Background
Emich Christian was a son of the Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1612-1658) and Countess Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen (1617-1661).
Emich Christian was a son of the Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1612-1658) and Countess Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen (1617-1661).
After the death of his father-in-law Count William Wirich of Daun-Falkenstein in 1682, Emich Christian took possession of the inheritance. On 8 October, Elector Palatine John William invested him with the Lordship of Broich.