On Saturday 05.09.2009 the small hessian town Lich saw a number of royal and noble Guests. It was the day Hereditary Prince Carl Christian zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lichj and Countess Christina Douglas married there in a religious Ceremony. The Couple had already married civil in December 2008 in Vienna where the both live and work. The day of their religious marriage was also the day their son Louis Clemens Jamal turned 1 year old. The groom arrived as one of the first guests together with his sister Princess Caroline, Mrs. Liljenquist. The guests which inclued among others Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus and Hereditary Princess Floria of Hesse with their children Moritz and Paulina, Fürst Alexander and Fürstin Gabriella zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Fürst Albrecht and Fürstin Marie Louise zu Castell-Castell, Fürst Franz Alexander and Hereditary Prince Alexander of Isenburg, Hereditary Prince Carl Ferdinand and Hereditary Princess Elna-Margret zu Bentheim and Steinfurt with son Jonathan, Fürst Wolfgang-Ernst, Fürstin Leonille and Princess Felizitas-Magdalena zu Ysenburg and Büdingen, Fürst Philipp and Fürstin Leonille zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, Fürst Johann Friedrich and Fürstin Maria zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and many more who where greeted at the Church door by the grooms brothers Louis and Frederik and the brides brother Count Robin Douglas. The bride arrived together with her fahter short after 11h00 CEST. The 1 hour long Ceremony which took place in the Marienstiftskirche was lead by Pastor Sven Kiesling and Adelheid Groten, who is based in Singen am Hohentwiel and has already confirmed the bride. The witnesses where Countess Natalie Hoyos, Celina von Luttitz, the grooms sister Princess Caroline zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Mrs. Liljenquist and Prince Christian-Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittengenstein-berleburg. After the Ceremony the bridal Couple left the Church to the Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholday. Outside the Church they where greeted by friends who throw rice over then. The bridal Couple and all the guests then made their Way through the Old town of Lich to the Castle accompanied by the Muschenheimer Musikzug. In the Castle a private reception took place followed by a Ball in the evening.
on the rigth the brides mother Countess Alexandra Douglas
one of the flowergirls with his mother
the grooms brothers Prince Frederik and Prince
Louis with their cousin, Prince Lucio
Count Robin Douglas one of the brides brothers
Prince Frederik zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and
Count Robin Douglas have a look in the guestlist
Arrival of the groom
he was accompanied by his sister
Princess Caroline zu Solms-
Hohensolms-Lich, Mrs. Liljenquist
Count Philipp zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
former german President Roman Herzog
with his wife Alexandra von Berlichingen
(a relative of the bride) and her son Götz
Fürst Franz Alexander of Isenburg
most likely the grooms uncle Prince Wilhelm zu
Solms-HohensolmsLich wih his wife Milicent
Princess Elisabeth zu Ysenburg and Büdingen,
née Princess of Schleswig-Hoslötein with her son Johann-Georg
Prince Carl-Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-
Berleburg with girlfriend
Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand and Princess
Yvonne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Princess Theodora zu Sayn-
Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Hereditary Prince Alexander
of Isenburg
the grooms uncle and FDP-Poilitican
Prince Hermann Otto zu Solms-Hohensolms-
Lich followed by 2 of his daughters
Princess Christiane zu Solms.
Hohensolms-Lich
Count Christoph and Countess
Bergit Douglas
Hereditary Prince Carl-Ferdinand and
Hereditary Princess Elna-Margret zu Bentheim
and Steinfurt with their son Jonathan
the brides brothers Count Benedikt and
Count Christoph (with glasses) Douglas
the grooms parents Fürst Philipp-Reinhard
and Fürstin Marie zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand zu Ysenburg
and Büdingen with girlfriend
Fürstin Leonille, Princess Felizitas-
Magdalena and Fürst Wolfgang Ernst of
Ysenburg and Büdingen
Prince Heinrich VIII. and
Princess Dorit Reuß
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Prince
Heinrich VIII. and Princess Dorit Reuß
Count Georg zu Solms-Laubach
Prince Metfried and Princess
Felizitas zu Wied
Prince Stephan and Princess
Maria zur Lippe
Fürst Albrecht zu Castell-Castell
behind Countess Madeleine zu Solms-Laubach
Fürstin Marie Louise
zu Castell-Castell
Count Gustav zu Solms-Laubach
Fürst Alexander and Fürstin
Gabriella zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Count Karl zu Solms-Laubach
Prince Maximilian zu Ysenburg
and Büdingen with his children Tassilo
and Madeleine
Count Clemens Hoyos
Fürst Philipp-Reinhard zu Solms-Hohensolms-
Lich and Countess Alexandra Douglas
Fürstin Marie zu Solms-Hohensolms
and Count Patrick Douglas
Count Robin Douglas
Prince Louis zu Solms-
Hohensolms-Lich
Hereditary Prince Carl-Ferdinand and
Hereditary Princess Elna-Margret zu Bentheim
and Steinfurt with their son Jonathan
Count Christoph and Countess
Johanna Douglas
Countess Madeleine zu
Solms-Laubach
most likely Prince Wilhelm and Princess
Milicent Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Princess Benedikte of Denmark
Count Christoph and Countess
Bergit Douglas
Count Christoph Douglas
Fürst Johann Friedrich and Fürstin
Maria zu Castell-Rüdenhausen
Count Gustav zu Solms-Laubach
Princess Elisabeth zu Ysenburg and Büdingen
former President Romand Herzog
Alexandra von Berlichingen
Fürst Albrecht and Fürstin Marie
Louise zu Castell-Castell
Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus
of Hessse with son Moritz
Fürst Franz Alexamder of Isenburg
Fürst Philipp zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Fürstin Gabriela zu
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Fürst Alexander and Fürstin Gabriela
zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
