Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen
Prince Emich Carl of Leiningen ( born September 27, 1763 in Durkheim, † July 4, 1814 in Amorbach ) second prince was Leiningen and royal Bavarian Lieutenant General and a regiment.
He was the son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm zu Leiningen (1724-1807) and Christiane Wilhelmine Gräfin zu Solms- Roedelheim ( 1736-1803 ). 1796, the family was displaced by the French from the Palatinate.
He determined essentially the politics of the royal house, both against the French and Austrians than later Wiener also at the congress.
By Reichsdeputationshauptschluss the princely house lost all the left bank claims to power. Through the secularization these losses by territorial gains at the expense of the dissolved archbishopric of Mainz ( monastery Amorbach, Miltenberg, Eberbach and Tauberbischofsheim ), at the expense of the diocese of Würzburg ( Grünfeld, Hard Home, Lauda ) and at the expense of the dissolved Electorate Palatinate ( Boxberg, Mosbach ) were compensated. Amorbach was chosen as the new residence and with respect, especially since that new housing options offered accordingly. The convent building of considerable length 118 m was built from 1782 to 1794 according to plans by Franz Ignaz Michael Neumann. The times of the walks from a friend's residence to the next was at an end. He ruled as a Protestant Prince of 1,600 km ² over 90,000 mostly Catholic subjects. Due to the media coverage has already taken place in 1806, the loss of political independence. Title and private property remained but preserved and also the income from the property. Most sovereignty fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Grand Duchy of Hesse -Darmstadt and the Kingdom of Bavaria. The Congress of Vienna confirmed that loss.
Marriages
He completed his first marriage on July 4, 1787 Ebersdorf with Henriette ( born May 9, 1767 in Ebersdorf, † September 3, 1801 in Coburg ), daughter of Count Heinrich XXIV Reuss to Ebersdorf. The common child, Prince Friedrich Karl Heinrich Ludwig (1793-1800) died at the age of 7.
He completed his second marriage on 21 December 1803 of the niece of his first wife, the 17 -year-old Princess Victoria of Saxe- Coburg -Saalfeld. From this marriage two children come from:
- Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, Prince of Leiningen the later 3 (* 1804, † 1856)
- Anna Feodora Auguste zu Leiningen (* 1807, † 1872) ∞ 1828 (Kensington Palace, London) Duke Ernst I of Hohenlohe- Langenburg.
The second marriage of Charles Emich zu Leiningen ended by his death after only a little over ten years. His widow married on 11 July 1818 in Kew Palace ( Surrey, England) Eduard August, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, a younger son of King George III. of Great Britain. From this second marriage came as the only child Alexandrina Victoria, who later became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India. Victoria was begotten in Amorbach, but arrived in the UK to the world, to secure the heirs.
Thus was Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, Prince of Leiningen the later third of the half-brother of Queen Victoria.
Buildings
In the most remote part of the Odenwald to Emich zu Leiningen Carl built a large wildlife park. On the slope of Steinichtales a then fashionable Gothic ruin walls with turrets and bay windows came. This romantic resort but was laid down in 1828 by his son Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich. For this castle was built Waldleiningen. A replica of Abbotsford, the home of the world famous Scottish poet Sir Walter Scott.