Peerage Record – 6338

     Rosa Helene Prinzessin zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was born on 14 August 1901. She was the daughter of Reinhard Ludwig Fürst zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and Marka Klara Rosa gräfin zu Solms-Sonnenwalde.¹ She married Victor Adolf Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, son of Alexis Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Pauline Emma Augusta Hermine Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, on 30 June 1931. She died on 14 April 1963 at age 61.

     Eberwyn Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt was born on 10 April 1882 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G. He was the son of Alexis Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Pauline Emma Augusta Hermine Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont. He married, firstly, Pauline Langenfeld, daughter of Christian Langenfeld, in 1906. He and Pauline Langenfeld were divorced in 1914. He married, secondly, Ellen Bischoff-Korthaus on 24 August 1918. He and Ellen Bischoff-Korthaus were divorced in 1919. He married, thirdly, Anne-Luise Husser in 1920 at Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg, Hessen, Germany^G. He died on 31 July 1949 at age 67.
     He gained the title of Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt.

     Pauline Langenfeld was born on 11 February 1884. She was the daughter of Christian Langenfeld.¹ She married, firstly, Eberwyn Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, son of Alexis Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Pauline Emma Augusta Hermine Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, in 1906. She and Eberwyn Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt were divorced in 1914. She married, secondly, Prince Wladislaw Radziwill, son of Prince Charles Radziwill and Princess Teresa Lubomirska, on 8 January 1916. She and Prince Wladislaw Radziwill were divorced in 1924. She married, thirdly, (?) Graf Korff-Kerssenbrock after 1924.¹ She died on 30 December 1970 at age 86.
     Pauline Langenfeld also went by the nick-name of Lilli.¹ Her married name became Radziwill. From after 1924, her married name became Korff-Kerssenbrock.¹

     Ellen Bischoff-Korthaus was born on 6 October 1894. She was also reported to have been born on 6 November 1894. She married, firstly, Eberwyn Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, son of Alexis Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Pauline Emma Augusta Hermine Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, on 24 August 1918. She and Eberwyn Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt were divorced in 1919. She married, secondly, Adolf Fürst zu Schaumburg-Lippe, son of Stephan Albecht Georg Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe and Marie Anne Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg, on 10 January 1920. She died on 27 March 1936 at age 41, killed in a plane crash.

     Anne-Luise Husser was born on 2 July 1891 at Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, U.S.A.^G. She married Eberwyn Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, son of Alexis Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Pauline Emma Augusta Hermine Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, in 1920 at Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg, Hessen, Germany^G. She died on 19 October 1951 at age 60.

     Ellen Ingeborg Langenfeld was born on 24 April 1911. She was the daughter of Eberwyn Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Pauline Langenfeld. She died in 1954.

     Alexis Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt was born on 30 July 1922. He was the son of Victor Adolf Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Stephanie Alexandrine Hermine Thyra Xenia Bathildis Ingeborg Prinzessin zu Schaumburg-Lippe. He died on 2 December 1943 at age 21, killed in action over the Mediterranean.
     He gained the title of Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt. He fought in the Second World War.

     Christian Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt was born on 9 December 1923. He is the son of Victor Adolf Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Stephanie Alexandrine Hermine Thyra Xenia Bathildis Ingeborg Prinzessin zu Schaumburg-Lippe. He married Sylvia Gräfin von Pückler, daughter of Sylvius Graf von Pückler and Alix Freiin von Richthofen, on 7 August 1950 in a civil marriage.¹ Christian and Sylvia were also married in a religious ceremony on 8 June 1966 at Steinfurt, Germany^G.¹
     He gained the title of 6th Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt in 1961.

     Sylvia Gräfin von Pückler was born on 16 May 1930 at Burkersdorf^G. She was the daughter of Sylvius Graf von Pückler and Alix Freiin von Richthofen.¹ She married Christian Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, son of Victor Adolf Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Stephanie Alexandrine Hermine Thyra Xenia Bathildis Ingeborg Prinzessin zu Schaumburg-Lippe, on 7 August 1950 in a civil marriage.¹ Sylvia and Christian were also married in a religious ceremony on 8 June 1966 at Steinfurt, Germany^G.¹ She died on 15 November 2013 at age 83.²

     Reinhard Georg Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt was born on 27 March 1934. He is the son of Victor Adolf Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and Rosa Helene Prinzessin zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. He married Angelica Emmermann on 30 August 1975 at Steinfurt, Germany^G.
     He gained the title of Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt.