[1] She was the elder daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh.
[2] With his wife, Karl subsequently resolved to take up a business career in Toronto, Canada.
[1] Karl met Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria in Madrid, where she was living with her mother.
[2][4] 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 wealthiest of Germany's noble families.
[5] After the divorce, Marie Louise and their two sons moved to the United States, where they attended a military academy.