Melissa Countess of Solms-Baruth, née Butler, died on 23 April at her home in Leonardtown, Maryland.
She was born on 5 May 1954 in Providence, Rhode Island, to George and Mary Butler. She married Christian Count of Solms-Baruth (b.1954) [son of Friedrich-Hans Ferdinand Wilhelm Count of Solms-Baruth (1923-2006) & his wife, Princess Oda of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1925-1978)] on 31 October 1979 in New York City.
She is survived by her husband, her children Oda (b.1981), Carolina (b.1987) & Alexander (b.1989) and grandson, Lucas (son of Oda).
Sources: Royal News of 2014, Section II
Descendants of Queen Victoria's siblings
Horrible sadness fell on Countess Philippine of Limburg-Stirum (b.1946) & her husband Renaud Querton (b.1943):
Their second daughter, Marie-Armandine, died on 24 April, aged 40.
She was born in Uccle on 8 January.
She bereft her husband Jose Zurstrassen (b.1967) whom she married in 1999 and five children: Elise (b.2000), Annabelle (b.2002), Nine (b.2006), Eric (b.2009) & Alec (b.2012).
Apart from her parents, husband & children she left her four sisters: Monique (b.1972), Isabelle (b.1979), Sophie (b.1980) & Diane (b.1983), one brother Thomas (b.1974) and eight nephews.
Sources: Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
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It's so very sad...I feel so sorry especially for her children...
She was born on 5 May 1954 in Providence, Rhode Island, to George and Mary Butler. She married Christian Count of Solms-Baruth (b.1954) [son of Friedrich-Hans Ferdinand Wilhelm Count of Solms-Baruth (1923-2006) & his wife, Princess Oda of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1925-1978)] on 31 October 1979 in New York City.
She is survived by her husband, her children Oda (b.1981), Carolina (b.1987) & Alexander (b.1989) and grandson, Lucas (son of Oda).
Sources: Royal News of 2014, Section II
Descendants of Queen Victoria's siblings
Horrible sadness fell on Countess Philippine of Limburg-Stirum (b.1946) & her husband Renaud Querton (b.1943):
Their second daughter, Marie-Armandine, died on 24 April, aged 40.
She was born in Uccle on 8 January.
She bereft her husband Jose Zurstrassen (b.1967) whom she married in 1999 and five children: Elise (b.2000), Annabelle (b.2002), Nine (b.2006), Eric (b.2009) & Alec (b.2012).
Apart from her parents, husband & children she left her four sisters: Monique (b.1972), Isabelle (b.1979), Sophie (b.1980) & Diane (b.1983), one brother Thomas (b.1974) and eight nephews.
Sources: Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
http://www.carnetmondain.be/
It's so very sad...I feel so sorry especially for her children...