Prince of Leiningen

In 1801, this line was deprived by France of its lands on the left bank of the Rhine, namely Hardenburg, Dagsburg and Durkheim.

After his death in 1814, the princess married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, a younger son of George III of the United Kingdom, by whom she became the mother of Queen Victoria.

The Queen's half-siblings, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen and Princess Feodora remained close to their half-sister.

The fourth prince, Ernst, pursued a career in the British Royal Navy and married Princess Marie of Baden.

The disinheritance was upheld by the German courts, and so on Emich's death later that year, he was succeeded by his second son, Andreas, who has been the eighth prince from that time.