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Royal Wedding on 25 November 1925 in Langenburg.

Prince Karl of Leiningen (27) and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (18).

The bridegroom was the third child and second born son of Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. His eldest brother, Emich Ernst, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen, died at the age of twenty-one in 1918. So, Prince Karl became his father's heir.

Both of his parents were related to Queen Victoria.

The bride was the eldest child of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich and his wife Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her mother was previously married to Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and had a child by her first marriage, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine who sadly died of virulent tiphoid fever in 1903.

The dashing bride wearing her maternal grandmother's wedding dress.

The wedding ceremony

The bride and her first cousin Princess Irma of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

The wedding guests

Back row: Prince Hermann of Leiningen, Princess Marie Melita of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, unknown man, Infanta Beatrice Duchess of Galliera, unknown man and Infante Alfonso Duke of Galliera.

Middle row: Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, unknown woman, Prince Ernst II of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Consort Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line, Prince Hesso of Leiningen, Emich 5th Prince of Leiningen, Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Viktoria Countess of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim and unknown people.

Front row: Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna, Princess Irma of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Duchess Victoria Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich and Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Oldenburg.

Some royal guests

Back row: Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Irma of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Front row: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich and Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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A group photograph taken at Coburg at the family gathering for the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Prince Ernest Hohenlohe-Langenburg (not in this photograph). It is probably Schloss Ehrenburg. The names of 26 people in the photograph are written underneath.

Seated: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1853-1920) ; Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919); Leopoldine, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1937-1903).

First row: Prince Heinrich XXVII of Reuss (1858-1928); Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany (1858-1921); Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832-1913); Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia (1854-1920); Princess Elise Reuss (1864-1929); Princess Mary, Duchess of York (1867-1953); Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1876-1936); Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1966).

Second row: Princess Feodore of Saxe-Meiningen (1866-1932); Princess Louise of Belgium, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1858-1924); Maria, Princess Ferdinand of Roumania (1875-1938); Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867-1929); Princess Feodore of Leiningen (1866-1932); Prince George, Duke of York (1865-1936); Ernest Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868-1937).

Back row: Count Albert Mensdorff (1861-1945); Emich Prince of Leiningen (1866-19932); Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg;-Gotha (18440-1921) Prince Ferdinand of Roumania (1865-1927); Emperor William II of Germany(1859-1941) ; Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1846-1900); Grand Duke Paul of Russia (1860-1919).

Source: Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021.

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Romanian, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Leiningen and Kirillovich Family gathering, late 1920s.

Back row: Princess Irma of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Prince Hermann of Leiningen, Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Prince Karl of Leiningen, Countess Maximilian of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (née Princess Viktoria of Leiningen) and Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe- Langenburg.

Middle row: Princess Marie Melita of Schleswig-Holstein, Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, Princess Consort Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna Princess of Leiningen, Princess Ileana of Romania and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna.

Front row: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, Queen Marie of Romania, Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, Princess Feodora of Leiningen and Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen.

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Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Princess Feodora in 1902.

Source: Hessian State Archive.

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Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and her fiancé Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen in 1894.

Both were related to Queen Victoria, Feodora being the granddaughter of Victoria's beloved half-sister Princess Feodora of Leiningen and Emich was the grandson of Victoria's half-brother Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen.

They were married on 12 July 1894 in Langenburg.

The couple had five children, one girl and four boys. The eldest son died during World War I.

Feodora's only brother was married to Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who was Queen Victoria's granddaughter.

Their second son, Prince Karl of Leiningen married Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna, Queen Victoria's great-granddaughter.

Photo: Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022.

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Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen in 1896.

Great-nephew of Queen Victoria and first cousin to the Mikhailovichi Romanovs, Queen Victoria of Sweden and Prince Max of Baden.

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Princess Marie of Leiningen (1834-1899) née Baden.

She was the third daughter and seventh child of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790–1852) and his wife Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801–65).

Among her siblings were Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia.

On 11 September 1858 she married Queen Victoria's nephew Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen. They had two children:

Princess Alberta of Leiningen (24 December 1863 – 30 August 1901).

Prince Emich of Leiningen (18 January 1866 – 18 July 1939); became 5th Prince of Leiningen on his father's death in 1904; married Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1866–1932).