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  PRINCIPALITY OF SCHWARZBURG-SONDERSHAUSEN Fürstentum Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
House of Schwarzburg The Principality
of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, a German state in Thüringia since 1697, was a member state of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866. After the Prussian-Austrian War where they allied with Prussia, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen became a member state of the North German Confederation in 1867. It became a member state of the German Empire in 1871. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a hereditary constitutional monarchy. The parliament has one chamber known as the Landtag. There was a three-tier appointment system where of the 18 members of parliament six representatives were appointed by the highest taxpayers, six by universal secret and direct election, and six were appointed for life by the prince. The principality had one vote in the Reichstag and one in the Bundesrat. The population was 93,000 in 1914 they were almost all Lutheran. Prince Charles Gunther succeeded on the 17th of July 1880, his father having renounced the throne in favor of his son due to eye disease. With the death of Prince Charles Günther in 1909 the Sondershausen line became extinct and the prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt ruled both states. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen were joined by family lines originally. Similar to the Reuß family all of the male descendents had a common name, in this instance Günther, such as Günther XL, who died in 1552. Over time, this tradition changed. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was the junior line. On the death of Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1909 the two Schwartzberg principalities were united in a personal union under Günther Viktor of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. This was a personal union, and he still ruled two separate states with inside the German Empire. Günther Viktor was fond of calling a joint principality Schwarzburg. They were however not united in a constitutional sense, and were always two separate states having two distinct votes in the Bundesrat. The Rulers of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen The Counts of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen * 1552-86.............................John Günther
I Raised to Prince in 1697 The Princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
* 1697-1716..........................................................Anthony Günther II United under Prince Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt * 28 March 1909 - November 1918...............................Prince Günther The Heads of the Princely House of Schwarzburg On the death of the childless Prince Günther Victor
in 1925 he * 1918-25: Prince
Günther.........................(1852-1925) The Family Titles and Styles
The members of
this family bore the title Prince or
The Genealogy of The Princely House August Günther Pr von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
(Sondershausen 27 Apr 1a)
Friederike Auguste (Ebeleben 2a) Charlotte (Ebeleben 10 Feb 1732-Festenberg 11 Jun 1774); 3a) Christian Wilhelm (Ebeleben 7 4a) CHRISTIAN GÜNTHER, suc his uncle as Fst von Schwarzburg- 2c) GÜNTHER FRIEDRICH KARL Fst von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
2d)
Elisabeth Caroline Luise (Arnstadt
3d) KARL GÜNTHER Fst von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
4d) Günther Leopold (Arnstadt 5d) Marie Pauline Caroline Luise Wilhelmine Auguste 6d)
Günther Friedrich Karl August Hugo 2b) Katharine Charlotte Friederike Albertine (Sondershausen 3b) Günther Albrecht August (Sondershausen 6 Sep 4b) Karoline Auguste Albertiune, Deaconess at Herford 5b) Albertine Wilhelmine
Amalie (Sondershausen 5 Apr 6b) Johann Karl Günther (Sondershausen 24 Jun 1772-Otterwisch 2c) Luise Friederike Albertine Pauline (Sondershausen 12 Mar 3c) Adolf Karl Friedrich Christian Günther 4c) Charlotte Amalie
Friederike Albertine (Arnstadt 7 Sep 1816 5a)
Johann Günther (Ebeleben 13 6a) August (Ebeleben 8 Dec 1738-Sondershausen 10 Feb 1806); m. 3b)
Albertine Charlotte Auguste (Sondershausen 1 Feb 1768 4b)
Wilhelm Ludwig Günther (Sondershausen 5b) Alexius Karl August (Sondershausen 15 6b) Friederike Albertine
Johanna Elisabeth (Sondershausen 15 Jul    The Official Website of The Almanach de Saxe Gotha, Crown Copyright Held © 2006-2010, All Rights Reserved.
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