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County of Leiningen

Coordinates: 49°32′24″N 8°08′24″E / 49.54000°N 8.14000°E / 49.54000; 8.14000
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Arms of the Leiningen family
Evolution of the Leiningen arms

The County of Leiningen consists on a group of counties (some of them with that were ruled with Imperial immediacy), which were ruled by the Leiningen family.

Most of these counties were annexed by the First French Republic in 1793, after French troops conquered the Left Bank of the Rhine during the War of the First Coalition. Several family branches subsequently received secularized abbeys as compensation, but shortly afterwards, these new counties were mediatized and the family lost its immediacy. Today, the only existing branch is that of the Princes of Leiningen.

Origins

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Count Frederick II (d. 1237)

The first count of Leiningen about whom anything definite is known was a certain Emich II (d. before 1138). He (and perhaps his father Emich I) built Leiningen Castle, which is now known as "Old Leiningen Castle" (German: Burg Altleiningen), around 1100 to 1110. Nearby Höningen Abbey was built around 1120 as the family's burial place. The first reliable mention of the family dates back to 1128, when Emicho, Count of Leiningen testified to a document from Adalbert I of Saarbrücken, Archbishop of Mainz.[1]

This family became extinct in the male line when Count Frederick II died about 1214[2] or 1220. Frederick I's sister, Liutgarde, married Simon II, Count of Saarbrücken. One of Liutgarde's sons, also named Frederick, inherited the lands of the counts of Leiningen, and he took their arms and name as Frederick II (d. 1237).[3] Known as a Minnesinger, one of his songs was included in the Codex Manesse. Before 1212, he built himself a new castle called Hardenburg, about 10 kilometers south of Altleiningen. This was outside the county of Leiningen on the territory of Limburg Abbey, of which his uncle was the overlord (Vogt), which caused some trouble.[citation needed]

His eldest son, Simon (c. 1204–1234), married Gertrude, heiress of the County of Dagsburg, bringing that property into the family. They had no children and Simon's two brothers inherited the county of Leiningen together: Frederick III (d. 1287) also inherited Dagsburg and Emich IV (d. c. 1276) Landeck Castle; he founded the town of Landau, but the Landeck branch extinguished with his grandson in 1290. Frederick III, who disliked sharing Leiningen castle with his brother, had a new castle built in 1238–41 about 5 kilometres northeast of Leiningen, called Neuleiningen Castle ("New Leiningen"). Frederick III's son, Frederick IV (d. 1316), had two sons, who divided the county into Leiningen-Dagsburg and Leiningen-Hardenburg.[citation needed]

History

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map of the counties in 1774
map of the counties in 1789

Having increased its possessions, the Leiningen family was divided around 1317 into two branches:

Leiningen-Westerburg

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The elder of these, whose head was a landgrave, died out in 1467. Upon this event, its lands fell to a female, the last landgrave's sister Margaret, wife of Reinhard, Lord of Westerburg, and their descendants were known as the family of Leiningen-Westerburg. Later this family was divided into two branches, those of Leiningen-Westerburg-Alt-Leiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neu-Leiningen, both of which are extinct today.[citation needed]

After the French Revolution, the Left Bank of the Rhine was conquered during the War of the First Coalition and annexed by France in 1793. The two counts of Alt- and Neu- Leiningen were arrested and jailed in Paris. They lost their territories. In 1803 they were compensated with secularized Ilbenstadt Abbey (at Niddatal) and Engelthal Abbey. The German mediatization brought an end to these short-lived counties in 1806, when their territories were divided between the Grand Duchy of Berg, the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Usingen. Ilbenstadt Abbey was sold by the House of Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen in 1921, Engelthal Abbey by the heirs of the House of Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen in 1952.[citation needed]

Leiningen-Hardenburg

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Meanwhile, the younger branch of the Leiningens, known as the family of Leiningen-Hardenburg, was flourishing. On 27 June 1560, this branch was divided into the lines of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg, founded by Count Johann Philip (d. 1562), and Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim or Falkenburg, founded by Count Emicho (d. 1593).[citation needed]

In 1658 Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg divided into

  • Leiningen-Dagsburg (extinct 1706)
  • Leiningen-Heidesheim (extinct 1766)
  • Leiningen-Guntersblum (extinct 1774)

The county of Leiningen-Dagsburg was inherited by Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg in 1774.[citation needed]

Leiningen-Guntersblum was divided between two further side branches:

  • Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg-Guntersblum, which was deprived of its lands on the left bank of the Rhine by France, but in 1803 received Billigheim as a compensation, then called Leiningen-Billigheim. In 1845 they also acquired Neuburg Castle at Obrigheim. The branch became extinct in 1925.
  • Leiningen-Heidesheim, which in 1803 received Neudenau and became known as Leiningen-Neudenau (extinct in 1910).

In 1779, the head of the Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg line was raised to the rank of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire with the title of Prince of Leiningen. In 1801, this line was deprived of its lands on the left bank of the Rhine by France, but in 1803 it received Amorbach Abbey as an ample compensation for these losses. A few years later, the Principality of Leiningen at Amorbach was mediatized, and its territory is now included mainly in Baden, but partly in Bavaria and in Hesse. Amorbach Abbey is still today the family seat of the Prince of Leiningen.[citation needed]

Since 1991, the head of the princely line has been Prince Andreas (b. 1955).[4] His eldest brother, Prince Karl Emich was excluded from succession after he married morganatically.

