County of Leiningen

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

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.

This family became extinct in the male line when Count Frederick II died about 1214 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). 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.

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.

History

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

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.

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.

Leiningen-Hardenburg

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).

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.

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.

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

Rulers

House of Leiningen

Partitions of Leiningen under Leiningen family

County of Leiningen (1st creation) (1093-1316)					Lordships of Runkel and Westerburg (until 1470)
				County of Dagsburg (1st creation) (1316-1470)
County of Richeling (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 Richeling (2nd creation) (1622-1705)
			County of Broich- Oberstein (1657-1709/22)	County of Guntersblum (1657-1774) (1787-1806)	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

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 (transfering 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 Richeling	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 Richeling	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 Richeling	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 Leiningen-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 Richeling	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.
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		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 Richeling	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 Leiningen-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 Richeling (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 Richeling and Forbach.
Walpurga		c.1475? Second daughter of Hanneman and Adelaide of Zirk	1507-1530	County of Richeling (1/2)	John I, Lord of Hohenfels-Raipoltskirchen bef.1492 six children	c.1530? aged 54-55?
Richeling inherited by Daun-Oberstein and Hohenfels
Philip (I)		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		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
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
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	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.
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 (II)		8 May 1579	1593-1625	19 June 1625	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg)	Maria Barbara of Sulz (13 December 1588 – 1 March 1625) 1 June 1611 five children	Children of Emicho XI, ruled jointly.
Philip George		26 July 1582	1593-1627	6 February 1627	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg)	Anna of Erbach (27 April 1582 – 30 July 1650) 4 July 1614 Fürstenau five children
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 Richeling	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	1622-1635	County of Oberbronn	Esther of Eberstein (11 April 1603 – 10 October 1682) 21 August 1624 five children	1 January 1635 Oberbronn aged 39
Leiningen annexed to Richeling and Oberbronn
Emicho XIII		12 June 1612	1627-1657	1 March 1657	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg)	Christiana of Solms-Laubach (23 September 1607 – 29 November 1638) 24 May 1632 Laubach two children Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen (225 February 1617-c.1670) 24 May 1632 Laubach seven children	Son of John Louis.
John Louis (III)		1625	1635-1665	18 April 1665	County of Leiningen-Oberbronn	Sybilla Christina of Wied (1 April 1631 – 11 October 1707) 1651 seven children	º
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 Leiningen-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	1657-1672	19 July 1672	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg)	Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein (1 January 1636 – 4 June 1685) 24 March 1658 five children	Children of Emicho XIII, divided the land. Emich Christian left no surviving sons. While Broich was reannexed to Dagsburg, Oberstein was inherited by his daughter.
Emich Christian		29 March 1642	1657/82-1702	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)
John Louis I (IV)		26 February 1643	1657-1687	2 March 1687	County of Leiningen-Guntersblum	Amalia Sybilla of Daun-Falkenstein (27 June 1639-?) 22 August 1664 two children Sophia Sybilla, Countess of Leiningen-Oberbronn (14 July 1656 – 13 April 1724) 1678 two children
Broich reabsorbed by Dagsburg-Falkenstein
Esther Juliana		1656	1665-1709	1709	County of Leiningen-Oberbronn	Louis, Baron of Sinclair (d.1783) no children	Daughters of John Louis, ruled jointly. Esther Juliana controlled 1/3 and Sophia Sibylla 2/3 of the county. The estate eventually passed to the children of Sophia Sibylla's first marriage, which meant an annexation to Leiningen-Guntersblum.
Sophia Sibylla		14 July 1656	1665-1724	13 April 1724	County of Leiningen-Oberbronn	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
Oberbronn annexed to Guntersblum
Louis Eberhard		18 July 1624	1668-1688	14 November 1688	County of Leiningen-Richeling	Charlotte of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1 December 1619 – 13 November 1687) 6/16 January 1650 Altleiningen seven children
John Charles August		19 March 1662	1672-1698	13 November 1698	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg)	Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg 13 December 1685 Babenhausen seven children
John Louis II (V)		29 July 1673	1687-1699	1699	County of Leiningen-Guntersblum	Anna Ernestina of Vehlen-Megen (12 April 1650 – 23 February 1729) 1694 four children	Children of John Louis I, ruled jointly.
Emich Leopold		6 November 1685	1687-1719	2 January 1719	County of Leiningen-Guntersblum	Charlotte Amalia of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1682-1729) 5 March 1709 six children
Philip Louis		1652	1688-1705	16 August 1705	County of Leiningen-Richeling	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.
Richeling 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 (18 July 1694 – 8 July 1761) 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 (10 October 1677 – 11 August 1746) 19 June 1701 Karlsburg Castle six children		9 February 1722 Hardenburg aged 60
Christian Charles Reinhard		7 July 1695	1698-1766	17 November 1766	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg) (at Broich)	Catherine Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim (30 January 1702 – 29 March 1765) 27 November 1726 Mettenheim six children	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.
John William Louis		5 April 1697	1698-1742	November 1742	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg)	Sophia Eleonore of Leiningen-Guntersblum (1710-19 June 1768) 1730 two children
Dagsburg-Falkenburg (except Broich) annexed to Hardenburg
Elisabeth Dorothea		11 June 1665	1702-1722	1722	County of Broich-Oberstein (at Oberstein only)	Maurice Herman, Count of Limburg-Stirum 19 October 1692 six children	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	1719-1750	1750	County of Leiningen-Guntersblum	Charlotte of Walderode (24 September 1703 – 1745) 6 July 1736 three children	Cousins, ruled jointly. John Francis was a son of John Louis II, and Emich Louis was a son of Emich Leopold.
Emich Louis		22 December 1709	1719-1766	23 September 1766	County of Leiningen-Guntersblum	Polyxena Wilhelmina of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (8 October 1730 – 21 March 1800) 27 March 1752 two children
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
George Charles		17 February 1717	1726-1787	19 March 1787	County of Leiningen-Neuleiningen	Johanna Elisabeth Amalia of Isenburg-Philippseich (19 March 1720 – 29 December 1780) 7 May 1741 Philippseich eight children	Children of George II, ruled jointly.
George Ernest		3 May 1718	1726-1765	24 December 1765	County of Leiningen-Neuleiningen	Maria Louise of Wieser (10 April 1710 – 7 May 1773) 1738 eight children
George Herman		21 March or 1 April 1679	1728-1751	3 January or 4 February 1751	County of Leiningen-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
Christian John		31 August 1730	1751-1770	20 February 1770	County of Leiningen-Altleiningen	Christiana Franziska Eleonora of Grumbach (10 August 1735 – 29 November 1809) 5 December 1754 eleven children
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 was completely stripped of his functions as ruler of the already diminshed 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		1737	1766-1774 1787-1806	1809	County of Leiningen-Guntersblum (at Billigheim)	Eleonora of Bretzenheim (1770-1832) 21 November 1787 (annulled 1801) two children	Children of John Francis, divided the land. 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		1738		1825	County of Leiningen-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
Guntersblum annexed to Hardenberg
Maria Louise		16 March 1729	1766-1806	11 March 1818	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg) (at Broich)	Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 March 1748 Heidesheim am Rhein nine children	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	1770-1793	1 December 1811	County of Leiningen-Altleiningen	Unmarried	In the aftermath of the French Revolution (1793), the county was annexed to France.
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	1787-1793	7 June 1798	County of Leiningen-Neuleiningen	Unmarried	Cousins, ruled jointly. Charles Gustav was a son of George Charles, and Charles Joseph was a son of George Ernest. In the aftermath of the French Revolution (1793), the county was annexed to France.
Charles Joseph		13 August 1739		27 July 1797	County of Leiningen-Neuleiningen	Maria Friederika Wilhelmina Elisabeth Schmittener (22 May 1753 – 29 April 1828) 1782 six children
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

