Duke of Leuchtenberg
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Duke of Leuchtenberg was a title created by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
and awarded to his son Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus. Little is known about this title until its re-creation by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria on 14 November 1817 and awarded to his son-in-law Eugène de Beauharnais
. Eugène was the adopted step-son of the deposed Emperor Napoleon I
of France, and Eugène had been his heir in Frankfurt and briefly in Italy. King Maximilian Joseph compensated his son-in-law after he lost his other titles and named him heir to the kingdom after the male-line descendants of the royal house and next in precedence after the Royal Family.
The companion title, also in the Bavarian peerage, was Prince of Eichstätt, which was resigned by the 4th Duke to the King of Bavaria in 1855.
granted the Russian and Finnish style Imperial Highness
to the then-Duke of Leuchtenberg, Maximilian de Beauharnais
3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg.
Nicholas, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg, was named as Duke of Leuchtenberg in the Russian Empire in 1890 by Alexander III of Russia
, as they were by then members of the extended Russian Imperial Family. This creation elevated the style from Serene to Imperial Highness, and was to be carried by all male line descendants of Nicholas, the incumbent Duke from 1852 to 1891.
The title was largely ceremonial, with no lands or governance attached; the style and title became "Duke von (or of) Leuchtenberg, de Beauharnais."
The current heir to the Dukedom is Nicholas
(born 1933).
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian I, Duke/Elector of Bavaria , called "the Great", was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War ....
and awarded to his son Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus. Little is known about this title until its re-creation by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria on 14 November 1817 and awarded to his son-in-law Eugène de Beauharnais
Eugène de Beauharnais
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Prince Français, Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichstätt ad personam was the first child and only son of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la...
. Eugène was the adopted step-son of the deposed Emperor Napoleon I
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
of France, and Eugène had been his heir in Frankfurt and briefly in Italy. King Maximilian Joseph compensated his son-in-law after he lost his other titles and named him heir to the kingdom after the male-line descendants of the royal house and next in precedence after the Royal Family.
The companion title, also in the Bavarian peerage, was Prince of Eichstätt, which was resigned by the 4th Duke to the King of Bavaria in 1855.
Dukes of Leuchtenberg, 1817 to present
- Eugène de BeauharnaisEugène de BeauharnaisEugène Rose de Beauharnais, Prince Français, Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichstätt ad personam was the first child and only son of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la...
1817 - 1824 (Royal Highness) (by personal grant) - Auguste de BeauharnaisAuguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of LeuchtenbergAuguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg was the first Prince consort of Maria II of Portugal.-Family:...
2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg 1824 - 1835 (Serene Highness), Duke of Santa CruzDuke of Santa CruzDuke of Santa Cruz was a title of nobility of the Empire of Brazil created by Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, dated from 5 November 1829, for his brother-in-law, Prince Auguste de Beauharnais, brother of Pedro's second wife Empress Amélie....
(Brazil), first Consort to Queen Maria II of Portugal (created Imperial and Royal Highness by his wife) - Maximilian de Beauharnais 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg 1835 - 1852 (Imperial Highness)
- Nicholas de Beauharnais 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg 1852 - 1891 (Imperial Highness)
- Eugen de Beauharnais 5th Duke of Leuchtenberg 1891-1901 (Imperial Highness)
- George de Beauharnais 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg 1901-1912 (Imperial Highness)
- Alexander de BeauharnaisAlexander Georgievich, 7th Duke of LeuchtenbergAlexander Georgievich, 7th Duke of Leuchtenberg, also known as Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanovsky or less commonly Alexander de Beauharnais was the only son of George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg by his first wife Duchess Therese of Oldenburg...
7th Duke of Leuchtenberg 1912-1942 (Imperial Highness) - Sergei de Beauharnais 8th Duke of Leuchtenberg 1942-1974 (Serene Highness) (Title reverted to original form of "Serene Highness" following abolition of Imperial Russian titles in 1918)
Dukes of Leuchtenberg (Russian & Finnish titles, 1890 Russian creation)
On 14 July 1839, Nicholas I of RussiaNicholas I of Russia
Nicholas I , was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometers...
granted the Russian and Finnish style Imperial Highness
Imperial Highness
His/Her Imperial Highness is a style used by members of an imperial family to denote imperial - as opposed to royal - status to show that the holder in question is descended from an Emperor rather than a King .Today the style has mainly fallen from use with the exception of the Imperial Family of...
to the then-Duke of Leuchtenberg, Maximilian de Beauharnais
Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg
Maximilian Joseph Eugene Auguste Napoleon de Beauharnais , 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, 3rd Prince of Venice Prince des Français and Hereditary Prince of the Kingdom of Italy and claimant to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt was the husband of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna of...