Rulers

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House of Leiningen

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Partitions of Leiningen under Leiningen family

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County of Leiningen
(1st creation)
(1093–1316)
Lordships of Runkel
and Westerburg

(until 1470)
       County of
Dagsburg

(1st creation)
(1316–1470)
County of
Rixingen

(1st creation)
(1344–1507)
County of
Hardenburg

(1316–1779)
       Renamed as:
County of Westerburg
(1470–1597)
(female branch of Leiningen-Westerburg)
Annexed to
Daun-Oberstein and
Hohenfels

(from 1507)
      
             
Raised to:
Principality of
Leiningen

(1779–1806)
County of Falkenburg
(1541–1806)
County of Leiningen
(2nd creation)
(1547–1656)
             
County of
Schaumburg

(1547–1708)
              County of
Rixingen

(2nd creation)
(1622–1705)
       County of
Broich-
Oberstein

(1657-1709/22)
County of
Guntersblum

(1657–1774)
(1787–1806)[5]
County of
Oberbronn

(1622–1724)
                     County of
Neuleiningen

(Younger Leiningen)
(1695–1793)
      
             
       County of
Altleiningen

(Elder Leiningen)
(1695–1793)
             
      
Mediatised to the
Grand Duchy of Baden

(from 1806)
Mediatised to the
Grand Duchy of Hesse

(from 1806)
Mediatised to the
Grand Duchy of Baden

(from 1806)
Annexed to France (1793–1806)
Mediatised to the
Grand Duchies of Berg and Hesse
and the Nassau Principalities of
Weilburg and Usingen

(from 1806)

Table of rulers

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Notes:
  • The House of Leiningen challenged at some times the German custom of male-originated surname. The original male line of the family died in 1214, and therefore had to rely on female succession and inheritance to preserve the surname. The post-1214 House of Leiningen (or agnatically House of Saarbrücken, as the family who ruled in the County of Saarbrücken) is cognatic, descendant of Liutgard, sister of the last count, Frederick I. The same applies to the line of Leiningen-Westerburg, originally called Runkel or Runkel-Westerburg: the inheritance of countess Margaret (d.1470) caused the change of name to Leiningen, and therefore included in the group of rulers of the family.
Ruler Born Reign Ruling part Consort Death Notes
Emicho I c.1070?
Son of Emicho of Flonheim
1093-1138 County of Leiningen Alberade
four children
1138
aged 67–68?
Possibly the founder of the family and the county.
Emicho II c.1120?
Son of Emicho I and Alberade
1138-1189 County of Leiningen Unknown
three children
1189
aged 68–69?
Emicho III c.1140?
Son of Emicho II and Elisabeth
1189-1210 County of Leiningen Elisabeth
(d.1179)
three children
c.1210
aged 69–70?
Frederick I c.1160?
Son of Emicho III
1210-1220 County of Leiningen Gertrude of Habsburg
at least two children
c.1220
aged 59–60?
Left no heirs. After his death with no offspring, the Leiningen lands were inherited by his namesake nephew, son of his sister Liutgard. Given the dates, it's possible that the unknown Leiningen woman who married Siegfried III of Runkel (transferring Westerburg to that family) was also his sister.
Frederick II c.1190
Son of Simon II, Count of Saarbrücken and Luitgard of Leiningen
1220-1237 County of Leiningen Agnes of Eberstein
eight children

Agnes of Zollern
(d.10 March 1263)
two children
1237
aged 46–47
Designated heir by his maternal uncle, he came (agnatically) from the House of Saarbrücken, but adopted his mother's surname, Leiningen. He was a Minnesinger (or troubadour). He also built the Hardenburg Castle.
Frederick III c.1210
Second son of Frederick II and Agnes of Eberstein
1237-1287 County of Leiningen Adelaide of Kyburg
(1220-aft.1258)
c.1245
one child
1287
aged 76–77
Children of Frederick II, divided the land. Frederick III inherited from his elder brother Simon (who predeceased his father) the County of Dagsburg. Simon had inherited it from his wife, the trouvère Gertrude of Dagsburg. Emicho IV established his rule at the region of Landau, who returned to Leiningen in the next generation.
Emicho IV c.1215
Third son of Frederick II and Agnes of Eberstein
1237-1281 County of Leiningen
(at Landau)
Elisabeth d'Aspremont
(1227–1264)
1235
four children

Margaret of Hengebach
1265
no children
1281
aged 65–66
Emicho V c.1245?
Son of Emicho IV and Elisabeth d'Aspremont
1281-1289 County of Leiningen
(at Landau)
Catherine of Ochsenstein
(d.1313)
one child
1289
aged 43–44?
After his death, the feud of Landau returned to the main line.
Landau reabsorbed in Leiningen
Frederick IV 1250
Son of Frederick III and Adelaide of Kyburg
1287-1316 County of Leiningen Matilda
c.1260
no children

