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.

He was a great-great-great-grandparent of Mary of Teck

Mary of Teck

Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

.

Life

Christian Karl Reinhard was the son of Count Johann Karl August of Leiningen-Dagsburg

John, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

John Charles August of Leiningen-Dagsburg was a German nobleman. By descent, he was Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg, by heritage, he was Lord of Broich, Oberstein and Bürgel....

 (March 17, 1662 - November 3, 1698), and his wife Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg was a daughter of Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler .She died on 21 August 1715 and is said to have been buried in the St...

 (December 18, 1660 - August 21, 1715).

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

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine was Elector Palatine , Duke Palatine of Neuburg/Danube , Duke of Jülich and Berg , and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham...

 with the Lordship of Broich. His family soon left because of the threat of the War of the Spanish Succession

War of the Spanish Succession

The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...

 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
    Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
    George William of Hesse-Darmstadt was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt and an ancestor of many royals of the 19th century. He was born in 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
  Karoline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg
  Karoline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg was a German Countess. Her great-great-granddaughter was Mary of Teck.-Life:...
  
   (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
      Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
      Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen was the elder daughter of Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, and wife of Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel.-Early life:...
      
       (1762–1823)
      • married Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel (1747–1837)

External links

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