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
Greiz
Greiz ( ; ) is a town in the state of Thuringia, Germany, and is the capital of the Greiz (district), district of Greiz. Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia, east of the state capital Erfurt, on the White Elster river.
Greiz has a large park ...
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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,
Greiz
Greiz ( ; ) is a town in the state of Thuringia, Germany, and is the capital of the Greiz (district), district of Greiz. Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia, east of the state capital Erfurt, on the White Elster river.
Greiz has a large park ...
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Germany
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Ancestry
References
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1878 births
1927 deaths
People from Greiz
People from the Principality of Reuss-Greiz
Princes of Reuss
Pretenders
Monarchs who abdicated