Johanna of Sponheim-Kreuznach
(1246–1282)
c.1265
six children

Jeanne d'Aspremont
(d.1321)
1282
four children
1316
aged 65–66
Frederick V 1269
Son of Frederick IV and Johanna of Sponheim-Kreuznach
1316-1327 County of Dagsburg Sophia of Freiburg
(1274-29 March 1335)
7 July 1286
Strasbourg
two children
1327
aged 57–58
Children of Frederick IV, divided their inheritance.
Godfrey I 1304
Son of Frederick IV and Jeanne d'Aspremont
1316-1344 County of Hardenburg Agnes of Ochsenstein
(d.bef.17 February 1321)
30 March 1313
one child

Matilda of Salm
(d.1341)
17 February 1321
three children
1344
aged 39–40
Frederick VI 1294
Son of Frederick V and Sophia of Freiburg
1327-1342 County of Dagsburg Judith of Isenburg-Limburg
seven children
1342
aged 47–48
Frederick VII c.1320?
First son of Frederick VI and Judith of Isenburg-Limburg
1342-1378 County of Dagsburg Marie of Châtillon
1353
one child
1378
aged 57–58?
Children of Frederick VI, ruled jointly.
Frederick VIII c.1320?
Second son of Frederick VI and Judith of Isenburg-Limburg
1342-1397 Catherine de Grandpré
no children

Yolande of Julich-Bergheim
(d.1363)
six children
1397
aged 76–77?
Fritzman
[Frederick]
c.1315
Son of Godfrey I and Agnes of Ochsenstein
1344-1366 County of Rixingen Johanna of Forbach
16 October 1321
two children
1366
aged 50–51
Children of Godfrey I, divided their inheritance.
Emicho VI c.1325
Son of Godfrey I and Matilda of Salm
1344 – 17 February 1381 County of Hardenburg Luitgard of Falkenstein-Münzenberg
c.1345
one child

Margaret of Habsburg-Kyburg
1362
eight children
17 February 1381
aged 55–56
Godfrey II c.1325?
Son of Fritzman and Johanna of Forbach
1366-1380 County of Rixingen Margaret of Baden
(d.c.1380)
10 November 1363
three children
1380
aged 54–55?
John c.1365?
Son of Godfrey II and Margaret of Baden
1380-1445 County of Rixingen Elisabeth of Lützelstein
(d.c.1435)
six children
c.1445
aged 79–80?
Emicho VII 1366
Son of Emicho VI and Margaret of Habsburg-Kyburg
17 February 1381 – 1452 County of Hardenburg Clara of Finstingen-Brackenkopf
(d.1409)
1383
no children

Beatrice of Baden
11 July 1411
ten children
1452
aged 85–86
Frederick IX c.1360?
Son of Frederick VIII and Yolande of Julich-Bergheim
1397-1434 County of Dagsburg Margaret of Baden-Hachberg
25 July 1405
six children
1434
aged 73–74?
Hesso c.1405
Son of Frederick IX and Margaret of Baden-Hachberg
1434 – 8 March 1467 County of Dagsburg Elisabeth of Bavaria
4 October 1440
Worms
no children
8 March 1467
Munich
aged 61–62
Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his sister.
Rudolph c.1420?
Son of John and Elisabeth of Lützelstein
1445-1475 County of Rixingen Agnes of Zweibrücken-Bitsch
(d.February 1454)
15 July 1435
nine children
1475
aged 54–55
Emicho VIII c.1420?
Son of Emicho VII and Beatrice of Baden
1452 – 30 March 1495 County of Hardenburg Anna of Elter_Aspremont
(d.aft.1500)
Bef. 25 January 1466
eight children

Barbara of Tengen-Nellenburg
no children
30 March 1495
aged 74–75?
In 1492 requested to the Pope to raise the parish church in Bad Dürkheim to the status of a collegiate church.[6]
Margaret c.1405
Daughter of Frederick IX and Margaret of Baden-Hachberg
8 March 1467 – 1470 County of Dagsburg Reinhard III, Lord of Westerburg
24 August 1423
two children
1470
aged 64–65
Sister of Hesso, received the majority of his inheritance, and that was what made possible for her grandson and heir, Reinhard of Runkel, to adopt her surname after her death, forming the Leiningen-Westerburg branch.
Reinhard I[7] 1453
Son of Cuno, Lord of Westerburg and Matilda of Virneburg
1470 – February 1522 County of Dagsburg

Renamed
County of Westerburg
Anna of Eppenstein-Königstein
(d.9 April 1483)
5 February 1456
three children

