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
Idar-Oberstein () is a town in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. As a ''Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (large city belonging to a district), it assumes some of the responsibilities that for smaller municipalities in ...
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 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
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
in favour of the latter.
Marriage and issue
On 17 July 1664 in
Falkenstein, Emich Christian married to Christiane Louise (1640–1717), daughter of Count
William Wirich of Daun-Falkenstein and Countess Elisabeth of Waldeck (1610–1647). They had two children:
* Elisabeth Dorothea (11 June 1665–1722)
: married on 19 October 1692 to
Moritz Hermann of Limburg Moritz Hermann of Limburg, (born 1664, died 1703), count of Limburg Stirum was the second reigning count of the branch Limburg-Styrum-Styrum.
Early life
He was son of Count Moritz of Limburg-Stirum and his wife Countess Maria Bernhardine of Li ...
(1664–1703)
* Frederick (d. 1709)
Leiningen family
Lords of Broich
Counts of Germany
1642 births
1702 deaths
17th-century German people
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