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, Prince of Leiningen | ||||
| Mother | Princess Marie of Baden | ||||
Emich, Prince of Leiningen (
afterwards titular Prince of Leiningen
from 1918 until his death.
Early life
Emich was born at
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 Prince Eduard of Leiningen (represented by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha).
Marriage
Emich married on 12 July 1894 in
Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen), 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-Assenheim on 23 February 1922 and they were divorced in 1937. They had one son:
- Count Markwart of Solms-Rödelheim-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, Prince of Leiningen (13 February 1898 – 2 August 1946) he married Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia on 24 November 1924. They had 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 Prince of Leiningen.
Honours
Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of the Military Merit Order, 4th Class[1]
Württemberg:[2]
- Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order, 1894
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, 1905
United Kingdom: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 8 September 1898[3]
Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Merit Order 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]
Kingdom of Prussia:[1]
- Knight of the Royal Order of the Crown, 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- Knight of Honour of the Johanniter Order
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c "Landstände", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (in German), Darmstadt: Im Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, 1912–1913, p. 49 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "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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