Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen
| Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Oehringen Dr. Gabriele Renate Thyssen Countess Isabelle of Egloffstein |
| Issue | |
| Princess Cécilia of Leiningen Princess Theresa of Leiningen Prince Emich of Leiningen |
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| Full name | |
| German: Karl Emich Nikolaus Friedrich Hermann Prinz zu Leiningen | |
| House | House of Leiningen |
| Father | Emich, 7th Prince of Leiningen |
| Mother | Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg |
| Born | 12 June 1952 |
Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen (Karl Emich Nikolaus Friedrich Hermann Prinz zu Leiningen), was born on June 12, 1952. He is the eldest son of Emich, 7th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg, and is an elder brother of Andreas, 8th Prince of Leiningen.
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[edit] Marriages and children
He married Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Oehringen on June 8, 1984. He had one daughter by this marriage, Princess Cécilia of Leiningen (b. 1988). Princess Margarita died in 1989 in a car accident.
On May 24, 1991, Prince Karl Emich married Dr. Gabriele Renate Thyssen. After an inheritance dispute, he abdicated and gave way to his younger brother Prince Andreas of Leiningen. He is excluded from the line of succession to the British throne, because his then wife was a Roman Catholic at that time. They had one daughter, Theresa Anna Elisabeth Prinzessin von Leiningen (b. 1992)[1][2][3][4][5] In 1998, Karl Emich and Gabriele were divorced.
[edit] Law suit
In 2000, Karl Emich began the final round of a lawsuit to inherit ₤100 million worth of castles, property, and a Mediterranean island that had been previously denied him by his family because he chose to marry Thyssen.[6][7] Karl Emich was disinherited shortly after his 1991 wedding, as his mother, father, and brother Andreas disapproved of her birth.[7] He also broke a 1897 family edict which stipulates that its members may only marry aristocrats of equivalent status.[7] Karl remarked about the whole affair,
"From the very beginning of our marriage I was turned into an enemy. We were both subjected to enormous pressure. No marriage can withstand that sort of thing in the long term. I had hoped things would improve when our child arrived. But after our daughter was born, nothing happened. My mother has refused to speak to me since the wedding".[7]
Karl Emich has insisted that the stress this feud put upon his marriage is the reason why Thyssen left him, converted to Islam, and ran off with Aga Khan IV.[7]
[edit] Marriage to Egloffstein
He married Countess Isabelle of Egloffstein in a civil ceremony on 8 September 2007 in Amorbach, and in a religious ceremony on 7 June 2008 in Pappenheim. In 2010, they had a son, Prince Emich of Leiningen.
[edit] Ancestry
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Leiningen_Royal_Family.htm
- ^ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/leiningen/leiningen6.html
- ^ http://www.william1.co.uk/g4.htm
- ^ http://www.emmerdale.org/qvd.htm
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~conqueror/genealogy_html/i1090.html
- ^ These included the Mediterranean island of Tago Mago, two stately homes in Bavaria and the Rhineland, and estates in Africa and Canada (Paterson, Tony).
- ^ a b c d e Paterson, Tony (22 June 2000), "A Pauper Prince's Palatial Quest", The Guardian (Berlin)
[edit] Further reading
- "Aga Khan's wife sues for divorce", Daily Mail, 8 October 2004.
- Monarchies of Europe Leiningen Royal Family
