Johann Karl August, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (German: Johann Karl August von Leiningen-Dagsburg; 19 March 1662 in Schloss Broich, Mülheim an der Ruhr – 13 November 1698 in Schloss Broich) was a German nobleman. By descent, he was Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg. By heritage, he was Lord of Broich and Bürgel.
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Early life and ancestry
Johann Karl August was a son of Count George William of Leiningen-Dagsburg (8 March 1636, Heidesheim am Rhein – 18 July 1672, Oberstein) and Countess Anna Elisabeth von Daun-Falkenstein (1 January 1636 – 4 June 1685, Schloss Broich).
His mother was the eldest daughter of William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein (1613–1682) and Countess Elisabeth von Waldeck-Wildungen (1610–1647).
Marriage and issue
On 13 December 1685, August was married at Babenhausen Castle to Johanna Magdalena (18 December 1660, Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 21 August 1715, Hanau), daughter of Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666) and Anna Magdalena, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1640–1693).
The couple had the following children:
Anna Dorothea Charlotte (born 11 August 1687 at Broich Castle; died young)
