Prince Karl of Leiningen
| Prince Karl | |||||
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| Born |
2 January 1928 Coburg, Germany |
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| Died | 28 September 1990 (aged 62) Vered Hagalil, Israel |
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| Spouse | Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria (m. 1957; div. 1968) |
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| Issue |
Prince Boris Prince Hermann Friedrich |
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| House | Leiningen | ||||
| Father | Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen | ||||
| Mother | Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia | ||||
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| Karl Vladimir Ernst Heinrich |
Karl Vladimir Ernst Heinrich, Prince of Leiningen (2 January 1928 – 28 September 1990) was the son of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen (1898–1946) and Maria Kirillovna of Russia. Maria was the daughter of Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a paternal granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia. As such, Karl was a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria and Alexander II of Russia (as Victoria Melita and Cyril Vladimirovich were both grandchildren of Alexander II).
Karl was born in Coburg, Germany. As a young man, he worked mainly as a salesman in Paris.
Karl met Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria in Madrid, where she was living with her mother. She was the only daughter of Boris III of Bulgaria by his wife Princess Giovanna of Italy. Karl announced his engagement to Marie Louise in December 1956. They married in a quiet civil ceremony in Amorbach on 14 February 1957. Amorbach had been the residence of the House of Leiningen since 1803, and the town's streets were lined with hundreds of cheering spectators; Karl's family owns huge estates in South Germany, and was considered to be one of the richest German noble families. As of 1957, his family's fortune was valued at $1.5 billion. The couple also married in a Greek Orthodox religious ceremony in Cannes on 20 February 1957.
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