Mediatized House of Leyen House of Leyen The Principality of Leyen was a Napoleonic
German state which existed 1806-1814 in Hohengeroldseck, in the west of modern Baden-Württemberg. The family of Leyen
had acquired many districts in western Germany, and eventually these were inherited by the Leyen line of Counts at Adendorf.
In 1797, France defeated the Holy Roman Empire and all lands west of the Rhine were lost. Following the defeat of Austria
in 1806, Count Philip Francis of Adendorf was raised to a Prince, and his lands were renamed to the 'Principality of Leyen'.
The territory formed an enclave surrounded by Baden. Prince Philip Francis, like many other members of the Confederation of
the Rhine became largely a French puppet, so following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, the Congress of
Vienna opted to mediatise his realm and give it to Austria. In 1819, Austria traded it to Baden. The Princes of Leyen - 1806-1814 * Philip Francis (1806-1814) The Princes of Leyen - 1814-1918 * Philip Francis (1814-1829) * Erwein I (1829-1879) * Philip II (1879-1882) * Erwein II (1882-1918) The
Heads of the House of Leyen - since 1918 * Erwein
II (1918-1938) * Erwein III (1938-1970) * Philip III Erwein (from 1970) The Titles and Styles of the Princely House The members of this family bear the title Prince or Princess von der Leyen u.zu Hohengeroldseck
together with the formal appellation of His or Her Serene Highness. The Genealogy of the Princely House Karl Kaspar, cr 1711 Graf von der Leyen von und zu Hohengeroldseck
(11 Jul 1655-30 Nov 1739); m.28 Dec 1687 Maria Sophie Gfn von Schönborn (11 Sep 1670-16 Sep 1742) 1a) Hugo
Franz Anton (b.23 Sep 1694, d.by 1703) 2a) Sophie Marianna, a nun at Thorn (13 Sep 1695-15 Oct 1775) 3a) Anna Eva Charlotte Elisabeth (30 Nov 1697-24 Apr 1778) 4a) Maria Anna (30 Jan 1700-25 Jul 1723); m.22 Sep
1722 Christian Franz Dietrich Frhr von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (d.24 Aug 1755) 5a) Karoline (24 Jun 1701-30
Mar 1726) 6a) Klara Elisabeth Katharina, a nun at Thorn (bap 30 Aug 1706-19 Apr 1780) 7a) Friedrich
Ferdinand Franz Anton (7 Jan 1709-16 Feb 1760); m.18 Oct 1733 Eva Charlotte Auguste Gfn von Hatzfeldt (6 Aug 1715-Spa 26 Jul
1774) 1b) Sophie Charlotte (14 Dec 1734-9 Feb 1807); m.4 Aug 1762 Lothar Franz Gf von und zu Hoensbroech (d.20
Aug 1796) 2b) Franz Karl Anton (26 Aug 1736-26 Sep 1785); m.16 Sep 1765 Maria Anna Helena Josepha Kämmerer
von Worms gt Dalberg (31 Mar 1745-10 Jul 1804) 1c) PHILIPP Franz Wilhelm Ignaz Peter cr 1806 Fürst von der
Leyen (1 Aug 1766-Köln 23 Nov 1829); m.15 May 1788 Sophie Therese Gfn von Schönborn (15 Aug 1772-Paris 4 Jul 1810) 1d) Maria Anna Amalie Theodora Caroline Sophia Walburga (2 Sep 1789-Soultz 21 Jul 1870); m.10 Aug 1810 Cte Louis
Tascher de la Pagerie (d.Paris 3 Mar 1861) 2d) ERWEIN Karl Damian Eugen Fst von der Leyen (3 Apr 1798-17 May 1879);
m.18 Aug 1818 Sophie Gfn von Schönborn-Buchheim (24 Nov 1798-31 May 1876) 1e) PHILIPP Franz Erwein
Theodor Fürst von der Leyen u.zu Hohengeroldseck 17 May 1879 (Gondorf 14 Jun 1819-Waal 24 Jul 1882); m.Munich 8 Jun 1853
Adelheid Karoline Pss von Thurn u.Taxis (Ansbach 25 Oct 1829-Waal 7 Sep 1888) 1f) Sophie Julie Adelheid Maria
(Munich 15 Jul 1855-Waal 4 Dec 1884) 2f) Maria Anna Luise Amalie Sophie Adelheid (Munich 3 Jan 1857-Schloß
Hohenstein bei Rottweil 4 Dec 1936); m.Waal 30 May 1882 Anton Frhr von Aretin (Haidenburg 8 Aug 1847-Munich 27 Apr 1921) 3f) Julie Luise Sophie Adelheid (Munich 20 Feb 1860-Munich 10 Dec 1930); m.Waal 6 Sep 1886 Hans Karl Frhr von und
