Emich, Prince of Leiningen
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 Prince Emich with his wife, Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |||||
| Born | 18 January 1866 Osborne House, Isle of Wight, England | ||||
| Died | 18 July 1939 (aged 73) Mudau, Free People's State of Württemberg, Nazi Germany | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
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| House | Leiningen | ||||
| Father | Ernst, 4th Prince of Leiningen | ||||
| Mother | Princess Marie of Baden | ||||
Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen (German: Emich Eduard Carl Fürst zu Leiningen; 18 January 1866 – 18 July 1939) was the son of Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen. He was 5th Prince of Leiningen from 1904 to 1918, and afterwards titular Prince of Leiningen from 1918 until his death.
Early life[]
Emich was born at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, the second child and only son of Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (1830–1904), (son of Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen and Countess Maria Klebelsberg) and his wife, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1834–1899), (daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Princess Sophie of Sweden). Through his mother he was descendant of Swedish monarchs, such as Gustav IV Adolf and Gustav III. His paternal grandfather, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, was the half-brother of Queen Victoria.
He was baptised at Osborne House on 10 February 1866 and his godparents were his paternal great-aunt, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, his maternal uncle Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (represented by Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) and his paternal uncle (represented by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha).
Marriage[]
Emich married on 12 July 1894 in Langenburg to Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (23 July 1866–1 November 1932), youngest child of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife, Princess Leopoldine of Baden.
They had five children:
- Princess Viktoria of Leiningen (12 May 1895 – 9 February 1973) she married Count Maximilian of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim on 23 February 1922 and they were divorced in 1937. They had one son:
- Count Markwart of Solms-Rödelheim and 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 World War I.
- Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen (13 February 1898 – 2 August 1946) he married Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia on 24 November 1924. They have 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 5th Prince of Leiningen.
Honours[]
Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of the Military Merit Order, 4th Class[1]
Württemberg:[2]
United Kingdom: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 8 September 1898[3]
Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of Philip the Magnanimous, 11 July 1902[4]
Baden: Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1904[5]
Austria-Hungary: Knight of the Order of Franz Joseph, 1893[6]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order[1]
Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class[1]
Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class[1]
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Landtag des Königreiches: Mitglieder der Kammer der Reichsräte", Hof- und - Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern, Munich: Landesamt, 1914, p. 147
- ^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg, Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1907, pp. 50, 122
- ^ "No. 27007". The London Gazette. 23 September 1898. p. 5599.
- ^ "Verdienst-orden Philipps des Großmütigen", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 22
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden" p. 43
- ^ "Franz Joseph-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1914, p. 219, retrieved 26 August 2021
- The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: 1951
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- 1866 births
- 1939 deaths
- People from Strasbourg
- Leiningen family
- Princes of Leiningen
- Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat
- Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- Recipients of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
- Knights of the Order of Franz Joseph