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.^[1]

This family became extinct in the male line when Count Frederick II died about 1214^[2] or 1220.^[3] 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).^[4] 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

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.^{[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

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).^[5] 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 (1093-1316)					Lordships of Runkel and Westerburg (until 1470)
				County of Leiningen- Dagsburg (1st creation) (1316-1470)
County of Leiningen- Richeling (1st creation) (1344-1507)	County of Leiningen- Hardenburg (1316-1779)
				County of Leiningen-Westerburg (1470-1597)
Annexed to Daun-Oberstein and Hohenfels (from 1507)

		County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg; 2nd creation) (1541-1806)
					County of Leiningen-Leiningen (1547-1656)
							County of Leiningen- Schaumburg (1547-1708)
						County of Leiningen- Richeling (2nd creation) (1622-1705)
			County of Leiningen- Broich- Oberstein (1657-1709/22)		County of Leiningen- Oberbronn (1622-1724)
								County of Leiningen- Neuleiningen (1695-1793)


						County of Leiningen- Altleiningen (1695-1793)
				County of Leiningen- Guntersblum (1657-1774) (1787-1806)
	Raised to: Principality of Leiningen (1779-1806)
	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.
The numberings are sometimes confusing: names like Emicho or Frederick are counted in order, independently of the land they ruled; however, other later rulers of the same name (like John Louis) are not numbered for having ruled different lands. To the sake of coherence, the list below goes for the former option.