zu Franckenstein (Munich 27 Oct 1858-Ullstadt 22 Nov 1913) 4f) Amalie (b.and d.6 Apr 1862) 5f) ERWEIN
Theodor Philipp Damian Fst von der Leyen u.zu Hohengeroldseck (Munich 31 Mar 1863-Schloß Waal 18 Sep 1938); m.Dyck 22
May 1890 Marie Charlotte Pss u.Altgfn zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim u.Dyck (Herrschberg 17 Apr 1867-Waal 4 Apr 1944) 1g) Hans (b.and d.17 Jan 1891) 2g) Marie Christine Adelheid Josepha Ignatia (Waal 29 Mar 1892-Munich
9 Feb 1964); m.Waal 8 Feb 1920 Hans Dietrich Frhr von Freyberg-Schütz zu Holzhausen (Unterknöringen 24 Jan 1886-Munich
27 Sep 1965) 3g) Marie Adelheid Eugenie Rosa Josepha Gabriele (Waal 26 Apr 1893-Waal 17 Jul 1975) 4g)
ERWEIN Otto Philipp Leopold Franz Joseph Ignatius Fst von der Leyen u.zu Hohengeroldseck (Waal 31 Aug 1894-Rome 13 Feb 1970);
m.Rome 10 Jan 1924 Donna Maria Nives Ruffo dei Principi della Scaletta (Rome 16 Aug 1898-Rome 6 Aug 1971) 1h)
Wolfram Erwein Philipp Maria Michael Anton Josef Erbpr von der Leyen u.zu Hohengeroldseck (Munich 12 Nov 1924-k.a.an der Straße
Tempelburg-Deutsch-Krone, Pomerania 6 Feb 1945) 2h) Maria Ludovica Christine Antonie Charlotte Josefa Michaela
(Munich 24 Feb 1926-Haldenwang 4 Jan 1988) 3h) Maria Antonia Ernestina Johanna Josefa Michaela Gabriele (Munich
22 Dec 1927-Starnberg 11 Nov 2005) 4h) Marie-Adelheid Ferdinanda Helene (b.Rome 17 May 1932); m.Rome 27 Apr 1957
Georg Frhr von Freyberg-Eisenberg (b.Nictheroy, Brazil 10 Mar 1926); she has with other issue: 1i) Philipp
Erwein Konrad Alfred Eugen Bonifatius Melchior Georg Arbogast Frhr von Freyberg-Eisenberg, upon adoption by his grandfather,
Prinz von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck, b.Krumbach 14 May 1967; m.Salzburg 1 Oct 1989 Elisabeth Frn von Gagern (b.Salzburg
17 Sep 1969) 1j) Wolfram Georg Erwein Carl Friedrich Lorenz Eugen Arbogast Prinz von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck,
b.Oxford 22 Nov 1990 2j) Georg Prinz von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck, b.Waal/Schwabmünchen 27 Jan 1992 3j) Maria Cecilia Elisabeth Mauricia Ludovica Alice Ernestina Prinzessin von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck, b.Landsberg
12 Jan 1999 4j) Maria Nives Alexandra Nicola Eugenie Adelheid Gisela Prinzessin von der Leyen u.zu Hohengeroldseck
(b.Landsberg am Lech 13 Feb 2001) 5g) Marie Gabriele Rosa Verena Blanche Josepha Franziska (Waal 4 Nov 1895-Waal
30 Mar 1971) 6g) FERDINAND Maria Erwein Harthard Antonius Michael Joseph Fst von der Leyen u.zu Hohengeroldseck
(Waal 5 May 1898-Munich 9 Sep 1971) 6f) Eugenie Amalie Adelheid Hortense (Munich 15 May 1867-Unterdießen
9 Jan 1929) 2e) Franz (17 Feb 1821-8 Dec 1875) 3e) Sophie Amalie (28 Sep 1822-10 Feb 1829)
4e) Amalie (17 Dec 1824-9 Apr 1857) 5e) Erwein Franz Karl (27 May 1826-18 Dec 1829) 6e) Maria
Anna Erwina Luise (5 Nov 1828-17 Feb 1829) 2c) Charlotte Maria Anna Sophie Walpurgis (4 Apr 1768-12 Jan 1832);
m.29 Jul 1799 Emmerich Joseph Philipp Gf von Stadion (d.1817) 3c) Marie Sophie Antoinette Charlotte Klara (23
Jul 1769-18 Jan 1834); m.20 Oct 1789 Franz Philipp Gf von Schönborn-Buchheim (d.1841) 3b) Damian Friedrich
Philipp, a canon at Mainz and Bamberg (3 Jan 1738-5 Sep 1817) 4b) Franz Erwin Karl Kaspar, a canon in Trier, Bamberg
and Würzburg (31 Dec 1741-5 Feb 1809)
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