marie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1837-1921)
* Child 6: Hugo, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1839-71)