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 Family Titles and Styles

The members of this family bore the title of Prince or Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, together with the formal appellation of His or Her Serene Highness.

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)