Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (; 4 September 1864 – 18 March 1929) was Princess Reuss Younger Line as the wife of Heinrich XXVII. She was the eldest daughter of

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , house = Hohenlohe-Langenburg , father = Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , mother = Princess Feodora of Leiningen , birth_date = , birth_place = Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg , death_date = , death_place = ...

and his wife

Princess Leopoldine of Baden Princess Leopoldine of Baden (''Leopoldine Wilhelmine Amalie Pauline Maximiliane''; 22 February 1837, Karlsruhe - 23 December 1903, Strasbourg) was a Princess of Baden by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage. Life Leopoldine ...

Biography

Elise was born in

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as the second child and first daughter of

and his wife

, daughter of

Prince Wilhelm of Baden Margrave Wilhelm of Baden (8 April 1792 in Karlsruhe – 11 October 1859 in Karlsruhe) was the second son of Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife, Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg (26 May 1768 – 23 July 1 ...

. She was a grand-niece of

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...

, as

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , house = , father = Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , mother = Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf , birth_date = , birth_place = Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire , death_date = , death_pl ...

, who was also the mother of Queen Victoria, had been previously married to

Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (27 September 1763 – 4 July 1814) was a German nobleman. He is an ancestor of various European royals, including Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Felipe VI of Spain, and Constantine II of Greece. After his death, his wi ...

with whom she had two children, one of whom was Elise's paternal grandmother. Elise had one elder brother

Ernst Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) ...

who, at their father's death, succeeded to the title of 7th

Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg () was a German county and later principality in the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the current northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Langenburg. Since the medieval times this small state was ruled by the Hous ...

(''Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg''), and one younger sister Princess Feodora (1866–1932), who in 1894, married

Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen , house = Leiningen , father = Ernst, Prince of Leiningen , mother = Princess Marie of Baden , birth_date = , birth_place =Osborne House, Isle of Wight, England , death_date = , death_place =Mudau, Free People's State of Württe ...

Marriage

On 11 November 1884, Elise married in

Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line , house = House of Reuss Younger Line , father =Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line , mother =Duchess Agnes of Württemberg , birth_date = , birth_place =Gera, Reuss Younger Line , death_date = , death_place =Gera, Weim ...

, eldest child of

Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (german: Heinrich XIV Fürst Reuß jüngere Linie; 28 May 183229 March 1913) was Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1867 to 1913. Early life Heinrich XIV was born at Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, sixth child o ...

(1832–1913), and his wife,

Duchess Agnes of Württemberg , house =House of Württemberg House of Reuss Younger Line , father = Duke Eugen of Württemberg , mother =Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , birth_date = , birth_place = Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia , death_date = , ...

(1835–1886). They had five children: *Princess Viktoria Feodora Reuss JL (21 April 1889 – 18 December 1918) she married

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duke Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: ''Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich, Herzog zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin''; 10 October 1873 – 5 August 1969), was a German explorer in Africa, a colonial politician, the elect ...

on 24 April 1917. They had one daughter. *Princess Luise Reuss JL (17 July 1890 – 12 August 1951) *Prince Heinrich XL Reuss JL (17 September 1891 – 4 November 1891) *Prince Heinrich XLIII Reuss JL (25 July 1893 – 13 May 1912) *

Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line Heinrich XLV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (german: Heinrich XLV Prinz Reuß jüngere Linie; 13 May 1895presumably 1945) was the head of the House of Reuss from 1928 to 1945, as well the last male member of the Reuss-Schleiz branch of the Younger Lin ...

(13 May 1895 – 1945)

Later life

In 1913, Henry became the

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ing Prince Reuss Younger Line, Elise becoming Princess consort. Prince Heinrich XXVII abdicated in 1918 after the

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, when all German monarchies were abolished. After the death of Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss Elder Line in 1927, the titles passed to Heinrich XXVII and became ''Prince Reuss''. Elise died on March 18, 1929, surviving her spouse by six months.

Ancestry

Notes and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Princesses of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1864 births 1929 deaths People from Langenburg House of Reuss