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Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (; 20 March 187813 October 1927) was the last reigning Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1902 to 1918. Then he became head of the House Reuss of Greiz, which became extinct at his death in 1927.


Early life

Heinrich XXIV was born at
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Principality of Reuss-Greiz 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 ...
, only son of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846–1902), (son of Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg) and his wife, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852–1891), (daughter of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont).The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 331 He had five younger sisters: Princess Emma Reuss of Greiz, later Countess Künigl von Ehrenburg (1881–1961), Princess Marie Reuss of Greiz, later Baroness von Gnagnoni (1882–1942), Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, later Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach (1884–1905), Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz, later Princess of Schönaich-Carolath and titular Empress of Germany (1887–1947), and Princess Ida Reuss of Greiz, later Princess of Stolberg-Rossla (1891–1977).http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/reuss/reuss4.html


Prince Reuss of Greiz

On the death of his father on 19 April 1902, Heinrich XXIV succeeded him as Prince Reuss of Greiz. Because of Heinrich XXIV's physical and mental disabilities, the result of a childhood accident, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line served as regent of Reuss Elder Line from 1902 until his death in 1913; the regency continued thereafter under Heinrich XIV's successor, Heinrich XXVII, until the abolition of the German monarchies in 1918. On Heinrich XXIV's death in 1927, the House Reuss of Greiz became extinct, the prince having died unmarried with no issue; the titles passed to Heinrich XXVII of Reuss Younger Line.Gehrlein Thomas, The House of Reuss - Older and Younger line Börde Verlag 2006,


Death

Heinrich XXIV died on 13 October 1927 in Greiz, at the age of 49. He is buried in Stadtkirche St.Marien,
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Ancestry


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