Prince Karl of Leiningen

Prince Karl
Born(1928-01-02)2 January 1928
Coburg, Germany
Died28 September 1990(1990-09-28) (aged 62)
Vered Hagalil, Israel
Spouse
(m. 1957; div. 1968)
IssuePrince Boris
Prince Hermann
Names
Karl Vladimir Ernst Heinrich
HouseLeiningen
FatherKarl, 6th Prince of Leiningen
MotherMaria Kirillovna of Russia

Prince Karl of Leiningen (Karl Vladimir Ernst Heinrich; 2 January 1928 – 28 September 1990) was the second son of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen (1898–1946) and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia.[1] She was the elder daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh. As such, Karl was a great-great-grandson of both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Emperor Alexander II of Russia (as Victoria Melita and Kirill Vladimirovich were both grandchildren of Alexander II).

  1. ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 699, 703. (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X