Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (; 28 May 183229 March 1913) was Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1867 to 1913.

Early life

Heinrich XIV was born at

Coburg Coburg ( , ) is a Town#Germany, town located on the Itz (river), Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Ernestine duchies, Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only ...

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, sixth child of

Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (; 20 October 178911 July 1867) was Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1854 to 1867. Early life Heinrich LXVII was born at Schleiz, Reuss, younger surviving son of Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz (17 ...

(1789–1867), (son of Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, and Princess Caroline of

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) and his wife, Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf (1800–1880), (daughter of Heinrich LI, Prince Reuss of Ebersdorf and Countess Luise of

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Prince Reuss Younger Line

At the death of his father on 11 July 1867 he inherited the throne of the Principality. He became regent of

Reuss Elder Line The Principality of Reuss-Greiz (), officially called the Principality of the Reuss Elder Line () after 1848, was a state in the German Empire, ruled by members of the House of Reuss. The Counts Reuss of Greiz, Lower-Greiz and Upper-Greiz () we ...

from 1902, because of a physical and mental disability of Prince Heinrich XXIV due to an accident in his childhood, at his death, his son continued the regency Prince Heinrich XXVII until the abolition of the German monarchies in 1918. In 1869 he founded the Reussian Prince Cross of Honour. ( :de:Reußisches Ehrenkreuz) and in 1897 he donated a Golden Medal of Distinguish Service (de:Goldenen Verdienstmedaille).

Personal life

Heinrich XIV married on 6 February 1858 at

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

to Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835–1886), daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg by his second wife, Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. They had two children: *

Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (; 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 was bo ...

(10 November 1858 – 21 November 1928), married in 1884 to Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, had issue. *Princess Elisabeth Reuss of Schleiz (27 October 1859 – 23 February 1951), married in 1887 to Prince Hermann of

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, had issue. He married secondly in a

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on 14 February 1890 at

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 ...

to Friederike Graetz (1851–1907), daughter of Johann Philipp Graetz and Augusta Neiss. They had one son: *Baron Heinrich of Saalburg (4 November 1875 – 23 February 1954), married in 1924 to Margarethe Groenwoldt, no issue.

Honours

Ancestry

Notes and sources

*Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956 *L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: 334

References

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