Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line

Heinrich XIV
Prince Reuss Younger Line
Born(1832-05-28)28 May 1832
Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Died29 March 1913(1913-03-29) (aged 80)
Schleiz, Reuss Younger Line
SpouseDuchess Agnes of Württemberg
Friederike Graetz
IssueHeinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Elisabeth, Princess Hermann of Solms-Braunfels
Baron Heinrich of Saalburg
HouseHouse of Reuss Younger Line
FatherHeinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
MotherPrincess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf

Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (German: Heinrich XIV Fürst Reuß jüngere Linie; 28 May 1832 – 29 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 of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1789–1867), (son of Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, and Princess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg) and his wife, Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf (1800–1880), (daughter of Heinrich LI, Prince Reuss of Ebersdorf and Countess Luise of Hoym).

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 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 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:

He married secondly in a morganatic marriage on 14 February 1890 at Gera 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

  1. ^ Staatshandbuch für das Fürstenthum Reuß Jüngerer Linie (1893), "Fürstliche Ehrenzeichen" p. 14
  2. ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" p. 7
  4. ^ a b c d e Staatshandbuch für das Fürstenthum Reuß Jüngerer Linie (1893), "Geneaologie" p. 1
  5. ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg (1869), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 20
  6. ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1869), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 12
  7. ^ Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1873. Heinrich. 1873. p. 4.
  8. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1896), "Königliche Orden" p. 27
Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Cadet branch of the House of Reuss
Born: 28 May 1832 Died: 29 March 1913
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince Reuss Younger Line
1867 – 1913 		Succeeded by
New title Regent of Reuss Elder Line
1902 – 1913