Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen

Emich Carl
Prince of Leiningen
Born	27 September 1763 Dürckheim
Died	4 July 1814 (aged 50) Amorbach
Spouse	Princess Henriette of Reuss-Ebersdorf (m. 1787–1801; her death) Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (m. 1803–14; his death)
Issue	with Princess Henriette: Prince Friedrich with Princess Victoria: Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen Feodora, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
House	House of Leiningen
Father	Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince of Leiningen
Mother	Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (27 September 1763 – 4 July 1814) was a German nobleman.

He was born at Dürckheim, the fourth child and only son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg by his wife Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim. On 3 July 1779 his father was made a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Emich Carl became Hereditary Prince of Leiningen. On 9 January 1807 he succeeded his father as second Prince of Leiningen.

Emich Carl was married firstly, on 4 July 1787, to Henriette, youngest daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf, by his wife, Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. They had one son together:

• Prince Friedrich Karl Heinrich Ludwig of Leiningen (1 March 1793 - 22 February 1800)

Henriette died on 3 September 1801, and Emich married a second time, on 21 December 1803, to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the fourth daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by his wife, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, and a niece of his late wife. She bore him two further children:

• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich (12 September 1804 - 13 November 1856); succeeded his father as third prince; married on 13 February 1829 Countess Maria Klebelsberg, and had issue.
• Princess Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine of Leiningen (7 December 1807 - 23 September 1872); married in 1828 Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and had issue.

Emich Carl died at Amorbach on the 4 July 1814 and was succeeded by his second surviving son.

His widow was married a second time to Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom. By him she had a second daughter, Princess Victoria of Kent, who would later become Queen of the United Kingdom.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen

16. Friedrich Emich, Count of Leiningen-Hartenburg               8. Johann Friedrich, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenbur                       17. Countess Sybille of Waldeck-Wildungen               4. Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg                             18. Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach               9. Margravine Katharina of Baden-Durlach                       19. Duchess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp               2. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince of Leiningen                                   20. Count Johann Eustachius of Wurmbrand-Stuppach               10. Johann Wilhelm, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach                       21. Baroness Maria Elisabeth Speild von Vatersdorf               5. Countess Anna Christine Eleonore von Wurmbrand-Stuppach                             22. Wolfgang Ehrenreich, Baron von Prösing               11. Baroness Susanna Josefa of Prösing-Stein                       23. Baroness Susanne Eleonore von Polheim               1. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen                                         24. Johann August, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim               12. Ludwig Heinrich, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim                       25. Eleonore Cratz of Scharffenstein               6. Wilhelm Carl Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim                             26. Count Wilhelm Heinrich of Limpurg-Gaildorf               13. Countess Wilhelmine Christiane of Limpurg-Gaildorf                       27. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Limpurg-Gaildorf               3. Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim                                   28. Count Johann Eustachius of Wurmbrand-Stuppach (= 20)               14. Johann Wilhelm, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach (= 10)                       29. Baroness Maria Elisabeth Speild von Vatersdorf (= 21)               7. Countess Maria Margareta Leopolda of Wurmbrand-Stuppach                             30. Count Wilhelm Heinrich of Limpurg-Gaildorf (= 26)               15. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Limpurg-Gaildorf                       31. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Limpurg-Gaildorf (=27)

Sources

• Thomas Gehrlein: Das Haus Leiningen. 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolgen. Deutsche Fürstenhäuser. Heft 32. Börde Verlag, Werl 2011, ISBN 978-3-9811993-9-0, S. 25
• Marek, Miroslav. "leiningen/leiningen6.html#EC". Genealogy.EU. External link in |publisher= (help)