Succession in the Principality of Leiningen

The princely arms in the mid 19th century

• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince of Leiningen (1724–1807)
• Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814)
• Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804–1856)
• Ernst, 4th Prince of Leiningen (1830–1904)
• Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen (1866–1939)
• Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen (1898–1946)
• Emich, 7th Prince of Leiningen (1926–1991)
• Andreas, 8th Prince of Leiningen (born 1955)
  • his heir-apparent, Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen (born 1982)

Succession in the County of Altleiningen

• Christian Karl, Count of Leiningen-Altleiningen (18 Sep 1757 – 1 Dec 1811)
• Friedrich I Ludwig Christian, Count of Leiningen-Altleiningen (2 Nov 1761 – 9 Aug 1839)
• Friedrich II Eduard, Count of Leiningen-Altleiningen (20 May 1806 – 5 Jun 1868)
• Friedrich III Wipprecht Franz, Count of Leiningen-Altleiningen (30 Dec 1852 – 7 Feb 1916), nephew
• Gustav Friedrich Oskar, Count of Leiningen-Altleiningen (8 Feb 1876 – 23 Jul 1929)

Succession in the County of Neuleiningen

• Ferdinand Karl III, Count of Leiningen-Neuleiningen (8 Sep 1767 – 26 Nov 1813)
• August George Gustav, Count of Leiningen-Neuleiningen (19 Feb 1770 – 9 Oct 1849)
• Christian Franz Seraph Vincenz, Count of Leiningen-Neuleiningen (1810 – 1856)
• George Karl August, Count of Leiningen-Neuleiningen (27 Aug 1789 – 17 Mar 1865), cousin of the previous
• Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Neuleiningen (16 Feb 1824 – 29 Apr 1887) - Inherited by Altleiningen

See also

• House of Leiningen
• Prince of Leiningen
• Princess of Leiningen

References

• 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 domain: Chisholm, 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)

External links

• European Heraldry page Archived 2023-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Website of the Prince of Leiningen
• Genealogy - Grafen von Leiningen
• Leiningen
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