Karl, Prince of Leiningen (1898–1946)
Karl, Prince of Leiningen was a German military officer and the eldest surviving son of Emich, Prince of Leiningen. Upon his father's death in 1939, he became the sixth Prince of Leiningen.
Early life
He was born in Straßburg, German Empire, as the third child and second son of Emich, Prince of Leiningen and his wife, Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Through his father, he was a descendant of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.Marriage
He married on 25 November 1925 in Langenburg to Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, eldest child of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and his wife, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. 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 married Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg on 10 August 1950. They had four children and six grandchildren:
- *Princess Melita Elisabeth Bathildis Helene Margarita of Leiningen married Horst Legrum on 14 April 1978.
- *Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen married Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Öhringen on 8 June 1984. They have one daughter. He remarried Gabriele Thyssen on 24 May 1991 and they were divorced in 1998. They have one daughter. He remarried, again, Countess Isabelle von und zu Egloffstein on 7 June 2008. They have one son.
- **Princess Cécilia of Leiningen
- **Princess Theresa of Leiningen
- **Prince Emich Albrecht Karl of Leiningen
- *, married Princess Alexandra of Hanover on 5 October 1981. They have three children:
- ** Hereditary Prince Ferdinand Heinrich Emich Christian Carl. He married Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia and had two daughters:
- *** Princess Alexandra Viktoria Luise Ehrengard of Leiningen
- *** Princess Feodora
- **Princess Olga Margarita Valerie Elisabeth Stephanie Alexandra of Leiningen
- **Prince Hermann Ernst Johann Albrecht Paul of Leiningen. He married Isabelle Heubach, they had one son:
- ***Prince Leopold Konstantin Rainer Andreas of Leiningen
- *Princess Stephanie Margarita of Leiningen
- Prince Karl of Leiningen married Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria on 14 February 1957 and they were divorced on 4 December 1968. They had two sons and five grandchildren:
- *Prince Boris zu Leiningen, who married Millena Manov on 14 February 1987 and they were divorced in 1996. They have one son. Boris remarried Cheryl Riegler on 11 September 1998. They had two children:
- **Prince Nicholas of Leiningen.
- **Prince Karl Heinrich of Leiningen.
- **Princess Juliana Elizabeth Maria of Leiningen.
- *Prince Hermann zu Leiningen, who married Deborah Cully on 16 May 1987. They have three daughters:
- **Princess Tatiana Victoria Maureen of Leiningen. She married Clayton Reynolds on June 17, 2017, and they have a son:
- ***August Rhodes Robert Reynolds Leiningen.
- **Princess Nadia Christiane Ruth of Leiningen. She married Ian Baker on July 18, 2020, and they have a son:
- ***Thomas James Baker Leiningen.
- **Princess Alexandra Sophia Maria of Leiningen, known as "Alexa".
- Princess Kira of Leiningen married Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia on 18 September 1963 and they were divorced on 10 July 1972. They had three children and four grandchildren:
- *Princess Lavinia Marie of Yugoslavia, Married firstly 20 May 1989 Erastos Dimitrios Sidiropoulos and secondly on 4 October 1998 Austin Prichard-Levy. They had three children:
- **Nadya Marie George, illegitimate; fathered by Roy Rexford Finnimore, her surname was changed to Sidiropoulos in 1990.
- **Andrej Aristotle Sidiropoulos.
- **Luca Orlando Christopher Prichard-Levy.
- *Prince Karl Vladimir Cyril Andrej of Yugoslavia, married 18 April 2000 Brigitte Müller.
- *Prince Dimitri Ivan Mihailo of Yugoslavia.
- Princess Margarita of Leiningen married Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern on 5 January 1951. They had three sons and nine grandchildren:
- *Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern, married Katharina Maria "Nina" de Zomer and had four children:
- **Prince Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern.
- **Princess Philippa Marie Carolina Isabelle.
- **Princess Flaminia Pia Eilika Stephanie.
- **Princess Antonia Elisabeth Georgina Tatiana.
- *Prince Albrecht Johannes Hermann Meinrad Hubertus Michael Stephan of Hohenzollern, married Nathalie Rocabado de Viets and had two daughters:
- **Princess Josephine Marie Isabelle Sophia Margarete
- **Princess Eugenia Bernadette Maria Theresia Esperanza.
- *Prince Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin of Hohenzollern, married Countess Ilona Kálnoky de Köröspatak and had three children:
- **Prince Aloys Maria Friedrich Karl
- **Prince Fidelis Maria Anton Alexis Hans
- **Princess Victoria Margarita Sieglinde Johanna Isabella Maria.
- Princess Mechtilde of Leiningen married Karl Bauscher on 25 November 1961. They had three sons and three grandchildren:
- *Ulf-Karl Bauscher
- *Berthold Alexander Eric Bauscher
- *Johann Karl Joachim Fritz Markwart Bauscher
- Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Berthold of Leiningen married Karin Göss on 9 July 1960 and they were divorced in 1962. He remarried Helga Eschenbacher on 23 August 1971.
- Prince Peter Viktor of Leiningen