Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen

Emich Kyrill
Prince of Leiningen
Born (1926-10-18)18 October 1926
Coburg, Weimar Republic
Died 30 October 1991(1991-10-30) (aged 65)
Amorbach, Germany
Spouse Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (m. 1950)
Issue Princess Melita
Prince Karl Emich
Andreas, Prince of Leiningen
Princess Stephanie
Full name
Emich Kirill Ferdinand Hermann Fürst zu Leiningen
House House of Leiningen
Father Karl, Prince of Leiningen
Mother Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia

Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen (German: Emich Kirill Ferdinand Hermann Fürst zu Leiningen; 18 October 1926  30 October 1991)[1] was the son of Karl, Prince of Leiningen. He was the titular Prince of Leiningen from 1946 until his death.

Early life

Emich was born at Coburg, Weimar Republic, the first child of Karl, Prince of Leiningen (1898–1946), (son of Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen and Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907–1951), (daughter of Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha). Through his mother, he was a descendant of Queen Victoria and Tsar Alexander II. Through his father, he was a descendant of the Vasa kings of Sweden and of both of Queen Victoria's half-siblings, Carl, Prince of Leiningen and The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. As a result, Emich was the first descendant of all three of Victoria, Duchess of Kent's children.

Marriage

Emich married on 10 August 1950 in Rastede to Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (b. 2 February 1928), fourth child and second daughter of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

They had four children:

Prince of Leiningen

On the death of his father in 1946, Emich became the titular pretender Prince of Leiningen.

A businessman and entrepreneur,[2] he owned a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe Chassis.[3]

The Prince fell out with his son over the latter's marriage, and sought to disinherit him.[4]

Ancestry

References

  1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume 133, p. 250
  2. "History: the Princes". Furst Leiningen.
  3. "1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe Chassis". Bonhams.
  4. "A pauper prince". Guardian.

Notes and sources

Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen
Born: 18 October 1926 Died: 30 October 1991
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Karl
 TITULAR 
Prince of Leiningen
1946  1991
Reason for succession failure:
German nobility titles abolished
Succeeded by
Andreas
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