Princess Margarita of Leiningen | |||||
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Princess of Hohenzollern | |||||
Born |
Coburg, Bavaria, Germany |
9 May 1932||||
Died | 16 June 1996 Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
(aged 64)||||
Spouse | Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern | ||||
Issue |
Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern Prince Albrecht Prince Ferdinand |
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House |
House of Leiningen House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
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Father | Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen | ||||
Mother | Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia |
Full name | |
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German: Margarita Ileana Viktoria Alexandra |
Princess Margarita of Leiningen (Full German name: Margarita Ileana Viktoria Alexandra Prinzessin zu Leiningen) (born 9 May 1932 in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany; committed suicide on 16 June 1996 in Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was a Princess of Leiningen by birth and the Princess of Hohenzollern by marriage. Margarita was the fourth child and second-eldest daughter of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. Margarita was the Princess consort of Hohenzollern 6 February 1965 – 16 June 1996.
Margarita married Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern (later Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern), eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony, civilly in Sigmaringen on 5 January 1951 and religiously in Amorbach on 3 February 1951. Margarita and Frederick William had three sons: