Mary Allen
#10 Heinrich Essig, city councilor of the small Swabian town of Leonberg, was an enthusiastic breeder.
#11 In addition to small livestock and poultry, he was interested in dog breeding, which he pursued with numerous different breeds.
#12 At that time such breeders-dealers enjoyed great reputation and can be regarded as the founders of modern pedigree dog breeding.
His dog was supposed to represent the lion in Leonberg's coat of arms.