Zymeria of Sayn
(13 May 1469 – 2 June 1499)
12 August 1485
five children
February 1522
aged 68–69
Grandson of Margaret of Dagsburg. Inherited the county and the surname from her. Probably lost Dagsburg for Hardenburg, but he kept the rest of his grandmother's inheritance, including, for example, the main town of Leiningen.
Hanneman
[Herman]
1436
Son of Rudolph and Agnes of Zweibrücken-Bitsch
1475-1507 County of Rixingen Adelaide of Zirk
(d.1508)
Bef.1457
two children
1507
aged 70–71
Emicho IX c.1470
Son of Emicho VIII and Anna of Elter-Aspremont
30 March 1495 – 18 February 1535 County of Hardenburg Agnes of Eppstein-Münzenberg
(d.28 July 1533)
1470
thirteen children
18 February 1535
aged 64–65
Elisabeth 1471
First daughter of Hanneman and Adelaide of Zirk
1507-1529 County of Rixingen
(1/2)
Emicho III, Lord of Daun-Falkenstein
1477
four children
1529
aged 70–71
Children of Hanneman, divided their inheritance: Elisabeth and Walpurga received (each) half of the counties of Rixingen and Forbach.
Walpurga c.1475?
Second daughter of Hanneman and Adelaide of Zirk
1507-1530 County of Rixingen
(1/2)
John I, Lord of Hohenfels-Raipoltskirchen
bef.1492
six children
c.1530?
aged 54–55?
Rixingen inherited by Daun-Oberstein and Hohenfels
Philip (I)[8] 1483
Son of Reinhard I and Anna of Eppenstein-Königstein
February 1522 – 1523 County of Westerburg Unmarried 1523
aged 39–40
Left no heirs.
Eva 1481
Daughter of Reinhard I and Anna of Eppenstein-Königstein
1523 – 23 February 1543 County of Westerburg 23 February 1543
aged 61–62
Brother and sister of Philip, ruled jointly. Cuno was severely in debt to his sister, and gave her part of the county for her to rule in her own right. Eva proved to be a popular ruler: she founded a hospital in Grünstadt and became a popular symbol in the Palatinate.
Cuno[9] 27 September 1487
Son of Reinhard I and Zymeria of Sayn
1523 – 23 November 1547 Maria of Stolberg-Wernigerode
1523
ten children
23 November 1547
aged 60
Emicho X 1498
Son of Emicho IX and Agnes of Eppstein-Münzenberg
18 February 1535 – 10 January 1541 County of Hardenburg Catharina of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(11 November 1517 – 1 January 1553)
17 July 1537
three children
10 January 1541
aged 42–43
Regency of Catharina of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1541-1553) Children of Emicho X, ruled under regency, and then divided the land. It's implied that sometime between 1470 and 1540, Dagsburg was acquired by Waldeck-Hardenburg.
John Philip I 25 December 1539
First son of Emicho X and Catharina of Nassau-Saarbrücken
10 January 1541 – 8 September 1562 County of Hardenburg Anna of Mansfeld-Eisleben
15 December 1560
Mansfeld
one child
8 September 1562
aged 22
Emicho XI 15 December 1540
Second son of Emicho X and Catharina of Nassau-Saarbrücken
10 January 1541 – 13 March 1593 County of Falkenburg Ursula of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
18 February 1577
Hardenburg
two children
13 March 1593
aged 52
Philip I 10 November 1527
First son of Cuno and Maria of Stolberg-Wernigerode
23 November 1547 – 17 September 1597 County of Leiningen Amalia of Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg
(1537-11 September 1577)
22 November 1551
Heidelberg
six children

Amalia of Daun-Falkenstein
16 February 1578
six children
17 September 1597
aged 69
Children of Cuno, divided the land.
Reinhard II 19 November 1530
Third son of Cuno and Maria of Stolberg-Wernigerode
23 November 1547 – 17 September 1584 County of Westerburg Ottilia of Manderscheid-Blankenheim-Keil
14 July 1561
eight children
17 September 1584
aged 53
George I 23 April 1533
Fifth son of Cuno and Maria of Stolberg-Wernigerode
23 November 1547 – 9 April 1586 County of Schaumburg Margaret of Isenburg-Birstein
24 May 1570
Büdingen
five children
9 April 1586
aged 32
Regency of Anna of Mansfeld-Eisleben (1562-1576) Published in 1580 the Book of Confessions[10]
Emicho XII 4 November 1562
Hardenburg
Son of John Philip I and Anna of Mansfeld-Eisleben
8 September 1562 – 24 November 1607 County of Hardenburg Maria Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
7 November 1585
Hardenburg
six children
24 November 1607
Darmstadt
aged 45
Albert Philip 1567
First son of Reinhard II and Ottilia of Manderscheid-Blankenheim-Keil
17 September 1584 – 1597 County of Westerburg Unmarried 1597
aged 29–30
Children of Reinhard II, ruled jointly.
John Louis 1572
Third son of Reinhard II and Ottilia of Manderscheid-Blankenheim-Keil
1597
aged 24–25
Westerburg annexed to Schaumburg
Regency of Margaret of Isenburg-Birstein (1586-1588) Children of George I, ruled jointly. After the death of his brother, Reinhard III associated his eldest nephew (and son-in-law) to the co-rulership.
Reinhard III 24 October 1574
Third son of George I and Margaret of Isenburg-Birstein
9 April 1586 – 14 October 1655 County of Schaumburg Anna of Solms-Lich
1 January 1615
Lich
three children
14 October 1655
aged 80
Christoph 30 September 1575
Fourth son of George I and Margaret of Isenburg-Birstein
9 April 1586 – 1635 Anna Maria Ungnad
(29 September 1573 – 1606)
25 August 1601
one child

