Duke of Leuchtenberg

Duke of Leuchtenberg was the title of prince, to his son Eugène de Beauharnais, after the fall of Napoleon in 1817 with the eponymous Landgrafentum and the Principality of Eichstätt zusprach Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria as a caste domination. 1833 Bavaria bought the Principality and 1855 finally to three million guilders the lights Bergische heirs remaining possessions back.

However, already had Albrecht VI. (1584-1666) of the lamp Berger and his nephew Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus von Bayern- Leuchtenberg the title of Duke of Leuchtenberg out.

The Bavarian dukes of Leuchtenberg ( in primogeniture ) were:

Shortly before the death of Duke Nicholas 1890, the Bavarian titles has been expanded as a Russian title for his sons, and all descendants of Bavarian title then passed to Nicholas ' younger brother, Eugène.

The Russian Dukes of Leuchtenberg were:

Both had a number of children and grandchildren, who all have the right to bear the title of Duke or Duchess of Leuchtenberg.

A daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais was Joséphine de Beauharnais, Jr., Queen of Sweden. Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Eugène's another daughter, married in 1829 the Emperor of Brazil, Pedro I. A daughter was Mary Maximilian of Leuchtenberg, Princess Romanovskaja, ( 1841-1914 ), the mother of the last Imperial Chancellor in the Empire, Prince Max von Baden.