Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss (26 October 1919 – 20 June 2012) was the head of the German formerly noble
House of Reuss
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.
Life
He was born in
Ernstbrunn
Ernstbrunn is a town in the district of Korneuburg in Lower Austria in Austria. Ernstbrunn takes up about 80.69 square kilometers, 26.99 percent of which is forest.
The castle became the seat of the Ernstbrunn branch of the Counts of Sinzendorf ...
,
Austria
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, the son of
Prince Heinrich XXXIX Reuss and
Countess Antonia of Castell-Castell. Heinrich IV became head of the princely family after the previous
Prince Heinrich XLV went missing in 1945 and was declared dead in 1962. He lived with his family at
Castle Ernstbrunn in
Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
. His son,
Prince Heinrich XIV also bought a piece of expropriated property in
Eastern Germany
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The new st ...
.
Marriage and children
On 10 June 1954 the prince married Princess Marie Luise of
Salm-Horstmar (1918-2015), daughter of Otto, Prince of Salm-Horstmar and Countess Rosa of
Solms-Baruth
Solms-Baruth was a Lower Lusatian state country, from 16th century until 1945.
History
The House of Solms had its origins at Solms, Hesse, and ruled several of the many minor states of the Holy Roman Empire. These lost their independence in the G ...
. They had one son and three daughters:
*
Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (b. 14 July 1955), the current head of the family, married to Baroness Johanna
Raitz von Frentz, daughter of Jan, Baron Raitz von Frentz and Baroness Marie-Kunigunde zu Hoenning O'Carroll. They have two sons and two daughters:
**Heinrich XXIX, Hereditary Prince Reuss (b. 2 March 1997)
**Princess Tatiana Reuss (b. 24 June 2001)
**Princess Luise Reuss (b. 5 March 2005)
**Prince Heinrich V Reuss (b. 12 January 2012)
*Princess Anna Elisabeth Johanette Reuss (b. 29 June 1957)
*Princess Karoline Adelma Henriette Anna Elisabeth Reuss (b. 23 June 1959), married to Carl Philipp, Baron von Hohenbuhel gennant Heufler zu Rasen.
*Princess Anna Elisabeth Eleonore Reuss (b. 22 July 1962), married to Count Johannes Ferdinand
Kinsky
The House of Kinsky (formerly Vchynští, sg. ''Vchynský'' in Czech; later (in modern Czech) Kinští, sg. ''Kinský''; german: Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau) is a prominent Czech noble family originating from the Kingdom of Bohemia. During th ...
von Wchinitz und Tettau.
References
Descendants of Heinrich I von Weida- Website Worldroots.com, Genealogy Archive
- Website Fuerstenfamilien.de ''(German)''
* - from TV channel ORF2
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1919 births
2012 deaths
People from Korneuburg District
Princes of Reuss