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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 ...

, mother =

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 = , ...

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Gera Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of cit ...

Reuss Younger Line The Principality of Reuss-Gera (german: Fürstentum Reuß-Gera), called the Principality of the Reuss Junior Line (german: Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie) after 1848, was a sovereign state in modern Germany, ruled by members of the House of Re ...

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Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a Constitutional republic, constitutional federal republic for the first time in ...

Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (german: Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuß jüngere Linie; 10 November 185821 November 1928) was the last reigning Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1913 to 1918. Then he became Head of the House of Reuss Younger Line from 1918 to 1928.

Early life

Heinrich XXVII was born at

, eldest child of

(1832–1913), (son of

Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line , house = House of Reuss Younger Line , father = Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss Younger Line , mother =Princess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg , birth_date = , birth_place =Schleiz, Reuss , death_date = , death_place =Gera, ...

, and Princess Adelheid

Reuss-Ebersdorf Reuss-Ebersdorf was a county and from 1806 a principality located in Germany. The Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf belonged to the Reuss Junior Line. Reuss was successively a part of the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederatio ...

) and his wife,

(1835–1886), (daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and

Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , title = Duchess Eugen of Württemberg , image = Helen of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.jpg , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse =Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788 ...

). Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. " Burke’s Royal Families of the World: ''Volume I Europe & Latin America'', 1977, pp. 18, 32.

Prince Reuss Younger Line

At the death of his father on 29 March 1913 he inherited the throne of the Principality. He also continued as regent of

Reuss Elder Line The Principality of Reuss-Greiz (german: Fürstentum Reuß-Greiz), called the Principality of the Reuss Elder Line (german: Fürstentum Reuß älterer Linie) after 1848, was a sovereign state in modern Germany, ruled by members of the House of ...

, because of a physical and mental disability of Prince Heinrich XXIV due to an accident in his childhood. Prince Heinrich XXVII abdicated in 1918 after the

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, when all German monarchies were abolished. With the death of Heinrich XXIV in 1927, the Elder Line became extinct and its titles passed to Heinrich XXVII, who thus became the sole ''Prince Reuss''.

Marriage

Heinrich XXVII married on 11 November 1884 at

Langenburg Langenburg () is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall. It is also the place where Wibele - small, sweet, biscuit-l ...

Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 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 and his wife Princess Leopoldin ...

(1864–1929), elder 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 ...

. They had five children: *Princess Viktoria Reuss Younger Line (21 April 1889 – 18 December 1918), married in 1917 to

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 ele ...

, had issue. *Princess Luise Reuss Younger Line (17 July 1890 – 12 August 1951) *Prince Heinrich XL Reuss Younger Line (17 September 1891 – 4 November 1891) *Prince Heinrich XLIII Reuss Younger Line (25 July 1893 – 13 May 1912) * Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line (13 May 1895 – 1945)

Ancestry

Notes and sources

*The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 221,223 *Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956 {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinrich 27, Prince Reuss Younger Line 1858 births 1928 deaths People from Gera People from the Principality of Reuss-Gera Princes of Reuss Monarchs who abdicated Generals of Cavalry (Prussia) Regents of Germany