Andreas, Prince of Leiningen

Andreas
Prince of Leiningen

Born	(1955-11-27) 27 November 1955 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Spouse	Princess Alexandra of Hanover (m. 1981)
Issue	Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen Princess Olga Prince Hermann
Father	Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen
Mother	Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg

Andreas, Prince of Leiningen (Andreas Fürst zu Leiningen; born 27 November 1955)^[1] is the current head of the Princely House of Leiningen. He is the son of Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen, and Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg. His older brother Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen lost his rights to succeed as head of the house as a result of his unequal second marriage.^[2]^[3]

His great-great-great grandfather, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, was the elder half-brother of Queen Victoria. Through his father, he is also a direct descendant (specifically a great-great-great-grandson) of Queen Victoria, through her granddaughter, Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh, whose second husband was Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich. Because of this, he is in the line of succession to the British Throne.^[4]

He married Princess Alexandra of Hanover on 5 October 1981. They have three children, Hereditary Prince Ferdinand (b. 1982), Princess Olga of Leiningen (b. 1984), and Prince Hermann of Leiningen (b. 1987).

Titles and styles

27 November 1955 – 24 May 1991: His Serene Highness Prince Andreas of Leiningen
24 May 1991 – 30 October 1991: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Leiningen
30 October 1991 – present: His Serene Highness The Prince of Leiningen

Ancestry

Ancestors of Andreas, Prince of Leiningen

16. Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen

8. Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen

17. Princess Marie Amelie of Baden

4. Karl, Prince of Leiningen

18. Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

9. Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

19. Princess Leopoldine of Baden

2. Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen

20. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia

10. Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia

21. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

5. Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia

22. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

11. Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

23. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

1. Andreas, Prince of Leiningen

24. Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

12. Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

25. Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg

6. Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg

26. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

13. Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

27. Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

3. Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg

28. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

14. Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

29. Princess Helena of Nassau

7. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont

30. Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe

15. Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

31. Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau

References

↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (2004), Volume 133, p. 249, 251.
↑ Fürstenhaus zu Leiningen,
↑ Leiningen Royal Family, Monarchies of Europe Archived 23 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ William Addams Reitwiesner, "Persons eligible to succeed to the British Throne as of 1 Jan 2011".

Lines of succession
Andreas, Prince of Leiningen House of Leiningen Born: 27 November 1955
Preceded by Princess Theresa of Leiningen	Line of succession to the British throne descended from Alfred, son of Victoria	Succeeded by The Hereditary Prince of Leiningen
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Emich Kyrill	— TITULAR — Prince of Leiningen 1991 – present Reason for succession failure: German nobility titles abolished	Incumbent Heir: Hereditary Prince Ferdinand

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