Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen
Prince Hermann Friedrich | |||||
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Born |
Toronto, Ontario | 16 April 1963||||
Spouse | Deborah Cully (m. 1987) | ||||
Issue |
Princess Tatiana Princess Nadia Princess Alexandra | ||||
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House | House of Leiningen | ||||
Father | Prince Karl of Leiningen | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria |
Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen (born 16 April 1963) is the younger son of Prince Karl of Leiningen and his wife Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria. Hermann was born in Toronto, Ontario, as Hermann Friedrich Fernando Roland. Through his mother, Hermann is a grandson of King Boris III of Bulgaria and a great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Through his father, he is a great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria (thus in the line of succession to the British throne),[1] as well as Tsar Alexander II of Russia. According to Marlene Eilers, Hermann of Leiningen belongs to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
On 16 May 1987, in Oakville (near Toronto), Hermann married Deborah Cully (born 2 December 1961, in Belfast), daughter of Robert and Myrna Ruth Cully.[2] They have three children:[3]
- Princess Tatiana of Leiningen (born 27 August 1989), presently a graduate of Queen's University
- Princess Nadia of Leiningen (born 16 December 1991), presently a graduate of Queen's University
- Princess Alexandra of Leiningen (born 18 December 1997)[4]
Hermann works in Toronto for RBC Global Asset Management Inc., a division of the Royal Bank of Canada. He uses the name Hermann Leiningen professionally.[5]
Ancestry
References
- ↑ William Addams Reitwiesner, "Persons eligible to succeed to the British Throne as of 1 Jan 2011"
- ↑ Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria’s Descendants, Rosvall Royal Books, Falköping, 1997, 2nd Edition, p. 151
- ↑ Leiningen
- ↑ Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria’s Descendants: Companion Volume, Rosvall Royal Books, Falköping, 2004, p. 50.
- ↑ RBC Institutional Investments - RBC Asset Management
Preceded by Princess Juliana of Leiningen |
Line of succession to the British throne descended from Alfred, son of Victoria |
Succeeded by Princess Tatiana of Leiningen |