3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg.
Nicholas, 4th Duke of Leuchtenberg, was named as Duke of Leuchtenberg in the Russian Empire in 1890 by Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III of Russia
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov , historically remembered as Alexander III or Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Emperor of Russia from until his death on .-Disposition:...
, as they were by then members of the extended Russian Imperial Family. This creation elevated the style from Serene to Imperial Highness, and was to be carried by all male line descendants of Nicholas, the incumbent Duke from 1852 to 1891.
The title was largely ceremonial, with no lands or governance attached; the style and title became "Duke von (or of) Leuchtenberg, de Beauharnais."
The current heir to the Dukedom is Nicholas
Nicolas de Leuchtenberg
Nicolas de Leuchtenberg is the current heir to the Dukedom of Leuchtenberg. He is the son of Nicolas Nicolaïevitch de Leuchtenberg and his wife Élisabeth Müller-Himmler, and is thus a direct descendent of Alexandre de Beauharnais, Joséphine de Beauharnais, and of Eugène de Beauharnais, first...
(born 1933).
Genealogy
- EugèneEugène de BeauharnaisEugène Rose de Beauharnais, Prince Français, Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichstätt ad personam was the first child and only son of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la...
, married Princess Augusta of BavariaPrincess Augusta of BavariaPrincess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg was the second child and eldest daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.- Marriage and issue :...
, 7 children including:- AugusteAuguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of LeuchtenbergAuguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg was the first Prince consort of Maria II of Portugal.-Family:...
, 2nd Duke, Duke of Santa CruzDuke of Santa CruzDuke of Santa Cruz was a title of nobility of the Empire of Brazil created by Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, dated from 5 November 1829, for his brother-in-law, Prince Auguste de Beauharnais, brother of Pedro's second wife Empress Amélie....
, married Queen Maria II of Portugal, no issue - Maximilian, 3rd Duke, married Maria Nikolaevna of RussiaGrand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819-1876)Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna of Russia was a daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and sister of Alexander II. In 1839 she married Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg...
, 7 children, including:- Maria, Princess RomanovskajaPrincess Maria Maximilianovna of LeuchtenbergPrincess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, also known as Princess Maria Romanovskya, Maria, Princess Romanovskaja, or Marie Maximiliane was the eldest daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia.-Family and early...
(1841-1941) married Prince William of BadenPrince Wilhelm of Baden (1829–1897)Prince Louis William Augustus of Baden was a Prussian general and politician. He was the father of Prince Maximilian of Baden, the last Minister President of the Kingdom of Prussia and last Chancellor of the German Empire...
(1829-1897)- Prince Max of Baden
- Nicolas Maximilianovitch de Leuchtenberg (4 August 1843 in the datcha of Sergueïvskoïe - 6 January 1891, Paris), 4th Duke (1843-1891), prince Romanowsky, buried in a monastery near St Petersburg. On 5 July 1868 he married Nadedja Annenkov (1840-1891), two children:
- Nicolas Nicolaïevitch de Leuchtenberg (17 October 1868, Geneva - 2 March 1928, Vaucluse, France), married Maria Nicolaïevna, comtesse Grabee (1869-1948) on 6 September 1894, 7 children, including:
- Alexandra Nicolaïevna de Leuchtenberg (1895-1960), princess Romanowskaya, in 1916 married Levan Melikov (1893-1928) (divorced), in 1922 married Nicolas Terestchenko (1894-1926)
- Nicolas Nicolaïevitch de Leuchtenberg (1896, Gori, near Novgorod -1937), married Olga Fomina (1898-1921), on 8 September 1919 at Novotcherkask and then (after her death) remarried on 3 November 1928 at Munich, toÉlisabeth Müller-Himmler (1906-1999), two children by his second marriage:
- Eugénie Élisabeth de Leuchtenberg (1929-), in 1958 married Martin von Bruch (1911-)
- Nicolas de LeuchtenbergNicolas de LeuchtenbergNicolas de Leuchtenberg is the current heir to the Dukedom of Leuchtenberg. He is the son of Nicolas Nicolaïevitch de Leuchtenberg and his wife Élisabeth Müller-Himmler, and is thus a direct descendent of Alexandre de Beauharnais, Joséphine de Beauharnais, and of Eugène de Beauharnais, first...
, on 24 August 1962 married Anne Bügge (1936-), two children:- Nicolas Maximilien de Leuchtenberg (1963-2005)
- Constantin de Leuchtenberg (1965-)
- Nadedja Nicolaïevna de Leuchtenberg, (1898 Gori, near Novgorod -1962, San Francisco), in 1929 married Alexandre Yakovlevich MogilevskyAlexandre Yakovlevich MogilevskyAlexandre Yakovlevich Mogilevsky was a classical concert violinist and director of the Kremlin Band for Tsar Nicholas II. Born in Odessa in 1885, Mogilevsky moved to Moscow in 1898 to study music at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory of Music where he graduated first in his class.Mogilevsky was...
(1885, Odessa -1953, Tokyo)- Michael Alexandrevich de Beauharnais-Mogilevsky (1929-) married Joan Russell (1931-)
- Michelle de Beauharnais Mogilevsky (1956-) in 1980 married Jeffre Harrison
- Anton de Beauharnais Mogilevsky (1960-) in 1995 married Holly Jill Smith (1969-)
- Andre' Jon de Beauharnais Mogilevsky (1962-) married Kimberly Potter
- Michael Alexandrevich de Beauharnais-Mogilevsky (1929-) married Joan Russell (1931-)
- Maximilien Nicolaïevitch de Leuchtenberg (1900-1905)
- Serge Nicolaïevitch de Leuchtenberg (1903-1966), in 1925 married Anne Maumova (1900-?), (divorced in 1938, 4 children), in 1939 married Kira Wolkova (1915-), (divorced in 1942, 2 children), and finally married Olga Wickberg (1926-)
- Georges de Leuchtenberg, (1872-1929), prince Romanowsky, in 1895 married Olga Repnina (1872-1953), (6 children).
- Nicolas Nicolaïevitch de Leuchtenberg (17 October 1868, Geneva - 2 March 1928, Vaucluse, France), married Maria Nicolaïevna, comtesse Grabee (1869-1948) on 6 September 1894, 7 children, including:
- Eugenia Maximilianovna, Princess RomanovskajaPrincess Eugenia Maximilianovna of LeuchtenbergPrincess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, also known as Princess Evgenia Romanovskya, or Eugenia, Princess Romanovskaja was a member of the French House of Beauharnais, though she was born and raised in her mother's native country, Russia...
(1845-1925) m. Duke Alexander Petrovich of OldenburgDuke Alexander Petrovich of OldenburgDuke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg was the second son of Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg. Though he had a German title and ancestry, Alexander and his siblings were born and raised in St...
(1844-1932)- Duke Peter Alexandrovich of OldenburgDuke Peter Alexandrovich of OldenburgPeter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg was the first husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the youngest sister of Tsar Nicholas II.-Early life:...
married Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. Her older brother was Tsar Nicholas II....
- Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg
- Eugen Maximilianovich, 5th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1847-1901) m. Daria Opotchinina (1845-1870) m. Zinaida Skobeleva (1878-1899)
- Sergei Maximilianovich, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1849-1877) Killed in the Russo-Turkish war
- Georgi Maximilianovich, 6th Duke von LeuchtenbergGeorge Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of LeuchtenbergGeorge Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, also known as Prince Georgii Romanovsky or Georges de Beauharnais was the youngest son of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia.-Family and early life:George's father Maximilian de...
(1852-1912) m.(1) Duchess Therese Petrovna of OldenburgDuchess Therese Petrovna of OldenburgDuchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg was the youngest daughter of Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg.-Marriage:...
(1852-1883) m.(2) Princess Anastasia of Montenegro (1868-1935), 3 children, including:- Alexander Georgievich, 7th Duke von LeuchtenbergAlexander Georgievich, 7th Duke of LeuchtenbergAlexander Georgievich, 7th Duke of Leuchtenberg, also known as Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanovsky or less commonly Alexander de Beauharnais was the only son of George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg by his first wife Duchess Therese of Oldenburg...
(1881-1942), married Nadeshda Caralli (1883-1964) on 22 April 1917 - Sergei Georgievich, 8th Duke von Leuchtenberg (1890-1974)
- Elena Georgievena, Princess Romanovskaja (1892-1971)
- Alexander Georgievich, 7th Duke von Leuchtenberg
- Elena Georgievna, Princess Romanovskaja (1845-1925) m. Count Stefan Tyszkiewicz (1896-1976)
- Maria, Princess Romanovskaja
- Auguste