German noble family
Leiningen
The House of Leiningen is an ancient (uradel) German noble family whose lands lay principally in Alsace, Lorraine, Saarland, Rhineland, and the Palatinate.
Various branches of this family developed over the centuries and ruled counties with Imperial immediacy.
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