In the middle ages Leuchtenberg was an independent landgraviate of Germany, which, by the extinction of the male line, fell to Bavaria in 1646. From it Eugene Beauharnais took the title of Duke of Leuchtenberg. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/CXL.HTM
In the middle ages Leuchtenberg was an independent landgraviate of Germany, which, by the extinction of the male line, fell to Bavaria in 1646. From it Eugene Beauharnais took the title of Duke of Leuchtenberg.