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| Countess Emma and Count Mauritz |
It was a marriage where the bride and groom could count(ly) their many family connections. On April 25, 2026, at the Evangelische Stadtkirche in Laubach, H Ill H Countess Emma Margaretha of Schloss-Laubach married Count Mauritz Douglas.
The 33-year-old bride is the eldest of five children of H. Ill. H. Karl Georg, Count of Solms-Laubach, and his first wife, Julia Willers. Count Mauritz Otto Wenzel Douglas, 32, is the only child of Swedish Count Archibald Douglas and HI & RH Archduchess Walburg of Austria, daughter of the late HI &RH Archduke Otto of Austria and HSH Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen.
The civil wedding took place on April 24 at Schloss Laubach. The mayor, Matthias Meyer, officiated at the ceremony. He posted details about the service on his official Instagram account. I have translated the message into English.
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"It was an honor and a pleasure for me as a registrar, mayor of Laubach, and friend of the family to conduct the wedding of Countess Emma to Solms-Laubach and Count Mauritz Douglas.
Lena had accompanied the civil wedding ceremony beautifully with three piano pieces.
We wish the young couple all the best and love for their journey together."
Countess Emma's 90-year-old grandmother, Princess Madeleine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, who married Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach, in 1958, was among the guests. Princess Madeleine's late brother, Richard, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, was married to Princess Benedikte of Denmark.
Three of Emma's paternal aunts, Countesses Tatiana, Christina, and Maria, are married to Count Patrick von Saurma, Count Kilian von Pezold, and Prince Stephan zur Lippe. One of Christina's daughters, Helene, is the wife of the Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.
Mauritz is a great-grandson of Austria's last Emperor Karl, who abdicated in 1918, and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
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| The Prince and Princess Zur Lippe with their family |
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| Helene, Hereditary Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and her sister-in-law, Princess Amelie, Mrs. Schmid von Schmidsfelden |
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| The Prince of Castell-Rüdenhausen with Hereditary Count Philipp and Count Nikolaus of Königsegg-Aulendorf |
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| Gustav, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. He and the bride are second cousins |
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| Count Mauritz heads to church |
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| The Count and Countess of Neipperg (Archduchess Andrea of Austria) with the Hereditary Count and Countess of Neipperg |
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| The bride's mother, Julia, and Count Archibald Douglas and Archduchess Walburga |
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| The bride's brother, Hereditary Count August |
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| The Count and Countess of Neipperg (Archduchess Andrea of Austria) |
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| Archduchesses Monika and Micaela of Austria, sisters of the mother of the bride |
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| Archduchess Gabriela and her family |
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| The children of Archduke Karl (Archduchess Eleonore, with her husband, Jerome d'Ambrosio. Archduchess Gloria and Archduke Ferdinand |
The wedding was an ecumenical service as Emma is Lutheran and her husband is a Roman Catholic. Although neither of Walburga's brothers, Archduke Karl and Archduke Georg, attended the wedding, their children were present. Other guests included the Margrave of Baden, the Prince and Princess Zur Lippe with their family, the Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems, the Prince and Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg with their family, the Prince of Solms-Lich, the Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont and his two brothers,
|After the wedding, the bride and groom, along with their guests, returned to Schloss Laubach for the reception, followed by a gala dinner in the evening.
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-countly-engagement-count-mauritz.html
Countess Emma's younger sister, Clara, is preparing for her wedding. In November 2025, Clara became engaged to Paul von Posern, the second son of Konrad von Posern and Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg (daughter of Duke Christian Ludwig and Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Barbara of Prussia)
My thanks (many thanks) to the photographer who has allowed me to use these photos. The copyright
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