Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen
| Emich | |||||
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| Prince of Leiningen | |||||
| Born | 18 October 1926 Coburg, Weimar Republic | ||||
| Died | 30 October 1991 (aged 65) Amorbach, Germany | ||||
| Spouse | Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg | ||||
| Issue | Princess Melita Prince Karl Emich Andreas, 8th Prince of Leiningen Princess Stephanie | ||||
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| House | House of Leiningen | ||||
| Father | Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen | ||||
| Mother | Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia | ||||
Emich, 7th Prince of Leiningen (Template:Lang-de; 18 October 1926–30 October 1991) was the son of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen. He was the titular Prince of Leiningen from 1946 until his death.
Early life
Emich was born at Coburg, Weimar Republic, the first child of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen (1898–1946), (son of Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen and Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907–1951), (daughter of Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha). Through his mother he was descendant of Queen Victoria and Tsar Alexander II. Through his father he was a descendant of the Vasa kings of Sweden and of both of Queen Victoria's half-siblings, Carl, Prince of Leiningen and The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. As a result, Emich was the first descendant of all three of Victoria, Duchess of Kent's children.
Marriage
Emich married on 10 Aug 1950 in Rastede to Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (b. 2 February 1928), fourth child and second daughter of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
They had four children:
- Princess Melita of Leiningen (b. 19 June 1951), married in 1978 to Horst Legrum, no issue.
- Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen (b. 12 June 1952), married firstly in 1984 to Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, had issue, Princess Margarita died in 1989 in a car accident; Married secondly in 1991 to Gabriele Renate Thyssen, had issue, divorced in 1998; Married thirdly in 2007 to Countess Isabelle von und zu Egloffstein, had issue.
- Andreas, 8th Prince of Leiningen (b. 27 November 1955), married in 5 October 1981 to Princess Alexandra of Hanover, had issue.
- Princess Stephanie of Leiningen (b. 1 October 1958), unmarried and without issue.
Prince of Leiningen
On the death of his father in 1946, Emich became the titular pretender Prince of Leiningen.
Titles and styles
- 18 October 1926 – 18 July 1939: His Serene Highness Prince Emich of Leiningen
- 18 July 1939 – 2 August 1946: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Leiningen
- 2 August 1946 – 30 October 1991: His Serene Highness The Prince of Leiningen
Ancestry
Notes and sources
- thePeerage.com - Emich Cyril Ferdinand Hermann VII Fürst zu Leiningen
- Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Emich, 7.Fürst zu Leiningen
- Queen Victoria's Descendants, New York, 1987, Eilers, Marlene A., Reference: 195
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1997
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