Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth

Countess Amalie Henriette Charlotte of Solms-Baruth (Kliczków, 30 January 1768 – Karlsruhe, 31 October 1847) was a countess by birth of Solms-Baruth. She was the only child of John Christian II, Count of Solms-Baruth and his wife, Friederike Louise of Reuss-Köstritz.

Marriage and issue

She married on 30 January 1789 with Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. They had the following children:

• Luise Karoline (1789-1789)
• Elise Eleonore (1790–1830), married Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
• Karoline Friederike Constance (1792-1847), married Franz Josef, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
• Emilie Friederike (1793–1859), married Friedrich Ludwig of Castell-Castell
• Ernst Christian (1794–1860), married Princess Feodora of Leiningen
• Friedrich Wilhelm (1797-1797)
• Marie (1798-1798)
• Luise Charlotte (1799–1881), married Adolf Karl of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
• Johanna Henriette (1800–1877), married Emil of Erbach-Schönberg
• Agnes (1804–1833), married Constantin, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
• Gustaf Heinrich (1806–1881)
• Helene (1807–1880), married Duke Eugen of Württemberg
• Johann Heinrich (1810–1830)

Due to the marriages of her children and grandchildren, she is ancestress to several European monarchs:

• Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein is the great-grandson of Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, whose mother Adelaide was Amalie Henriette's granddaughter.
• Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg is also a descendant of Adelaide through her daughter Marie Anne.
• King Charles XVI Gustav of Sweden is a son of Sibylla, who was the great-great-granddaughter of Amalie Henriette's son Ernest Christiaan.
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is a daughter of Bernhard, who was a great-grandson of Amalie Henriette's daughter Emilie.
• Queen Sophia of Spain and Constantine II of Greece are children of Frederica of Hanover, whose grandmother Empress Augusta Victoria was a granddaughter of Amalie Henriette's son Ernest Christian.