Philippa Catherine of Wied
(1595–1647)
1611
twelve children
1635
aged 59–60
Philip Louis 1617
First son of Christoph and Philippa Catherine of Wied
1635-1637 Maria Juliana of Leiningen-Schaumburg
11 October 1636
no children
1637
aged 19–20
John Louis 8 May 1579
First son of Emicho XI and Ursula of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
13 March 1593 – 19 June 1625 County of Falkenburg Maria Barbara of Sulz
(13 December 1588 – 1 March 1625)
1 June 1611
five children
19 June 1625
aged 46
Children of Emicho XI, ruled jointly.
Philip George 26 July 1582
Second son of Emicho XI and Ursula of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
13 March 1593 – 6 February 1627 Anna of Erbach
4 July 1614
Fürstenau
five children
6 February 1627
aged 44
Louis 10 August 1557
Son of Philip I and Amalia of Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg
17 September 1597 – 22 August 1622 County of Leiningen Bernardine of Lippe
1578
nine children
22 August 1622
aged 65
John Philip II 26 April 1588
Hardenburg
First son of Emicho XII and Maria Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
24 November 1607 – 25 May 1643 County of Hardenburg Elisabeth of Leiningen-Falkenburg
1 January 1620
Hardenburg
three children

Anna Juliana of Salm-Mörchingen
23 February 1626
one child

Anna Elisabeth of Oettingen-Oettingen
11 June 1642
no children
25 May 1643
Hardenburg
aged 55
Children of Emicho XII, ruled jointly.
Frederick X 8 February 1593
Hardenburg
Third son of Emicho XII and Maria Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
24 November 1607 – 29 April 1631 Maria Elisabeth of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(21 August 1602 – 9 December 1626)
22 August 1624
Saarbrücken
no children

Anna of Nassau-Weilburg
(6 January 1597 – 7 January 1645)
18 (28) November 1628
Ottweiler
six children
29 April 1631
aged 38
John Casimir 1 February 1587
Third son of Louis and Bernardine of Lippe
22 August 1622 – 30 September 1635 County of Leiningen Martha of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(29 April 1575 – 19 December 1638)
23 January 1617
Langenburg
no children
30 September 1635
aged 48
Children of Louis, divided the land. John Casimir left no heirs, and after his death his share of the inheritance was split between the other two.
Philip II 5 January 1591
Fourth son of Louis and Bernardine of Lippe
22 August 1622 – 9 February 1668 County of Rixingen Agatha Catherine Schenk of Limpurg
(30 July 1595 – 30 January 1664)
20 August 1618
two children
9 February 1668
aged 77
Louis Emicho 14 August 1595
Fifth son of Louis and Bernardine of Lippe
22 August 1622 – 1 June 1635 County of Oberbronn Esther of Eberstein
(11 April 1603 – 10 October 1682)
21 August 1624
five children
1 June 1635
Oberbronn
aged 39
Leiningen annexed to Rixingen and Oberbronn
Emicho XIII 12 June 1612
Heidesheim am Rhein
Son of John Louis and Maria Barbara of Sulz
6 February 1627 – 1 March 1657 County of Falkenburg Christiana of Solms-Laubach
24 May 1632
Laubach
two children

Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen
24 May 1632
Falkenstein
seven children
1 March 1657
Speyer
aged 44
Regency of Esther of Eberstein (1635-1639)
John Louis 1625
Son of Louis Emicho and Esther of Eberstein
1 June 1635 – 18 April 1665 County of Oberbronn Sybilla Christina of Wied
1651
seven children
18 April 1665
Oberbronn
aged 39–40
Frederick Emicho 9 February 1621
Hardenburg
First son of John Philip II and Elisabeth of Leiningen-Falkenburg
25 May 1643 – 26 July 1698 County of Hardenburg Sybilla of Waldeck-Wildungen
15 June 1644
Hardenburg
nine children
26 July 1698
Hardenburg
aged 77
Children of John Philip II, ruled jointly.
John Philip III 19 February 1622
Hardenburg
Second son of John Philip II and Elisabeth of Leiningen-Falkenburg
25 May 1643 – 19 February 1666 Agnes of Waldeck-Wildungen
5 February 1551
Waldeck
one child

Elisabeth Charlotte of Solms-Sonnenwalde
1658
one child
19 February 1666
Hardenburg
aged 44
George William 10 February 1619
Second son of Christoph and Philippa Catherine of Wied
14 October 1655 – 22 November 1695 County of Schaumburg Sophia Elisabeth of Lippe-Detmold
7 May 1644
Schwalenberg
nineteen children
22 November 1695
aged 76
George William 8 March 1632
Heidesheim am Rhein
Son of Emicho XIII and Christiana of Solms-Laubach
1 March 1657 – 19 July 1672 County of Falkenburg Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein
24 March 1658
five children
19 July 1672
Idar-Oberstein
aged 40
Children of Emicho XIII, divided their inheritance. Emicho Christian left no surviving sons; while Broich was reannexed to Falkenburg, Oberstein was inherited by his daughter.
Emicho Christian 29 March 1642
First son of Emicho XIII and Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen
1 March 1657 – 27 April 1702 County of Broich-Oberstein Christiane Louise of Daun-Falkenstein
(18 July 1640 – 27 April 1702)
17 July 1664
Falkenstein
twelve children (bg)
27 April 1702
aged 60
John Louis I 26 February 1643
Heidesheim am Rhein
First son of Emicho XIII and Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen
1 March 1657 – 2 March 1687 County of Guntersblum Amalia Sybilla of Daun-Falkenstein
(27 June 1639-?)
22 August 1664
two children

