Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Leiningen

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Leiningen (German: Fürst zu Leiningen; 14 August 1724 – 9 January 1807) was a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and the first ruler of the Principality of Leiningen.

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm
Prince of Leiningen
Born	(1724-08-14)14 August 1724 Schloss Dürkheim in Dürkheim
Died	9 January 1807(1807-01-09) (aged 82) Amorbach
Spouse	Countess Christiane Wilhelmine of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
Issue	Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen
House	Leiningen
Father	Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
Mother	Countess Anna Christine Eleonore von Wurmbrand-Stuppach

Life

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm was the eldest son of Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg (1703–1756), and his wife, Countess Anna Christine Eleonore von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1698–1763). He succeeded his father on the latter's death, 28 October 1756.

On 3 July 1779, he was made a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, becoming the first Prince of Leiningen. In 1801, he was deprived of his lands on the left bank of the Rhine, namely Hardenburg, Dagsburg and Durkheim, by France, but in 1803 received the secularized Amorbach Abbey as an ample compensation for these losses. Hitherto his titles were: Imperial Prince of Leiningen, Count palatine of Mosbach, Count of Düren, Lord of Miltenberg, Amorbach, Bischofsheim, Boxberg, Schüpf and Lauda.

A few years later, the short-lived Principality of Leiningen at Amorbach was mediatized into the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Marriage

On 24 June 1749, the Prince married his first cousin Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (1736–1803), daughter of Wilhelm Carl Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (1699–1778), by his wife, Countess Maria Margareta Leopolda von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1701–1756). His wife died on 6 January 1803. They had a son and three daughters:

• Princess Elisabeth Christiane Marianne of Leiningen (27 October 1753 – 16 February 1792); married on 17 May 1768 to Count Karl Ludwig of Salm-Grumbach.
• Princess Charlotte Luise Polyxena of Leiningen (27 May 1755 – 13 January 1785); married 1 September 1776 to Franz, Count of Erbach-Erbach.
• Princess Karoline Sophie Wilhelmine of Leiningen (4 April 1757 – 18 March 1832); married 21 September 1773 Count Friedrich Magnus I of Solms-Wildenfels.
• Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen (27 September 1763 – 4 July 1814); succeeded his father as second Prince of Leiningen.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Leiningen

8. Friedrich Emich, Count of Leiningen-Hartenburg 4. Johann Friedrich, Count of Leiningen 9. Countess Sybille of Waldeck-Wildungen 2. Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen 10. Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 5. Margravine Katharina of Baden-Durlach 11. Duchess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp 1. Carl, Prince of Leiningen 12. Count Johann Eustachius of Wurmbrand-Stuppach 6. Count Johann Joseph Wilhelm of Wurmbrand-Stuppach 13. Baroness Maria Elisabeth Speild von Vatersdorf 3. Countess Anna of Wurmbrand-Stuppach 14. Wolfgang Ehrenreich, Baron von Prösing 7. Baroness Susanne Sophie von Prösing 15. Baroness Susanne Eleonore von Polheim

References

Sources include:

• Marek, Miroslav. "leiningen/leiningen6.html". Genealogy.EU.