Ruler	Born	Reign	Death	Ruling part	Consort	Notes
Emicho I	c.1054?	1093-1117/38	1117 or 1138	County of Leiningen	Alberade four children	Son of Emicho of Flonheim. Possibly the founder of the family and the county.
Emicho II	?	1138-1189	1189	County of Leiningen	Elisabeth^[3] (d.1179) three children
Frederick I	?	1189-1193	28 April 1193^[3]	County of Leiningen	Unknown at least two children
Emicho III	?	1193-1208	1208^[3]	County of Leiningen	Unknown	Left no heirs and was succeded by his nephew.
Frederick II	?	1189-1217/20	10 March 1217 or 1220^[3]	County of Leiningen	Ita/Gertrude of Habsburg^[3] four children	Nephew of Emicho III.^[3] After Frederick I's death with no offspring, the Leiningen lands were inherited by his namesake nephew, son of his sister Liutgard.
Frederick III	c.1190	1217/20-1237	1237	County of Leiningen	Agnes of Eberstein (1185^[3]-March 1263) two children Agnes of Zollern^[3] (d.10 March 1263) six children	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 IV	c.1210	1237-1287	1287	County of Leiningen	Adelaide of Kyburg (1220-aft.1258) c.1245 one child	Children of Frederick II, divided the land. Frederick III inherited from his elder brother Simon (that 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.
Emicho IV	c.1215	1237-1281	1281	County of Leiningen (at Landau)	Elisabeth d'Aspremont (1227-1264) 1235 four children
Emicho V	?	1281-1289	1289	County of Leiningen (at Landau)	Catherine of Ochsenstein (d.1313) one child	After his death, the feud of Landau returned to the main line.
Landau reabsorbed in Leiningen
Frederick V	1250	1287-1316	1316	County of Leiningen	Matilda^[3] c.1265 no children Johanna of Sponheim-Kreuznach (1246-1282) Before 1268 six children Jeanne d'Aspremont (d.1321) 1282^[3] four children
Frederick VI	1269	1316-1327	1327	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg	Sophia of Freiburg (1274-29 March 1335) 7 July 1286 Strasbourg two children	Children of Frederick V, divided the land.
Godfrey I	1304	1316-1344	1344	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Agnes of Ochsenstein (d.bef.17 February 1321) 30 March 1313 one child Matilda of Salm (d.1341) 17 February 1321 three children	Children of Frederick V, divided the land.
Frederick VII	1294	1327-1342	1342	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg	Judith of Isenburg-Limburg (d. 1335) seven children
Frederick VIII	?	1342-1378	1378	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg	Marie of Châtillon 1353 one child	Children of Frederick VII, ruled jointly.
Frederick IX	1320	1342-1397	1397	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg	Catherine de Grandpré no children Yolande of Julich-Bergheim (d.1363) 1265 six children	Children of Frederick VII, ruled jointly.
Regency (1344-1354)						Children of Godfried I, divided the land.
Emicho VI	c.1340	1344-1381	17 February 1381	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Liutgard of Falkenstein-Münzenberg c.1345 one child Margaret of Habsburg-Kyburg 1362 eight children
Fritzman [Frederick]	?	1344-1366	1366	County of Leiningen-Richeling	Johanna of Forbach 16 October 1321 two children
Godfrey II	c.1325?	1366-1380	1380	County of Leiningen-Richeling	Margaret of Baden (d.c.1380) 10 November 1363 three children
John	c.1365	1380-1445	c.1445	County of Leiningen-Richeling	Elisabeth of Lützelstein (d.c.1435) six children
Emicho VII	1366	1381-1452	1452	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Clara of Finstingen-Brackenkopf (d.1409) 1383 no children Beatrice of Baden (24 June 1400-1452) 11 July 1411 ten children
Frederick X	1269	1397-1434	1434	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg	Margaret of Baden-Hachberg (d.1410) 1405 six children
Hesso	c.1405	1435-1467	8 March 1467	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg	Elisabeth of Bavaria (c. 1406–5 March 1468) 1440 Worms no children	Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his sister.
Rudolph	c.1420?	1445-1475	1475	County of Leiningen-Richeling	Agnes of Zweibrücken-Bich (d.February 1454) 15 July 1435 nine children
Emicho VIII		1452-1495	30 March 1495	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Anna of Elter (d.aft.1500) Bef. 25 January 1466 eight children Barbara of Tengen-Nellenburg no children	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	1467-1470	1470	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg	Reinhard I, Count of Westerburg (13 January 1388-22 December 1449) 24 August 1423 two children	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.
Dagsburg annexed to Runkel-Westerburg and absorbed in Hardenberg before 1540
Reinhard I	1453	1470-1522	February 1522	County of Leiningen-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	Grandson of Margaret of Dagsburg. Inherited the county and the surname from her. Probably lost Dagsburg for Hardenburg, but he had other lands near Westerburg.
Hahneman [Herman]	1436	1475-1507	1507	County of Leiningen-Richeling	Adelaide of Zirk (d.1508) Bef.1457 two children
Richeling inherited by Daun-Oberstein and Hohenfels
Emicho IX	c.1470	1495-1535	18 February 1535	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Agnes of Eppstein-Münzenberg (d.28 July 1533) 1470 thirteen children
Philip (I)	1483	1522-1523	1523	County of Leiningen-Westerburg	Unmarried	First son of Reinhard. He is usually not counted. Left no heirs.
Cuno	27 September 1487	1523-1547	23 November 1547	County of Leiningen-Westerburg	Maria of Stolberg-Wernigerode (8 December 1507-6 January 1571) 1523 ten children	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.
Eva	1481	1523-1543	23 February 1543	County of Leiningen-Westerburg	Unmarried
Emicho X	1498	1535-1541	10 January 1541	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Catherine of Nassau-Saarbrücken (11 November 1517-1 January 1553) 17 July 1537 three children
Regency (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	1541-1562	8 September 1562	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Anna of Mansfeld-Eisleben (d.6 June 1621) 15 December 1560 Mansfeld one child
Emicho XI	15 December 1540	1541-1593	13 March 1593	County of Leiningen-Dagsburg (-Falkenburg)	Ursula of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (1553-24 October 1595) 18 February 1577 Hardenburg two children
Philip I (II)	10 November 1527	1547-1597	17 September 1597	County of Leiningen-Leiningen	Amalia of Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg (1537-11 September 1577) 22 November 1551 Heidelberg six children Amalia of Daun-Falkenstein (26 September 1547-25 October 1608) 16 February 1578 six children	Children of Cuno, divided the land.