Sophia Sybilla, Countess of Leiningen-Oberbronn
1678
two children
2 March 1687
aged 44
Broich reabsorbed by Falkenstein
Regency of Sybilla Christina of Wied (1665-1668) Daughters of John Louis, ruled jointly. The estate eventually passed to the children of Sophia Sibylla's first marriage, which meant an annexation to Leiningen-Guntersblum.
Esther Juliana c.1655
Oberbronn
First daughter of John Louis and Sybilla Christina of Wied
18 April 1665 – 1709 County of Oberbronn
(1/3)
Louis, Baron of Sinclair
(d.1738)
no children
1709
Oberbronn
aged 53–54
Sophia Sibylla 14 July 1656
Oberbronn
Second daughter of John Louis and Sybilla Christina of Wied
18 April 1665 – 13 April 1724 County of Oberbronn
(2/3)
John Louis I, Count of Leiningen-Guntersblum
(26 February 1643 – 2 March 1687)
1678
two children

Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
15 November 1691
Bad Homburg
three children
13 April 1724
Oberbronn
aged 67
Oberbronn annexed to Guntersblum
Louis Eberhard 18 July 1624
Son of Philip II and Agatha Catherine Schenk of Limpurg
9 February 1668 – 14 November 1688 County of Rixingen Charlotte of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(1 December 1619 – 13 November 1687)
6/16 January 1650
Altleiningen
seven children
14 November 1688
aged 64
Regency of Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein (1672-1676)
John Charles August 19 March 1662
Son of George William and Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein
19 July 1672 – 13 November 1698 County of Falkenburg Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg
13 December 1685
Babenhausen
seven children
13 November 1698
aged 36
John Louis II 29 July 1673
Son of John Louis I and Amalia Sybilla of Daun-Falkenstein
2 March 1687 – 1699 County of Guntersblum Anna Ernestina of Vehlen-Megen
(12 April 1650 – 23 February 1729)
1694
four children
1699
aged 25–26
Children of John Louis I, ruled jointly.
Emicho Leopold 6 November 1685
Son of John Louis I and Amalia Sybilla of Daun-Falkenstein
2 March 1687 – 2 January 1719 Charlotte Amalia of Leiningen-Falkenburg
(1682–1729)
5 March 1709
six children
2 January 1719
aged 33
Philip Louis February 1652
Réchicourt-le-Château
Son of Louis Eberhard and Charlotte of Nassau-Saarbrücken
14 November 1688 – 16 August 1705 County of Rixingen Louise Gabrielle de Rouse
(d.24 December 1698)
26 December 1673
Paris
five children

Sidonia Theresa of Ibiswald
(d.April 1720)
1699
no children
Left no heirs. His county was annexed to Leiningen-Schaumburg. 16 August 1705
Cassano
aged 53
Rixingen annexed to Schaumburg
John Anton 15 January 1655
Fifth son of George William and Sophia Elisabeth of Lippe-Detmold
2 November 1695 – 2 October 1698 County of Schaumburg Christina Louise of Sayn-Wittgenstein
(1673-25 February 1745)
13 February 1692
two children
2 October 1698
Wetzlar
aged 43
Children of George William, ruled jointly.
Henry Christian 1 February 1665
Ninth son of George William and Sophia Elisabeth of Lippe-Detmold
2 November 1695 – 2 February 1702 Albertina Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein
(20 July 1661 – 26 November 1716)
20 July 1681
two children
2 February 1702
Cremona
aged 37
Christoph Christian 11 March 1656
Sixth son of George William and Sophia Elisabeth of Lippe-Detmold
2 November 1695 – 17 May 1728 County of Altleiningen Juliana Elisabeth of Lippe-Biesterfeld
6/8 June 1678
three children
17 May 1728
Bad Dürkheim
aged 72
George II 2 March 1666
Tenth son of George William and Sophia Elisabeth of Lippe-Detmold
2 November 1695 – 4 May 1726 County of Neuleiningen Anna Elisabeth Wilhelmina of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
(1641-26 May 1696)
27 May 1684
no children

Anna Magdalena of Bodenhausen
(6 October 1660 – 6 September 1709)
1697
one child

Margaretha Christiana Augusta of Gildevnlöw-Daneskiold-Laurwig
2 (23) February 1711
Augustenburg
nine children
4 May 1726
Westerburg
aged 60
John Frederick 18 March 1661
Hardenburg
Son of Frederick Emicho and Sybilla of Waldeck-Wildungen
26 July 1698 – 9 February 1722 County of Hardenburg Dorothea Friederike of Allefeld-Rixingen
(16 December 1661 – 16 November 1698)
September 1686
two children

