Monday, April 28, 2014

Melissa Ann Solms-Baruth: obituary

Melissa Ann Solms-Baruth was the wife of Count Christian-Friedrich Solms-Baruth, second son of the late Count Friedrich Hans of Solms-Baruth and Princess Oda of Stolberg-Wernigerode.  

She died at the age of 59 at her home in Leonardtown, Maryland.  Mrs. Solms-Baruth was a realtor with Coldwell Banker, and co-publisher (with her daughter, Oda Solms-Baruth) of regional magazines, including The Fairfax Woman, n northern Virginia and southern Maryland.

In 1991,  Christian and Melissa filed suit for damages regarding lead paint in their newly bought home in Leonardtown.   The "dust from lead-based paint had attacked little Carolina's nervous system came four months after they moved in."  The house was once a convent owned by the Roman Catholic church.  The couple lost the suit.

Count Christian-Friedrich is a first cousin of Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, whose mother, Countess Victoria of Solms-Baruth, was Friedrich-Hans' older sister. 

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-03-10/news/1991069070_1_lead-poisoning-lead-based-paint-was-banned

http://www.mgfh.com/obituaries/dsp_files/dsp_viewobit.cfm?obit_ID=2814


http://southernmarylandwoman.com/

http://somd.com/announcements/obits/report.php?rec=9352#disqus_thread

http://www.thebaynet.com/announcements/index.cfm/fa/viewannouncement/announce_ID/10129


http://thealexandriawoman.com/article/meet-the-new-alexandria-woman-magazine


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