Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen

Emich Kyrill
Prince of Leiningen
Spouse	Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg
Issue
Princess Melita Prince Karl Emich Andreas, Prince of Leiningen Princess Stephanie
Full name
Emich Kirill Ferdinand Hermann Fürst zu Leiningen
House	House of Leiningen
Father	Karl, Prince of Leiningen
Mother	Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia
Born	18 October 1926(1926-10-18) Coburg, Weimar Republic
Died	30 October 1991(1991-10-30) (aged 65) Amorbach, Germany

Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen (German: Emich Kirill Ferdinand Hermann Fürst zu Leiningen; 18 October 1926 – 30 October 1991)^[1] was the son of Karl, Prince of Leiningen. He was the titular Prince of Leiningen from 1946 until his death.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Marriage 3 Prince of Leiningen 4 Ancestry 5 References 6 Notes and sources

Early life

Emich was born at Coburg, Weimar Republic, the first child of Karl, 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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen

16. Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen               8. Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen                       17. Countess Maria Klebelsberg               4. Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen                             18. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden               9. Princess Marie Amelie of Baden                       19. Princess Sophie of Sweden               2. Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen                                   20. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               10. Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                       21. Princess Feodora of Leiningen               5. Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                             22. Prince William of Baden               11. Princess Leopoldine of Baden                       23. Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg               1. Emich, 7th Prince of Leiningen                                         24. Alexander II of Russia               12. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia                       25. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine               6. Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia                             26. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               13. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                       27. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz               3. Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia                                   28. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               14. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha                       29. Victoria of the United Kingdom               7. Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha                             30. Alexander II of Russia (= 24)               15. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia                       31. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (= 25)

References

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

Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen House of Leiningen Born: 18 October 1926 Died: 30 October 1991
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Karl	— TITULAR — Prince of Leiningen 1946 – 1991 Reason for succession failure: German nobiliy titles abolished	Succeeded by Andreas

Persondata
Name	Emich, 7th Prince Of Leiningen
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1926-10-18
Place of birth	Coburg, Germany
Date of death	1991-10-30
Place of death	Amorbach, Germany