Catherine of Baden-Durlach
19 June 1701
Karlsburg Castle
six children
9 February 1722
Hardenburg
aged 60
Regency of Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1698-1709) Children of John Charles August. Christian Charles inherited Broich, and John William Louis the rest of Dagsburg-Falkenburg. It's possible that Falkenburg reverted to Hardenburg after John William's death.
Christian Charles Reinhard 7 July 1695
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Second son of John Charles August and Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg
13 November 1698 – 17 November 1766 County of Falkenburg
(at Broich)
Catherine Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim
(30 January 1702 – 29 March 1765)
27 November 1726
Mettenheim
six children
17 November 1766
Heidesheim am Rhein
aged 71
John William Louis 5 April 1697
Third son of John Charles August and Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg
13 November 1698 – November 1742 County of Falkenburg Sophia Eleonore of Leiningen-Guntersblum
(1710-19 June 1768)
1730
two children
November 1742
aged 45
Dagsburg-Falkenburg (except Broich) annexed to Hardenburg
Elisabeth Dorothea 11 June 1665
Daughter of Emicho Christian and Christiane Louise of Daun-Falkenstein
27 April 1702 – 1722 County of Broich-Oberstein
(at Oberstein only)
Maurice Herman, Count of Limburg-Stirum
19 October 1692
six children
1722
aged 56–57
Inherited Oberstein, and may have passed it to her descendants.
Oberstein inherited by Limburg-Stirum
Regency of Christina Louise of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1702-1707) Son of John Anton, left no heirs.
George Frederick 1693
Son of John Anton and Christina Louise of Sayn-Wittgenstein
2 February 1702 – 1708 County of Schaumburg Unmarried 1708
aged 14–15
Schaumburg was divided between Altleiningen and Neuleiningen
John Francis 22 May 1698
Son of John Louis II and Anna Ernestina of Vehlen-Megen
2 January 1719 – 1750 County of Guntersblum Charlotte of Walderode
(24 September 1703 – 1745)
6 July 1736
three children
1750
aged 51–52
Cousins, ruled jointly.
Emicho Louis 22 December 1709
Emicho Leopold and Charlotte Amalia of Leiningen-Falkenburg
2 January 1719 – 23 September 1766 Polyxena Wilhelmina of Leiningen-Falkenburg
(8 October 1730 – 21 March 1800)
27 March 1752
two children
23 September 1766
aged 56
Frederick Magnus 27 March 1703
Worms
First son of John Frederick and Catherine of Baden-Durlach
9 February 1722 – 28 October 1756 County of Hardenburg Anna Christiana Eleonora of Wurmbrand-Stupach
(13 March 1698 – 4 January 1763)
26 November 1723
five children
28 October 1756
aged 53
Children of John Frederick, divided the land.
Charles Louis 16 February 1704
Hardenburg
Second son of John Frederick and Catherine of Baden-Durlach
9 February 1722 – 20 March 1747 County of Hardenburg
(at Bockenheim)
Caroline of Salm-Daun
(7 January 1706 – 26 May 1786)
27 November 1726
three children
20 March 1747
Battenberg
aged 43
Bockenheim reabsorbed in Hardenburg
Regency of Margaretha Christiana Augusta of Gildevnlöw-Daneskiold-Laurwig (1726-1740) Children of George II, ruled jointly.
George Charles 17 February 1717
Second son of George II and Margaretha Christiana Augusta of Gildevnlöw-Daneskiold-Laurwig
4 May 1726 – 19 March 1787 County of Neuleiningen Johanna Elisabeth Amalia of Isenburg-Philippseich
(19 March 1720 – 29 December 1780)
7 May 1741
Dreieich
eight children
19 March 1787
Grünstadt
aged 70
George Ernest 3 May 1718
Third son of George II and Margaretha Christiana Augusta of Gildevnlöw-Daneskiold-Laurwig
4 May 1726 – 24 December 1765 Maria Louise of Wieser
(10 April 1710 – 7 May 1773)
1738
eight children
24 December 1765
aged 47
George Herman 21 March 1679
Son of Christoph Christian and Juliana Elisabeth of Lippe-Biesterfeld
17 May 1728 – 4 February 1751 County of Altleiningen Augusta Wilhelmina Philippina of Schaumburg-Lippe
(15 June 1693 – 29 April 1721)
26 February 1712
Detmold
no children

Charlotte Wilhelmina of Pappenheim
(15 June 1693 – 29 April 1721)
24 December 1724
five children
4 February 1751
Grünstadt
aged 71
Christian John 31 August 1730
Son of George Herman and Charlotte Wilhelmina of Pappenheim
4 February 1751 – 20 February 1770 County of Altleiningen Christiana Franziska Eleonora of Salm-Grumbach
(10 August 1735 – 29 November 1809)
5 December 1754
eleven children
20 February 1770
aged 40
Charles Frederick William 14 August 1724
Hardenburg
Son of Frederick Magnus and Anna Christiana Eleonora of Wurmbrand-Stupach
28 October 1756 – 12 July 1806 County of Hardenburg
(until 1779)

Principality of Leiningen
(from 1779; in 1803–06 in Amorbach Abbey only)
Christiane Wilhelmine of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
(24 April 1736 – 6 January 1803)
24 June 1749
four children
9 January 1807
Amorbach
aged 82
Elevated to Prince in 1779. In 1801 he lost his possessions on the Left Bank of the Rhine to France, but was given Amorbach Abbey and its lands in compensation. In 1806, he was completely stripped of his functions as ruler of the already diminished principality, following the German mediatisation of 1806. From then on, he and his descendants kept only the title.
Leiningen mediatiased to the Grand Duchy of Baden
William Charles 5 July 1737
First son of John Francis and Charlotte of Walderode
23 September 1766 – 1774

17 January 1787 – 12 July 1806[11]
County of Guntersblum
(at Billigheim)
Eleonora of Bretzenheim
21 November 1787
(annulled 1801)
four children
26 January 1809
aged 71
Children of John Francis, divided their inheritance. They were both deposed in 1774, and Guntersblum was briefly annexed to Hardenburg. However, their possession were restored in 1787, to be definitely taken from them in 1806.
Wenceslaus Joseph 27 September 1738
Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein
Second son of John Francis and Charlotte of Walderode
County of Guntersblum
(at Neudenau)
Maria Margaretha of Sickingen
(1744–1795)
11 June 1772
no children

