Princess Margarita of Leiningen

Princess Margarita of Leiningen
Princess of Hohenzollern
Spouse Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern
Issue
Karl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern
Prince Albrecht
Prince Ferdinand
Full name
German: Margarita Ileana Viktoria Alexandra
House House of Leiningen
House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen
Mother Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia
Born 9 May 1932(1932-05-09)
Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
Died 16 June 1996(1996-06-16) (aged 64)
Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Princess Margarita of Leiningen[1][2] (Full German name: Margarita Ileana Viktoria Alexandra Prinzessin zu Leiningen[1][2]) (born 9 May 1932 in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany;[1][2] died by suicide[3] 16 June 1996 in Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[1][2]) was a Princess of Leiningen and Princess consort of Hohenzollern. Margarita was the fourth child and second-eldest daughter[1][2] of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia.[1][2] Margarita was the Princess consort of Hohenzollern 6 February 1965 – 16 June 1996.

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Marriage and issue

Margarita married Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern (later Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern), eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony, civilly in Sigmaringen on 5 January 1951 and religiously in Amorbach on 3 February 1951.[1][2] Margarita and Frederick William had three sons:[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

Princess Margarita of Leiningen
Born: 9 May 1932 Died: 16 June 1996
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony
— TITULAR —
Princess consort of Hohenzollern
Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

6 February 1965 – 16 June 1996
Reason for succession failure:
Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850
Succeeded by
Katharina de Zomer