Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Princess Feodora of Leiningen (Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine; 7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861). Feodora and her older brother Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen were maternal half-siblings to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She is a matrilineal ancestor of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and of King Felipe VI of Spain.

Life

Feodora was born on 7 December 1807 to Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen and his wife Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her father died in 1814.

On 29 May 1818, her mother remarried to Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom. The following year, the household was taken to the United Kingdom as the Duchess' pregnancy came to an end, so that the new potential heir to the British throne could be born on British soil.^[1]^[2]

By all accounts, Feodora enjoyed a very close relationship with her sister Victoria, who was devoted to her elder sister.^[3]^[4] Despite this, Feodora was eager to permanently leave their residence at Kensington Palace, as her "only happy time was driving out" with Victoria and her governess Baroness Louise Lehzen because she could "speak and look as she liked".^[3]

Marriage

In early 1828 at Kensington Palace, Feodora married Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860), a man she had only met twice previously.^[5] After her honeymoon, she returned to the German Confederation where she lived until her death in 1872.^[3] The prince had no actual domain as the principality had been mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. The couple lived in the large and uncomfortable Schloss Langenburg.^[3] Feodora maintained a lifelong correspondence with her sister, and was granted an allowance of £300 whenever she could visit England.^[6]

Sculpture on the tomb of Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Feodora's youngest daughter, the Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen, died in early 1872 of scarlet fever,^[7] and Feodora herself died later that year.

Issue

Feodora and Ernest had three sons and three daughters:

Name	Birth	Death	Age	Notes
Carl Ludwig II Wilhelm Leopold, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	25 October 1829	16 May 1907	77 years	Succeeded to the title on 12 April 1860 but abdicated his rights in favour of his younger brother on 21 April of the same year.
Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	8 November 1830	27 February 1850	19 years
Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard VI, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	31 August 1832	8 March 1913	80 years	Married to Princess Leopoldine of Baden
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	11 December 1833	31 December 1891	58 years	Settled in Great Britain and made a morganatic marriage.
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	20 July 1835	25 January 1900	64 years	Married to Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.
Princess Feodora Victoria Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langeburg	7 July 1839	10 February 1872	32 years	Married to George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Feodora of Leiningen

16. Johann Friedrich, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenbur

8. Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg

17. Margravine Katharina of Baden-Durlach

4. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince of Leiningen

18. Johann Wilhelm, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach

9. Countess Anna Christine Eleonore von Wurmbrand-Stuppach

19. Baroness Susanna Josefa of Prösing-Stein

2. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen

20. Ludwig Heinrich, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

10. Wilhelm Carl Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

21. Countess Wilhelmine Christiane of Limpurg

5. Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

22. Johann Wilhelm, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach

11. Countess Maria Margareta Leopolda of Wurmbrand-Stuppach

23. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Limpurg-Gaildorf

1. Princess Feodora of Leiningen

24. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

12. Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

25. Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

6. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

26. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

13. Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

27. Princess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

3. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

28. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf

14. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf

29. Countess Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen

7. Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf

30. George Augustus, Count of Erbach-Schönberg

15. Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg

31. Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern

References

Notes

↑ Hibbert 2000, pp. 9–10.
↑ Gill 2009, p. 34.
1 2 3 4 Hibbert 2000, p. 22.
↑ Gill 2009, p. 51.
↑ Vallone 2001, p. 9.
↑ Hibbert 2000, p. 58.
↑ Pakula 1997, p. 296.

Bibliography

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Gill, Gillian (2009). We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals. New York: Ballatine Books. ISBN 0-345-52001-7.
Hibbert, Christopher (2000). Queen Victoria: A Personal History. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-638843-4.
Pakula, Hannah (1997). An Uncommon Woman: The Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. ISBN 0-684-84216-5.
Vallone, Lynne (2001). Becoming Victoria. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08950-3.

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