Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (27 September 1763 – 4 July 1814) was the reigning

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of the

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. After his death, his widow,

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, married

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, fourth son of

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, and her only child from that marriage was

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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 and 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 () 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 ...

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

Marriages and issue

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

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(1767-1801), youngest daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf and his wife, Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. Henriette died on 3 September 1801. Emich Carl and Henrietta had 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 Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by his wife,

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. His second wife was a niece of his late wife. They had 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-Thumburg (1806-1880), 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.

Death and succession

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

Post-mortem connections

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

. They had a daughter, Princess Victoria of Kent, 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 * https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/3/collection/420728/emich-charles-prince-of-leiningen-1763-1814 * *royal collection https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/2/collection/420728/emich-charles-prince-of-leiningen-1763-1814 {{DEFAULTSORT:Carl, Emich, 2nd Prince Of Leiningen 1763 births 1814 deaths People from Bad Dürkheim Emich Carl Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen