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Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen

1804–1856 · 19th century · Also known as Charles, Prince of Leiningen

Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, was the son of Prince Emich Carl and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, whose second marriage, to the Duke of Kent, produced Queen Victoria, his half-sister. A mediatised prince with his seat at Amorbach, he served briefly in 1848 as the first head of government of the Provisional Central Power set up by the Frankfurt Parliament.

Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen
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