House of Leyen
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The House of Leyen-Hohengeroldseck is an ancient German noble family of princely and historically sovereign rank. As a former ruling and mediatized family, it belongs to the Hochadel.
Schloss Gondorf, the original family seat
Waal Castle, Bavaria, family seat since 1820
Fürst von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck was a German noble title of the House of Leyen.
House of Leyen
…acknowledges or recognizes a status for noble houses or their titles per se, the government does allow for titles to be used in lieu of a surname. Fürst von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck Principality of Leyen…
Portrait of Philip Francis, Prince of Leyen, by Heinrich Füger