Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg (29 March 1642, in Dagsburg – 27 April 1702) was, by descent, Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg and, by inheritance, Lord of Broich, Oberstein and Bürgel.

Life

Emich Christian was a son of the Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1612–1658) and Countess Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen (1617–1661). After the death of his father-in-law Count William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein in 1682, Emich Christian took possession of the inheritance. On 8 October, Elector Palatine John William invested him with the Lordship of Broich. In March 1688, Elector Palatine John William decided an inheritance dispute about Broich and Bürgel between Emich Christian and his nephew

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in favour of the latter.

Marriage and issue

On 17 July 1664 in Falkenstein, Emich Christian married to Countess Christiane Louise of Daun-Falkenstein (1640–1717), daughter of Count William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein and Countess Elisabeth of Waldeck-Wildungen (1610–1647). They had: * Elisabeth Dorothea (11 June 1665–1722) : married on 19 October 1692 to Count Moritz Hermann of Limburg-Styrum (1664–1703) * Frederick (d. 1709) Leiningen family Lords of Broich Counts of the Holy Roman Empire 1642 births 1702 deaths 17th-century German people {{Germany-noble-stub