Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg

Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg
Spouse(s)	Christiane Louise of Daun-Falkenstein
Noble family	House of Leiningen
Father	Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg
Mother	Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen
Born	29 March 1642 Dagsburg
Died	27 April 1702 (aged 60)

Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg (29 March 1642 in Dagsburg – 27 April 1702) was, by descent, Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg and, by inheritance, Lord of Broich, Oberstein and Bürgel.

Life

Emich Christian was a son of the Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1612-1658) and Countess Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen (1617-1661).

After the death of his father-in-law Count William Wirich of Daun-Falkenstein in 1682, Emich Christian took possession of the inheritance. On 8 October, Elector Palatine John William invested him with the Lordship of Broich.

In March 1688, Elector Palatine John William decided an inheritance dispute about Broich and Bürgel between Emich Christian and his nephew John in favour of the latter.

Marriage and issue

On 17 July 1664 in Falkenstein, Emich Christian married to Christiane Louise (1640-1717), daughter of Count William Wirich of Daun-Falkenstein and Countess Elisabeth of Waldeck (1610-1647). They had two children:

• Elisabeth Dorothea (11 June 1665 – 1722)

married on 19 October 1692 to Moritz Hermann of Limburg (1664-1703)

• Frederick (d. 1709)