Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen

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Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (German: Ernst Leopold Victor Carl August Joseph Emich, Furst zu Leiningen) (born Amorbach, 9 November 1830: died Amorbach 5 April 1904) was a German nobleman. He was the eldest son of Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen and Countess Maria Klebelsberg. He acceded to the title of Prince of Leiningen on his father's death on 13th November 1856.

On 11 September 1858 in Karlsruhe he married Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1834-1899), second daughter and seventh child of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Sophie of Sweden. They had two children :

Alberta (24 December 1863 - 30 August 1901)
Emich (18 January 1866 - 18 July 1939); became 5th Prince of Leiningen on his father's death in 1904; married Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1866-1932)