Reinhard II	19 November 1530	1547-1584	17 September 1584	County of Leiningen-Westerburg	Ottilia of Manderscheid-Blankenheim-Keil (30 July 1536-9 August 1597) 14 July 1561 eight children
George I	23 April 1533	1547-1586	9 April 1586	County of Leiningen-Schaumburg	Margaret of Isenburg-Birstein (14 December 1542-8 August 1613) 24 May 1570 Büdingen five children
Regency (1562-1576)						Published in 1580 the Book of Confessions^[7]
Emicho XII	4 November 1562	1562-1607	24 November 1607	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Maria Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (4 October 1561-28 February 1629) 7 November 1585 Hardenburg six children	Published in 1580 the Book of Confessions^[7]
Albert Philip	1567	1584-1597	1597	County of Leiningen-Westerburg	Unmarried	Children of Reinhard II, ruled jointly.
John Louis (I)	1572	1584-1597	1597	County of Leiningen-Westerburg	Unmarried	Children of Reinhard II, ruled jointly.
Westerburg annexed to Schaumburg
Reinhard III	24 October 1574	1586-1655	14 October 1655	County of Leiningen-Schaumburg	Anna of Solms-Lich (2 November 1575-1634) 1 January 1615 Lich three children	Children of George I, ruled jointly.
Christoph	30 September 1575	1586-1635	1635	County of Leiningen-Schaumburg	Anna Maria Ungnad (29 September 1573-1606) 25 August 1601 one child Philippa Catherine of Wied (1595-1647) 1611 twelve children	Children of George I, ruled jointly.
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	Children of Emicho XI, ruled jointly.
Louis	10 August 1557	1597-1622	22 August 1622	County of Leiningen-Leiningen	Bernardine of Lippe 1578 nine children
John Philip II	26 April 1588	1607-1643	25 May 1643	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Elisabeth of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (16 May 1586-25 October 1623) 1 January 1620 Hardenburg three children Anna Juliana of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen (1584-12 November 1640) 23 February 1626 one child Anna Elisabeth of Oettingen-Oettingen (3 November 1603-3 June 1673) 11 June 1642 no children	Children of Emicho XII, ruled jointly.
Frederick XI	8 February 1593	1607-1631	29 April 1631	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	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	Children of Emicho XII, ruled jointly.
John Casimir	1 February 1587	1622-1635	20/30 September 1635	County of Leiningen-Leiningen	Martha of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (29 April 1575-19 December 1638) 23 January 1617 Langenburg no children	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 (III)	5 January 1591	1622-1668	9 February 1668	County of Leiningen-Richeling	Agatha Catherine Schenk of Limpurg (30 July 1595-30 January 1664) 20 August 1618 two children
Louis Emicho	14 August 1595	1622-1635	1 January 1635	County of Leiningen-Oberbronn	Esther of Eberstein (11 April 1603-10 October 1682) 21 August 1624 five children
Leiningen-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
Frederick Emicho	9 February 1621	1643-1698	26 July 1698	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Sybilla of Waldeck-Wildungen (25 March 1619-30 September 1678) 15 June 1644 Hardenburg nine children	Children of John Philip II, ruled jointly.
John Philip III	19 February 1622	1643-1666	19 February 1666	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Agnes of Waldeck-Wildungen (2 February 1617-29 November 1651) 5 February 1551 Waldeck one child Elisabeth Charlotte of Solms-Sonnenwalde (1621-17 January 1660) 1658 one child	Children of John Philip II, ruled jointly.
George William (I)	10 February 1619	1655-1695	22 November 1695	County of Leiningen-Schaumburg	Sophia Elisabeth of Lippe-Detmold (31 March 1626-23 August 1688) 7 May 1644 Schwalenberg nineteen children
George William (II)	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	Children of John Louis I, ruled jointly.
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	1695-1698	2 October 1698	County of Leiningen-Schaumburg	Christina Louise of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1673-25 February 1745) 13 February 1692 two children	Children of George William, ruled jointly.
Henry Christian	1 February 1665	1695-1702	2 February 1702	County of Leiningen-Schaumburg	Albertina Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein (20 July 1661-26 November 1716) 20 July 1681 two children
Christoph Christian	11 March 1656	1695-1728	17 May 1728	County of Leiningen-Altleiningen	Juliana Elisabeth of Lippe-Biesterfeld (15 June 1656-29 April 1739) 6/8 June 1678 three children
George II	2 March 1666	1695-1726	4 May 1726	County of Leiningen-Neuleiningen	Anna Elisabeth Wilhelmina von 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
John Frederick	18 March 1661	1698-1722	9 February 1722	County of Leiningen-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
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 (1702-1707)						Son of John Anton, left no heirs.
George Frederick	1693	1702-1708	1708	County of Leiningen-Schaumburg	Unmarried	Son of John Anton, left no heirs.
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	1722-1756	28 October 1756	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg	Anna Christiana Eleonora of Wurmbrand-Stupach (13 March 1698-4 January 1763) 26 November 1723 five children	Children of John Frederick, divided the land.
Charles Louis	16 February 1704	1722-1747	20 March 1747	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg (at Bockenheim)	Caroline of Salm-Daun (7 January 1706-26 May 1786) 27 November 1726 three children	Children of John Frederick, divided the land.
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	Children of George II, ruled jointly.
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	1756-1806	9 January 1807	County of Leiningen-Hardenburg (1756-79) Principality of Leiningen (1779-1806)	Christiane Wilhelmine of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (24 April 1736-6 January 1803) 24 June 1749 four children	Elevated to Prince in 1779. In 1806, he was stripped of his functions as ruler of the principality, followwing 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^[8]	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	1766-1774 1787-1806^[8]	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^[9]	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^[10]	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	1787-1793	27 July 1797	County of Leiningen-Neuleiningen	Maria Friederika Wilhelmina Elisabeth Schmittener (22 May 1753-29 April 1828)^[11] 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 [de] (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)^[12]^{[better source needed]}

