Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819–1872), was a Princess consort of Reuss of Greiz by marriage to
Henry XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz. She was the regent of the
Principality of Reuss-Greiz during the minority of her minor son
Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, from 1859 until 1867.
Life
Caroline was eldest child of
Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
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, and his wife,
Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau.
On 1 October 1839 in
Homburg vor der Höhe
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe () is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's offic ...
, she married
Henry XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz.
When her spouse died in 1859, she was made regent of the Principality during the minority of her son. When the
Austro-Prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...
started in 1866, she chose the side of Austria, which was the reason to why the principality was occupied by Prussia and she was forced to resign.
Marriage and issue
She had five children:
* Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz (25 December 1840 – 4 January 1890), married in 1862 to Prince Hugo of
Schönburg-Waldenburg
Waldenburg is a town in the district Zwickau in Saxony, Germany. The castle was owned by the House of Schönburg from 1378 until 1945. The pottery town of Waldenburg lies in the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde. The environment is characterized by fo ...
, had issue.
* Prince Heinrich XXI Reuss of Greiz (11 February 1844 – 14 June 1844)
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Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (28 March 1846 – 19 April 1902)
* Prince Heinrich XXIII Reuss of Greiz (27 June 1848 – 22 October 1861)
* Princess Marie Reuss of Greiz (19 March 1855 – 31 December 1909), married in 1875 to Count Friedrich of
Ysenburg and Büdingen in Meerholz (grandson of
Ernst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen), no issue.
References
*Friedrich Wilhelm Trebge: Spuren im Land. Aus der Geschichte des apanagierten thüringisch-vogtländischen Adelshauses Reuß-Köstritz. 2., ergänzte Auflage. Vogtländischer Altertumsforschender Verein zu Hohenleuben, Hohenleuben 2005.
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1819 births
1872 deaths
19th-century women rulers
Princesses of Reuss
Daughters of monarchs