Maria Victoria of Grünberg
(d.1838)
24 October 1803
no children
15 January 1825
aged 86
Guntersblum annexed to Hardenburg (1774-87); Guntersblum mediatized to the Grand Duchy of Baden
Maria Louise 16 March 1729
Daughter of Christian Charles Reinhard and Catherine Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim
17 November 1766 – 12 July 1806 County of Falkenburg
(at Broich)
Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
16 March 1748
Heidesheim am Rhein
nine children
11 March 1818
aged 88
Daughter of Christian Charles Reinhard, Maria Louise inherited her father's domains. In 1806, following the German mediatisation, Maria Louise lost her county.
Broich mediatiased to the Grand Duchy of Hesse
Christian Charles 18 September 1757
First son of Christian John and Christiana Franziska Eleonora of Salm-Grumbach
20 February 1770 – 1793

1803 – 12 July 1806
County of Altleiningen
(in Ilbenstadt and Engelthal Abbeys since 1803)
Unmarried[12] 1 December 1811
aged 54
In the aftermath of the French Revolution (1793), the county was annexed to France. They were given as compensation, in 1803, the abbeys of Ilbenstadt and Engelthal, possessions that in 1806 were mediatised.
Frederick Louis 2 November 1761
Altleiningen
Fourth son of Christian John and Christiana Franziska Eleonora of Salm-Grumbach
Charlotte Bernhardina of Zech-Rautenburg
(1777–1814)
1792
(annulled 1798)
no children

Eleonora Maria Breitwieser
(2 January 1781 – 24 November 1841)
1813
eight children
9 August 1839
aged 77
Altleiningen annexed to France (1793-1806); Mediatised to the Grand Duchies of Berg and Hesse, and the Nassau Principalities of
Weilburg and Usingen (from 1806)
Charles Gustav 28 June 1747
Son of George Charles and Johanna Elisabeth Amalia of Isenburg-Philippseich
19 March 1787 – 1793 County of Neuleiningen Unmarried[12] 7 June 1798
aged 50
Cousins, ruled jointly. In the aftermath of the French Revolution (1793), the county was annexed to France.
Charles Joseph 13 August 1739
Son of George Ernest and Maria Louise of Wieser
Maria Friederika Wilhelmina Elisabeth Schmittener
(22 May 1753 – 29 April 1828)[13]
1782
six children
27 July 1797
aged 56
Altleiningen annexed to France (1793-1806); Mediatised to the Grand Duchies of Berg and Hesse, and the Nassau Principalities of
Weilburg and Usingen (from 1806)

The post-mediatization

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Succession in the Principality of Leiningen

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The princely arms in the mid 19th century

Succession in the County of Altleiningen

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Succession in the County of Neuleiningen

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Toussaint 1982, S. 204.
  2. ^ Toussaint 1982, S. 248.
  3. ^ Franz Neumer: Ist Hochspeyer eine leiningische Gründung?, in Jahrbuch zur Geschichte von Stadt und Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Band 32/33, 1994/95, S. 17 (quoting Ruppersberg 1979 and Toussaint 1982).
  4. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (2004), Volume 133, p. 249, 251.
  5. ^ Guntersblum was annexed to France in 1774-87.
  6. ^ Franz Haffner: Ist die Schloßkirche in Bad Dürkheim eine ehemalige Stiftskirche?, in: Pfälzer Heimat 18, 1967, S. 3 bzw. VatA, Rom/I, Reg. Suppl. 964, Bl. 38v.
  7. ^ Also Reinhard IV as Lord of Westerburg.
  8. ^ He is usually not counted as ruler.
  9. ^ Also Cuno II as Lord of Westerburg.
  10. ^ See Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, p. 16 and p. 764.
  11. ^ Graf Wenzel Joseph von Leiningen-Heidesheim
  12. ^ a b Runkel (Leiningen-Westerburg)
  13. ^ Runkel/Leiningen-Westerburg
  14. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "runkel/runkel3.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.[self-published source]

References

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  • Constantin von Wurzbach: Leiningen, das Haus, Genealogie. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 14. Theil. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1865, S. 328 f.
  • Detlev Schwennicke, Europaische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. XVII, Tafel 62. Vol. XXIX, Tafel 73. Vol. XXIX, Tafel 72.
  • Europaische Stammtafeln, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. IV, Tafel 32.
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band VII, Band 97 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1989, ISSN 0435-2408
  • Heiberger, Hans (2000). Das Ende der Grafen zu Leiningen-Westerburg in ihrem Ursprungsland und dem Fortbestehen des Namens Leiningen-Westerburg in Österreich (in German). Grünstadt: K. Dinges. ISBN 3-9806596-1-5. OCLC 52944056.
  • Gehrlein, Thomas (2010). Das Haus Leiningen 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolgen (in German). Werl. ISBN 978-3-9811993-9-0. OCLC 688612934.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Attribution

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Leiningen". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 399. This work in turn cites:
    • Brinckmeier (1890–1891). Genealogische Geschichte des Hauses Leiningen. Brunswick.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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