'Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen' (
27 September 1763 –
4 July 1814) was a German nobleman.
He was born at
Dürckheim, the fourth child and only son of
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg by his wife Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim. On
3 July 1779 his father was made a
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Emich Carl became 'Hereditary Prince of Leiningen'. On
9 January 1807 he succeeded his father as second prince of
Leiningen.
Emich Carl was married firstly, on
4 July 1787, to Henriette, youngest daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf by his wife Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. They had one son together,
★ Friedrich Karl Heinrich Ludwig, born
1 March 1793 and died
22 February 1800.
Henriette died on the
3 September 1801, and Emich was married a second time, on
21 December 1803, to
Marie Luise Viktoria, the fourth daughter of Duke
Franz Friedrich Anton of
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by his wife Countess
Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf: a niece of his late wife. She bore him two further children,
★
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, born
12 September 1809, who succeeded his father as third prince.
★
Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine, born
7 December 1807, who married
Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and had issue.
Emich Carl died at
Amorbach on the
4 July 1814 and was succeeded by his second (but only surviving) son.
His widow was married a second time, to
Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King
George III of the United Kingdom. By him she had a second daughter,
Princess Victoria of Kent, who would later become
Queen of the United Kingdom.
Sources include:
★ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/leiningen/leiningen6.html#EC