Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (27 September 1763 – 4 July 1814) was a German nobleman. He is an ancestor of various European royals, including

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, and

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. After his death, his widow,

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, married a son of

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and became the mother of

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Biography

Background

Emich Carl was born at Dürckheim, the fourth child and only son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg by his wife Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim (1736–1803). On 3 July 1779, his father was made a

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, and Emich Carl became Hereditary

Prince of Leiningen The title of Prince of Leiningen (german: Fürst zu Leiningen) was created by the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, who elevated Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg (a younger branch of the House of Leiningen) to the rank ...

. On 9 January 1807, he succeeded his father as second Prince of Leiningen.

Marriages and issue

Emich Carl was married firstly, on 4 July 1787, to Countess Henriette Sophie of

Reuss-Ebersdorf Reuss-Ebersdorf was a county and from 1806 a principality located in Germany. The Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf belonged to the Reuss Junior Line. Reuss was successively a part of the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederatio ...

(1767-1801), youngest daughter of

Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (22 January 1724, in Ebersdorf – 13 May 1779, in Ebersdorf), was ruler of the German county Reuss-Ebersdorf from 1747 until his death in 1779. He was the eldest son of the thirteen children of Heinrich ...

, by his wife, Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. Henriette died on 3 September 1801. By this marriage, Emich Carl had issue one son, who died young and within the lifetime of his mother, being: *Prince ''Friedrich'' Karl Heinrich Ludwig of Leiningen (1 March 1793 – 22 February 1800) On 21 December 1803, two years after the death of his first wife, Emich married

, fourth daughter of

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by his wife,

Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf Countess Augusta Caroline Sophie Reuss-Ebersdorf () (19 January 1757 – 16 November 1831), was by marriage the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was the maternal grandmother of Queen Victoria and the paternal grandmother of Albert, Prince ...

. His second wife was a niece of his late wife. She bore him two further children: * Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich (12 September 1804 – 13 November 1856); succeeded his father as third prince; married on 13 February 1829, Countess Maria von Klebelsberg zu Thumburg, and had issue. * Princess Anna ''Feodora'' Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine of Leiningen (7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872); married in 1828,

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, and had issue. She is an ancestor of various European royals, including

, and

Death and succession

Emich Carl died at Amorbach on 4 July 1814, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, Carl Friedrich.

Post-mortem connections

Four years after his death, his widow was married to Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, fourth son of King

. By him, she had a single daughter,

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, who would later become Queen regnant of the United Kingdom.

Ancestry

Sources

* Thomas Gehrlein: ''Das Haus Leiningen. 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolgen.'' Deutsche Fürstenhäuser. Heft 32. Börde Verlag, Werl 2011, , S. 25 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carl, Emich, 2nd Prince Of Leiningen 1763 births 1814 deaths People from Bad Dürkheim Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen Emich Carl Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen