Wedding of the Prince of Leiningen and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, 1925

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The Wedding of the 6th Prince of Leiningen, son of the 5th Prince of Leiningen and Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (wearing her Diamond Necklace), daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, in Coburg on this day in 1925. Royal Guests and Relatives in attendance included Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, and Princess Nicholas of Greece with Princess Marina and Princess Elisabeth. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen had seven children, including Prince Karl of Leiningen and Princess Margarita of Hohenzollern, and remained married until his death in a Russian Concentration Camp in 1946. The Grand Duchess passed away in 1951.

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