Emich, Prince of Leiningen (; 18 January 1866 – 18 July 1939) was the son of Ernst, Prince of Leiningen. He was the fifth Prince of Leiningen from 1904 to 1918, and afterwards titular

Prince of Leiningen The title of Prince of Leiningen () was created by the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II, who elevated Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince of Leiningen, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg (a yo ...

from 1918 until his death.

Early life

Emich was born at

Osborne House Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat. Albert designed the house in the style ...

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, the second child and only son of Ernst, Prince of Leiningen (1830–1904), (son of Karl, Prince of Leiningen and Countess Marie von Klebelsberg) and his wife, Princess Marie of Baden (1834–1899), (daughter of

Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden Leopold (29 August 1790 – 24 April 1852) succeeded in 1830 as the Grand Duke of Baden, reigning until his death in 1852. Although a younger child, Leopold was the first son of Margrave Karl Friederich of Baden by his second, morganatic wife, ...

and Princess Sophie of Sweden). Through his mother he was descendant of

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, such as

Gustav IV Adolf Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland. The occupation of Finland in 180 ...

and

Gustav III Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw ...

. His paternal grandfather, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, was the half-brother of

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...

. He was baptised at Osborne House on 10 February 1866 and his godparents were his paternal great-aunt,

Princess Feodora of Leiningen Princess Feodora of Leiningen (Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine; 7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, future Duchess of Kent. Fe ...

, his maternal uncle

Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden Frederick I (; 9 September 1826 – 28 September 1907) was the Grand Duke of Baden from 1858 to 1907. Life Frederick was born in Karlsruhe, Baden, on 9 September 1826. He was the third son of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Princess ...

(represented by

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard; 31 August 1832 – 9 March 1913) was the 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the second son of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen ( ...

) and his paternal uncle Prince Eduard of Leiningen (represented by

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ernest II (; 21 June 181822 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His father be ...

Marriage

Emich married on 12 July 1894 in

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his second cousin (both great-grandchildren of

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Marie Louise Victoire; 17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861), later Princess of Leiningen and subsequently Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, was a German princess and the mother of Queen Victoria of the ...

and her first husband Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen), Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (23 July 1866–1 November 1932), youngest child of

and his wife,

Princess Leopoldine of Baden Princess Leopoldine of Baden (''Leopoldine Wilhelmine Amalie Pauline Maximiliane''; 22 February 1837, Karlsruhe – 23 December 1903, Strasbourg) was a Princess of Baden by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage. Life Leopoldine ...

. They had five children: *Princess Viktoria of Leiningen (12 May 1895 – 9 February 1973) she married Count Maximilian of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim on 23 February 1922 and they were divorced in 1937. They had one son: **Count Markwart of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim (30 June 1925 – 28 September 1976) *Emich Ernst, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen (Emich Ernst Hermann Heinrich Maximilian; 29 December 1896 - 21 March 1918) he died at the age of twenty-one during

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. * Karl, Prince of Leiningen (13 February 1898 – 2 August 1946) he married

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on 24 November 1924. They had seven children, fifteen grandchildren and twenty-eight great-grandchildren. *Prince Hermann Viktor Maximilian of Leiningen (4 January 1901 – 29 March 1971) he married Countess Irina of Schönborn-Wiesentheid on 21 December 1938. No children. *Prince Hesso Leopold Heinrich of Leiningen (23 July 1903 – 19 June 1967) he married Countess Marie-Luise of Nesselrode on 12 July 1933. No children.

Prince of Leiningen

On the death of his father in 1904, Emich became the

Honours

* : Knight of the Military Merit Order, 4th Class * : ** Grand Cross of the

Friedrich Order The Friedrich Order ( or ''Friedrichsorden'') was an order of merit of the German Kingdom of Württemberg. It was instituted on 1 January 1830 by the second king of Württemberg, Wilhelm I in remembrance of his father, King Friedrich I. In 1918, ...

, ''1894'' ** Grand Cross of the

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, ''1905'' * : Knight Grand Cross of the

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, ''8 September 1898'' * : Grand Cross of the Merit

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, ''11 July 1902'' * : Knight of the

House Order of Fidelity The House Order of Fidelity () is a dynastic order of the Margraviate of Baden. It was established by Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach as a reward for merit and to mark the laying of the foundation stone of his residence at Kar ...

, ''1904'' *

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: Knight of the

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, ''1893'' *

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: Grand Cross of the

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* : ** Knight of the Royal Order of the Crown, 1st Class ** Knight's Cross of the Royal

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** Knight of Honour of the

Johanniter Order The Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Chivalric Order of Saint John of the Hospital at Jerusalem (), commonly known as the Order of Saint John or the Johanniter Order (German: ''Johanniterorden''), is the German Protestant branch of the Knights Hos ...

Ancestry

References

*The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: 1951 {{DEFAULTSORT:Leiningen, Emich, 05 Prince of 1866 births 1939 deaths People from Strasbourg Emich, 05 Emich, 05 Emich, 05 Emich, 05 Recipients of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria) Knights of the Order of Franz Joseph Pretenders