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Principality of Leiningen_Fürstentum Leiningen_
1803–1806
Coat of arms of Leiningen Coat of arms
Map of the Principality of LeiningenMap of the Principality of Leiningen
Status State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital Amorbach
Government Principality
Historical era Early modern period
• Established 1803
• Mediatized to Baden 1806
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Grand Duchy of Baden

The Principality of Leiningen (German: Fürstentum Leiningen) was a short-lived principality ruled by the Prince of Leiningen.

Map of the principality of Leiningen and the counties of Leiningen-Billigheim and Leiningen-Neudenau in 1803

Amorbach Abbey

The principality emerged in 1803 in the course of secularization and was created when the princely branch of the House of Leiningen, which had been raised to the rank of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1779, was deprived of its lands on the left bank of the Rhine by France, namely at Dagsburg, Hardenburg and Dürkheim, and subsequently received the secularized Amorbach Abbey as an ample compensation in 1803.[1]

A few years later, the Principality of Leiningen was mediatized in 1806.[2] Its territory is now included mainly in Baden-Württemberg, but partly in Bavaria and in Hesse. Amorbach Abbey is still today the family seat of the Prince of Leiningen.

  1. ^ Scheele, Godfrey; Scheele, Margaret (1977). The Prince Consort: Man of Many Facets : the World and the Age of Prince Albert. Oresko Books. p. 23. ISBN 9780846703228.
  2. ^ Wilson, Peter H. (2016-02-29). Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire. Harvard University Press. p. 663. ISBN 9780674058095.