Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss (26 October 1919 – 20 June 2012) was the head of the German formerly princely

House of Reuss Reuss ( ) was the name of several historical states located in present-day Thuringia, Germany. Several lordships of the Holy Roman Empire which arose after 1300 and became Imperial Counties from 1673 and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Imperial ...

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 Sinzendor ...

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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 ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...

. His son, Heinrich, also bought a piece of expropriated property in

Eastern Germany The new states of Germany () are the five re-established states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) that unified with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) with its 10 "old states" upon German reunification on 3 October 1990. The ...

Marriage and children

On 10 June 1954 the prince married Princess Marie Luise of

Salm-Horstmar Salm-Horstmar was a short-lived Napoleonic County in far northern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located around Horstmar, to the northeast of Münster. It was created in 1803 for Wild- and Rhinegrave Wilhelm Frederick Charles Augustus of Salm- ...

(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, ruled by the Baruth branch of the House of Solms. History The House of Solms had its origins at Solms, Hesse, and ruled several of the many minor states of the Holy R ...

. They had one son and three daughters: *Heinrich Reuss (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. *Anna Elisabeth Johanette Reuss (b. 29 June 1957) *Karoline Adelma Henriette Anna Elisabeth Reuss (b. 23 June 1959), married to Carl Philipp, Baron von Hohenbuhel gennant Heufler zu Rasen. *Espérance Eleonore Anna Elisabeth 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''; ) is a prominent Bohemian noble family originating in the Kingdom of Bohemia. During the Thirty Years' War, the Kinsky fam ...

von Wchinitz und Tettau.

References

The House Reuss
- Website Fuerstenfamilien.de ''(German)'' * - from TV channel ORF2 {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinrich 04, Prince Reuss of Kostritz 1919 births 2012 deaths People from Korneuburg District Princes of Reuss Pretenders