Background
He is the son of Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen, and Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg.
head of the Princely House of Leiningen
He is the son of Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen, and Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg.
His great-great-great grandfather, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, was the elder half-brother of Queen Victoria. Because of this, he is in the line of succession to the British Throne. They have three children, Hereditary Prince Ferdinand (b 1982), Princess Olga of Leiningen (b 1984), and Prince Hermann of Leiningen (b 1987).
27 November 1955 – 30 October 1991: His Serene Highness Prince Andreas of Leiningen
30 October 1991 – ? 1991: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Leiningen
1991 – present: His Serene Highness The Prince of Leiningen.