Andreas, Prince of Leiningen
Andreas, Prince of Leiningen is the current head of the Princely House of Leiningen. He is the son of Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen, and Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg. His older brother Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen lost his rights to succeed as head of the house as a result of his unequal second marriage.
His paternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, was the eldest daughter of Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh. Because of this, he is in the line of succession to the former Russian throne.
His great-great-great grandfather, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, was the elder half-brother of Queen Victoria. Through his father, he is also a direct descendant of Queen Victoria, through her granddaughter, Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh, whose second husband was Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich. Because of this, he is in the line of succession to the British Throne.
He married Princess Alexandra of Hanover on 5 October 1981. They have three children:
- Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen, who married Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia on 29 April 2017 and later on 16 September 2017 and had a daughter: Alexandra Ehrengard, Princess of Leiningen.
- Princess Olga of Leiningen.
- Prince Hermann of Leiningen, who married Isabelle Heubach on 25 March 2017 and later on 1 July 2017.
Titles and styles
- 27 November 1955 - 24 May 1991: His Serene Highness Prince Andreas of Leiningen
- 24 May 1991 - 30 October 1991: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Leiningen
- 30 October 1991 - present: His Serene Highness The Prince of Leiningen
Ancestry
