Walther Sommerlath - Marriage

Marriage

On 10 December 1925 he married the Brazilian Alice Soares de Toledo (1906–1997), in Santa Cecília, São Paulo. She was the daughter of Arthur Floriano de Toledo and his wife Elisa de Novaes Soares. The couple had four children:

  • Ralf Sommerlath (born 1929)
  • Walther Ludwig Sommerlath (born 1934)
  • Hans Jörg Sommerlath (1941–2006)
  • Silvia Sommerlath (born 23 December 1943), married in 1976 to Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

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