LEININGEN  , the name of an old See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• FAMILY

family, whose lands See also:

• LAY

lay principally in See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace and See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine . The first See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Leiningen about whom anything certain is known was a certain Emicho (d . 1117), whose family became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in the male See also:

• LINE

line when Count See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick, a Minnesinger, died about 1220 . Frederick's See also:

• SISTER

sister, Liutgarde, married See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon, count of See also:

• SAAR

Saar- brticken, and Frederick, one of their sons, inheriting the lands of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Leiningen, took their arms and their name . Having increased its possessions the Leiningen family was divided about 1317 into two branches; the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder of these, whose See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head was a See also:

• LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave, died out in 1467 . On this event its lands See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to a See also:

• FEMALE

female, the last landgrave's sister See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret, wife of Reinhard, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of Westerburg, and their descendants were known as the family of Leiningen-Westerburg . Later this family was divided into two branches, those of Alt-Leiningen-Westerburg and Neu-Leiningen-Westerburg, both of which are represented to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . Meanwhile the younger See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Leiningens, known as the family of Leiningen-Dagsburg, was flourishing, and in 156o this was divided into the lines of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg, founded by Count See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip (d . 1562), and Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim or Falkenburg, founded by Count Emicho (d . 1593) . In 1779 the head of the former line was raised to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . In 18or this family was deprived of its lands on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine by See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but in 1803 it received ample See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation for these losses .

A few years later its possessions were mediatized, and they are now included mainly in See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden, but partly in See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria and in See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse . A former head of this family, Prince Emich See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles, married Maria Louisa See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, princess of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• COBURG

Coburg; after his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1814 the princess married See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III.'s son, the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, by whom she became the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Victoria . In 1910 the head of the family was Prince Emich (b . 1866) . The family of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim was divided into three branches, the two See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior of which became extinct during the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . At See also:

• PRESENT

present it is represented by the counts of Leiningen-Guntersblum and Leiningen-Heidesheim, called also Leiningen-Billigheim and Leiningen-Neidenau . See Brinckmeier, Genealogische Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Hauses Leiningen (See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick, 1890—1891) .