Princess Margarita of Leiningen (Full German

German language

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 name: Margarita Ileana Viktoria Alexandra Prinzessin zu Leiningen) (born 9 May 1932 in Coburg

Coburg

Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

, Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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; died by suicide 16 June 1996 in Überlingen

Überlingen

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, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

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, Germany

Germany

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) was a Princess of Leiningen and Princess consort of Hohenzollern. Margarita was the fourth child and second-eldest daughter of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen

Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen

Karl, Prince of Leiningen was the son of Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen. He was the titular Prince of Leiningen from 1939 until his death.-Early life:...

 and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia

Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia

Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, was the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna. She was born in Coburg when her parents were in exile because their marriage had not been approved by Tsar Nicholas II...

. Margarita was the Princess consort of Hohenzollern 6 February 1965 – 16 June 1996.

Marriage and issue

Margarita married Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern

Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern

Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern was the head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.-Biography:Friedrich Wilhelm was born in Schloss Umkirch...

 (later Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern), eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony

Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony

Princess Margarete Karola Wilhelmine Viktoria Adelheid Albertine Petrusa Bertram Paula of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony was the fifth...

, civilly in Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen

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 on 5 January 1951 and religiously in Amorbach

Amorbach

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 on 3 February 1951. Margarita and Frederick William had three sons:

• Karl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern
  Karl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern
  Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern is the eldest son of the late Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern and Princess Margarita of Leiningen...
  
   (born 1952)
• Prince Albrecht Johannes of Hohenzollern (born 2 Aug 1954)
• Prince Ferdinand Maria Fedelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin of Hohenzollern (born 14 Feb 1960)

Titles and styles

• 9 May 1932 – 5 January 1951: Her Serene Highness Princess Margarita of Leiningen
• 5 January 1951 – 6 February 1965: Her Serene Highness The Hereditary Princess of Hohenzollern
• 6 February 1965 – 16 June 1996: Her Highness The Princess of Hohenzollern

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