Born at Osborne House, Prince Emich of Leiningen (1866-1939) was the second child and only son of Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen and his wife, Marie of Baden. His paternal grandfather was Queen Victoria’s half-brother.
In 1894 Emich married Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1866–1932). The couple had four children.
At the death of his father in 1904 Emich became 5th Prince of Leiningen. He died on 18 July 1939.
Photographed by Eduard Schulze of Heidelberg.