Princess Margarita of Leiningen

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Princess of Hohenzollern

Princess Margarita

Princess of Hohenzollern
Tenure| 6 February 1965 – 16 June 1996

Born| (1932-05-09)9 May 1932
Coburg, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Died| 16 June 1996(1996-06-16) (aged 64)
Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Spouse|

Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern

(m. 1951)​

Issue| Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern
Prince Albrecht
Prince Ferdinand
| Names

German: Margarita Ileana Viktoria Alexandra
House| Leiningen
Father| Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen
Mother| Maria Kirillovna of Russia

Princess Margarita of Leiningen (Margarita Ileana Viktoria Alexandra Prinzessin zu Leiningen; 9 May 1932 – 16 June 1996)[citation needed] was a Princess of Leiningen by birth and the Princess of Hohenzollern by marriage. Margarita was the fourth child and second-eldest daughter of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. Margarita was the Princess consort of Hohenzollern 6 February 1965 - 16 June 1996.[1]

## Marriage and issue[edit]

Margarita married Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern (later Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern), eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, and his wife, Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony, civilly in Sigmaringen on 5 January 1951 and religiously in Amorbach on 3 February 1951. Margarita and Frederick William had three sons:

* Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern (20 April 1952); married Countess Alexandra Schenck von Stauffenberg on 17 May 1985 and they were divorced on 21 January 2010. They have four children. He remarried Nina de Zomer on 17 July 2010.
* Prince Albrecht Johannes Hermann Meinrad Hubertus Michael Stephan of Hohenzollern (3 August 1954); married Nathalie Rocabado de Viets on 8 September 2001. They have two daughters:
* Princess Josephine Marie Isabelle Sophia Margarete of Hohenzollern (31 October 2002)
* Princess Eugenia Bernadette Maria Theresia Esperanza of Hohenzollern (8 June 2005)
* Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern (14 February 1959); married Countess Ilona Kálnoky de Köröspatak on 3 August 1996. They have three children.

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Princess Margarita of Leiningen

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| 4\. Emich, Prince of Leiningen|

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| 9\. Princess Marie of Baden

| 2\. Karl, Prince of Leiningen|

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| 10\. Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

| 5\. Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|

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| 11\. Princess Leopoldine of Baden

| 1\. Princess Margarita of Leiningen|
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| 12\. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia

| 6\. Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia|

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| 13\. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

| 3\. Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia|

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| 14\. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

| 7\. Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh|

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| 15\. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

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## References[edit]

1. ^ Marlene Eilers Koenig (2010-03-13). "A divorce for the Hohenzollerns". Royal Musings. Archived from the original on 2018-06-02.

Princess Margarita of Leiningen

House of Leiningen

Born: 9 May 1932 Died: 16 June 1996

Titles in pretence
Preceded by

Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony

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Princess of Hohenzollern
Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Countess of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
6 February 1965 - 16 June 1996
Reason for succession failure:
Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850 | Succeeded by

Katharina de Zomer
*[m.]: married