European Heraldry

House of Leiningen

Counts of Leiningen

• Emich II (d. before 1138), Count of Leiningen

Male line extinct 1220.

• Friedrich I, (1212/20-1237), Count of Saarbrücken and Count of Leiningen by marriage.

Divided in 1316:
Counts of Leiningen-Hartenburg 1316-1343
Counts of Alt-Leiningen-Dachsburg 1316-1444
Landgrave of Alt-Leiningen-Dachsburg 1444-1467 extinct to Leiningen-Westerburg see below.

Leiningen-Hartenburg Divided in 1343:
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg 1343-present
Counts of Leiningen-Rixingen 1343-1506 extinct

Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg Divided in 1495:
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg 1343-present
Counts of Leiningen-Apremont 1495-1530

• Gottfried von Leiningen (1396-1397), Prince-Archbishop of Mainz

Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg Divided in 1593:
Counts and Princes (1779) of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg 1343-present
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg 1593-1688 extinct
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim 1593-1766
Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim Divided in 1658:
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim 1658-present
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg 1658-1709 extinct
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Guntersblum 1658-present
Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Guntersblum Divided in 1699:
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Guntersblum 1658-present
Counts of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim 1658-1774 ex.

• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, ( 1804- 1856), Prince of Leiningen and the elder half-brother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Knight of the Garter.

Counts of Leiningen-Westerburg 1467-1547
Leiningen-Westerburg Divided in 1547:
Counts of Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg 1547-present
Counts of Westerburg-Leiningen-Leiningen 1547 - 1635
Westerburg-Leiningen-Leiningen Divided in 1622:
Counts of Westerburg-Leiningen-Oberbronn 1622-1665 ex.
Counts of Westerburg-Leiningen-Rickingen 1622- 1705 ex.
Counts of Westerburg-Leiningen-Westerburg 1547 - 1597 ex.
Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg Divided in 1695:
Counts of Westerburg-Leiningen-Schaumburg 1695-1721 ex.
Counts of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen 1695-present
Counts of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen 1695-present

• Viktor August, (1821-1880), Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen, Austrian General, Knight of the Order of Leopold, Order of the Iron Crown, Pour le Merite.