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Princess Alberta of Leiningen, late 1860s.

Great-niece of Queen Victoria, named after Albert, Prince Consort.

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Princess Viktoria Louise of Prussia & Prince Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen

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Marie, Princess of Leiningen and her daughter, Princess Alberta, c. 1866.

She was the sister of Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden, Duchess Alexandrine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna.

Her husband was Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen, Queen Victoria's nephew.

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

Source: Hessian State Archive.

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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 Feodora of Leiningen née Hohenlohe-Langenburg with her first born child Princess Viktoria in 1896.

She was a great-niece of Queen Victoria.

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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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Prince Hermann of Leiningen in 1934.