Karl, Prince of Leiningen

Karl
Prince of Leiningen
Born	13 February 1898 Straßburg, German Empire[1]
Died	2 August 1946 (aged 48) Saransk, Soviet Union
Spouse	Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia
Issue	Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen Prince Karl Kira, Princess Andrew of Yugoslavia Margarita, Princess of Hohenzollern Princess Mechtilde, Mrs. Karl Anton Bauscher Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Prince Peter
Full name Friedrich Karl Eduard Erwin Fürst zu Leiningen
House	House of Leiningen
Father	Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen
Mother	Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Karl, Prince of Leiningen (German: Friedrich Karl Eduard Erwin Fürst zu Leiningen; 13 February 1898 – 2 August 1946)^[2] was the son of Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen. He was the titular Prince of Leiningen from 1939 until his death.

Early life

Karl was born at Straßburg, German Empire^[1] (some websites erroneously give Straßburg, Austria^[3]), the second child and first son of Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen (1866–1939), (son of Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen and Princess Marie Amelie of Baden) and his wife, Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1866–1932), (daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Leopoldine of Baden). Through his father he was descendant of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.

Marriage

Karl married on 25 November 1925 in Langenburg to Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907–1951), eldest child of Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia and his wife, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his third cousin through descent from Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. (Karl is descended from the son of Victoria's first marriage and Maria's descent is from the daughter of Victoria's second marriage).

They had seven children:

• Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen (18 October 1926 – 30 October 1991), married in 1950 to Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg, had issue.
• Prince Karl of Leiningen (2 January 1928 – 28 September 1990), married in 1957 to Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, had issue.
• Princess Kira of Leiningen (18 July 1930 – 24 September 2005), married in 1963 to Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, had issue.
• Princess Margarita of Leiningen (9 May 1932 – 16 June 1996); married in 1951 to Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern, had issue.
• Princess Mechtilde of Leiningen (b. 2 January 1936), married in 1961 to Karl Anton Bauscher, had issue.
• Prince Friedrich of Leiningen (18 June 1938 – 29 August 1998), married firstly in 1960 to Karin-Evelyne Göss, divorced in 1962, no issue; Married secondly in 1971 to Helga Eschenbacher, no issue.
• Prince Peter of Leiningen (23 December 1942 – 12 January 1943)

Prince of Leiningen

On the death of his father in 1939, Karl became the titular pretender Prince of Leiningen.

Prisoner of War

He was a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union where he died in 1946 at Saransk.^[4]

Titles and styles

• 13 February 1898 – 5 April 1904: His Serene Highness Prince Karl of Leiningen
• 5 April 1904 – 18 July 1939: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Leiningen
• 18 July 1939 – 2 August 1946: (titular) His Serene Highness The Prince of Leiningen

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karl, Prince of Leiningen

16. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen               8. Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen                       17. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld               4. Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen                             18. Maximilian, Count of Klebelsberg               9. Countess Maria Klebelsberg                       19. Maria Anna von Turba               2. Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen                                   20. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden               10. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden                       21. Baroness Luise Karoline Geyer of Geyersberg               5. Princess Marie Amelie of Baden                             22. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden               11. Princess Sophie of Sweden                       23. Princess Frederica of Baden               1. Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen                                         24. Carl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               12. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                       25. Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth               6. Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                             26. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (= 16)               13. Princess Feodora of Leiningen                       27. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (= 17)               3. Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                                   28. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (= 20)               14. Prince William of Baden                       29. Baroness Luise Karoline Geyer of Geyersberg (= 21)               7. Princess Leopoldine of Baden                             30. Duke Louis of Württemberg               15. Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg                       31. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Notes and sources

1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, vol. 117, p. 265
2. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume 133, p. 249.
3. Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Friedrich Karl Eduard Erwin VI Fürst zu Leiningen". Retrieved 10 May 2005.
4. Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987). Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

• thePeerage.com - Friedrich Karl Eduard Erwin VI Fürst zu Leiningen
• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Karl, 6.Fürst zu Leiningen
• Queen Victoria's Descendants, New York, 1987., Eilers, Marlene A., Reference: 195