Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen

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Emich Carl
Prince of Leiningen
Born(1763-09-27)27 September 1763
Dürckheim
Died4 July 1814(1814-07-04) (aged 50)
Amorbach
SpousePrincess Henriette of Reuss-Ebersdorf (m. 1787–1801; her death)
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
(m. 1803–14; his death)
Issuewith Princess Henriette:
Prince Friedrich
with Princess Victoria:
Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen
Feodora, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
HouseLeiningen
FatherCarl Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince of Leiningen
MotherCountess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (27 September 1763 – 4 July 1814) was a German nobleman. He is an ancestor of various European royals, including Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Felipe VI of Spain, and Constantine II of Greece. After his death, his widow, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, married a son of George III of Great Britain and became the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Biography

Background

Emich Carl was born at Dürckheim, the fourth child and only son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg by his wife Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim. On 3 July 1779, his father was made a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Emich Carl became Hereditary Prince of Leiningen. On 9 January 1807, he succeeded his father as second Prince of Leiningen.

Marriages and issue

Emich Carl was married firstly, on 4 July 1787, to Henriette, youngest daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf, by his wife, Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. Henriette died on 3 September 1801. By this marriage, Emich Carl had issue 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 Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, fourth daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by his wife, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. His second wife was a niece of his late wife. She bore him two further children:

Death and succession

Emich Carl died at Amorbach on the 4 July 1814 and was succeeded by his only surviving son, Carl Friedrich.

Post-mortem connections

Four years after his death, his widow was married to Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom. By him, she had a single daughter, Princess Victoria of Kent, who would later become Queen regnant of the United Kingdom.

Ancestry

Family of Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen
16. Friedrich Emich, Count of Leiningen-Hartenburg
8. Johann Friedrich, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenbur
17. Countess Sybille of Waldeck-Wildungen
4. Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
18. Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
9. Margravine Katharina of Baden-Durlach
19. Duchess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp
2. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince of Leiningen
20. Count Johann Eustachius of Wurmbrand-Stuppach
10. Johann Wilhelm, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach
21. Baroness Maria Elisabeth Speild von Vatersdorf
5. Countess Anna Christine Eleonore von Wurmbrand-Stuppach
22. Wolfgang Ehrenreich, Baron von Prösing
11. Baroness Susanna Josefa of Prösing-Stein
23. Baroness Susanne Eleonore von Polheim
1. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen
24. Johann August, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
12. Ludwig Heinrich, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
25. Eleonore Cratz of Scharffenstein
6. Wilhelm Carl Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
26. Count Wilhelm Heinrich of Limpurg-Gaildorf
13. Countess Wilhelmine Christiane of Limpurg-Gaildorf
27. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Limpurg-Gaildorf
3. Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
28. Count Johann Eustachius of Wurmbrand-Stuppach (= 20)
14. Johann Wilhelm, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach (= 10)
29. Baroness Maria Elisabeth Speild von Vatersdorf (= 21)
7. Countess Maria Margareta Leopolda of Wurmbrand-Stuppach
30. Count Wilhelm Heinrich of Limpurg-Gaildorf (= 26)
15. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Limpurg-Gaildorf
31. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Limpurg-Gaildorf (=27)

Sources

  • Thomas Gehrlein: Das Haus Leiningen. 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolgen. Deutsche Fürstenhäuser. Heft 32. Börde Verlag, Werl 2011, ISBN 978-3-9811993-9-0, S. 25
  • Marek, Miroslav. "leiningen/leiningen6.html#EC". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source][better source needed]
Preceded by Prince of Leiningen
1807–1814 		Succeeded by
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