Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim

Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
Spouse(s)	Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim
Noble family	House of Leiningen
Father	John, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
Mother	Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Born	17 July 1695(1695-07-17) Mülheim an der Ruhr
Died	17 November 1766(1766-11-17) (aged 71) Heidesheim

Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (17 July 1695, Castle Broich, Broich, Mülheim an der Ruhr – 17 November 1766, Heidesheim) was a German nobleman.^[1]

He was a great-great-great-grandparent of Mary of Teck.^[2]

Life

Christian Karl Reinhard was the son of Count Johann Karl August of Leiningen-Dagsburg (March 17, 1662 - November 3, 1698), and his wife Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg (December 18, 1660 - August 21, 1715).^[3]

After the early death of the father's Christian guardian, Count Council and Commissioner John Arnold Kielmann, he was invested in June 1701, by Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm with the Lordship of Broich. His family soon left because of the threat of the War of the Spanish Succession to Schloss Broich.

Marriage and children

Christian Karl Reinhard married on 27 November 1726 in Mettenheim, to Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim (January 30, 1702 - March 29, 1765), and had the following children:

• Johann Karl Ludwig¸(October 6, 1727 in Heidenheim - March 20, 1734)
• Maria Louise Albertine (March 16, 1729 in Heidenheim - March 11, 1818 in Neustrelitz)
  • married on 16 March 1748, Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (July 11, 1722 - June 21, 1782)
• Polyxene Wilhelmine (August 8, 1730 on Castle Heidenheim - March 21, 1800)
  • married 27 March 1752, Count Ludwig Emich of Leiningen (December 22, 1709 - September 23, 1766)
• Sophie Charlotte Franziska (October 28, 1731 Castle Heidenheim - January 20, 1781)
• Alexandrine (November 25, 1732 in Frankfurt am Main - October 4, 1809)
  • married 25 October 1770 in Frankfurt am Main, Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz (March 18, 1722 - June 28, 1800)
• Karoline Felizitas (May 22, 1734 in Heidenheim - 8 May 1810 in Frankfurt am Main)
  • married 16 April 1760, Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (November 9, 1735 - May 17, 1803)
    • Daughter: Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823)
      • married Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel (1747–1837)

References

1. ^ http://fabpedigree.com/s058/f297295.htm
2. ^ http://gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu/royalty/ahnenreihe/QueenMother.htm
3. ^ http://thepeerage.com/p291.htm

External links

• "Christian Karl Reinhard (Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg)", German Wikipedia

Persondata
Name	Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
Alternative names	Christian Carl Reinhard von Leiningen-Dagsburg (German)
Short description	Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1698-1766)
Date of birth	July 17, 1695
Place of birth	Mülheim an der Ruhr
Date of death	November 17, 1766
Place of death	Heidesheim