First Marriage
Hermine was married, on 7 January 1907 in Greiz to Prince Johann George Ludwig Ferdinand August of Schönaich-Carolath (11 September 1873 – 7 April 1920).
They were the parents to five children:
- Prince Hans Georg Heinrich Ludwig Friedrich Hermann Ferdinand of Schönaich-Carolath (3 November 1907 – 9 August 1943, married Sibylle, Baroness of Zedlitz and Leipe), Killed in Action in Russia during WWII
- Prince Georg Wilhelm of Schönaich-Carolath (16 March 1909 – 1 November 1927, died unmarried)
- Princess Hermine Caroline Wanda Ida Luise Feodora Viktoria Auguste of Schönaich-Carolath (born 9 May 1910, married Hugo Herbert Hartung)
- Prince Ferdinand Johann Georg Hermann Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich August of Schönaich-Carolath (5 April 1913 – 17 October 1973, married Rose Rauch and Margret, Baroness of Seckendorff)
- Princess Henriette Hermine Wanda Ida Luise of Schönaich-Carolath (25 November 1918 – 16 March 1972, married Prince Karl Franz of Prussia).
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