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

Notes

^ Toussaint 1982, S. 204.
^ Toussaint 1982, S. 248.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Medieval Lands - Grafen von Leiningen
^ 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).
^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (2004), Volume 133, p. 249, 251.
^ 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.
^ See Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church , p. 16 and p. 764.
^ Graf Wenzel Joseph von Leiningen-Heidesheim
^ Runkel (Leiningen-Westerburg)
^ Runkel (Leiningen-Westerburg)
^ Runkel/Leiningen-Westerburg
^ Marek, Miroslav. "runkel/runkel3.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.^{[self-published source]}

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
Hans Heiberger: Das Ende der Grafen zu Leiningen-Westerburg. Verlag Klaus Dinges, Grünstadt 2000, ISBN 3-9806596-1-5.
Toussaint, Ingo (1982). Die Grafen von Leiningen. Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag. ISBN 3-7995-7017-9.
Thomas Gehrlein: Das Haus Leiningen. 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolgen. Börde-Verlag, Werl 2011, ISBN 978-3-9811993-9-0

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.

External links

European Heraldry page
Website of the Prince of Leiningen
Genealogy - Grafen von Leiningen
Leiningen
Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors - Leiningen and Westerburg (click on the links to travel between members)
Medieval Lands - Grafen von Leiningen

Coordinates: 49°32′24″N 8°08′24″E / 49.54000°N 8.14000°E / 49.54000; 8.14000

[Toussaint_1982,_S._204-1] Toussaint 1982, S. 204.

[2] Toussaint 1982, S. 248.

[Medland-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Medieval Lands - Grafen von Leiningen

[fneumer-4] 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).

[5] Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (2004), Volume 133, p. 249, 251.

[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] See Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church , p. 16 and p. 764.

[8] Graf Wenzel Joseph von Leiningen-Heidesheim

[9] Runkel (Leiningen-Westerburg)

[10] Runkel (Leiningen-Westerburg)

[11] Runkel/Leiningen-Westerburg

[runkel3-12] Marek, Miroslav. "runkel/runkel3.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.^{[self-published source]}

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