Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen

Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen
Spouse Deborah Cully
Issue Princess Tatiana
Princess Nadia
Princess Alexandra
Full name
Hermann Friedrich Roland Fernando
House House of Leiningen
Father Prince Karl of Leiningen
Mother Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria
Born 16 April 1963
Toronto, Ontario

Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen (born April 16, 1963) is the younger son of Prince Karl of Leiningen and his wife Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria. Hermann was born in Toronto, Ontario, as Hermann Friedrich Fernando Roland. Through his mother, Hermann is a grandson of King Boris III of Bulgaria and a great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Through his father, he is a great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria (thus in the line of succession to the Canadian throne),[1] as well as Tsar Alexander II of Russia. According to Marlene Eilers, Hermann of Leiningen belongs to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

On May 16, 1987, in Oakville (near Toronto), Hermann married Deborah Cully (born December 2, 1961, in Belfast), daughter of Robert and Myrna Ruth Cully.[2] They have three children:[3]

Hermann works in Toronto for RBC Global Asset Management Inc., a division of the Royal Bank of Canada. He uses the name Hermann Leiningen professionally.[5]

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ William Addams Reitwiesner, "Persons eligible to succeed to the British Throne as of 1 Jan 2011"
  2. ↑ Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria’s Descendants, Rosvall Royal Books, Falköping, 1997, 2nd Edition, p. 151
  3. ↑ Leiningen
  4. ↑ Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria’s Descendants: Companion Volume, Rosvall Royal Books, Falköping, 2004, p. 50.
  5. ↑ RBC Institutional Investments - RBC Asset Management
Preceded by
Princess Juliana of Leiningen		 Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Alfred, son of Victoria 		Succeeded by
Princess Tatiana of Leiningen