Emich and Eilika, the Prince and Princess of Leiningen (all photos: Marlene A. Eilers Koenig collection) |
The Princess of Leiningen with Princess Melita (1951), Prince Karl-Emich (1952), and Prince Andreas(1955) (now the Prince of Leiningen), sitting on his mom's lap |
The Prince and Princess of Leiningen with two of their children: Prince Karl Emich and Princess Stephanie |
the heir and the spare: Friedrich Wilhelm and Margarita with their first two sons: Prince Karl Friedrich (1952) and Prince Albrecht (1954). |
Margarita, Hereditary Princess of Hohenzollern |
Margarita, Hereditary Princess of Hohenzollern (1950s) |
Princess Mechtilde of Leiningen and her husband, Karl Anton Bauscher with their first son, Ulf-Karl who was born in February 1963 |
The Leiningens are descendants of Queen Victoria and her two half-siblings, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen, who married Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
Victoria - Alfred - Victoria Melita - Marie - Karl Emich
Margarita
Mechtilde
Kira
Carl - Ernst Leopold -Emich - Karl
Feodora - Hermann - Feodora - Karl
In 1894, Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg married her second cousin, Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen. Their second, but the eldest surviving son, Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen married Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia.
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