Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz

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Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz
Reuss
FatherHeinrich I, Count Reuss of Schleiz
MotherEsther of Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande

Countess Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz (11 August 1667 – 15 October 1729), was a German noblewoman member of the

House of Reuss and by her two marriages Countess of Promnitz-Pless and Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme
.

Born in

Life

On 26 August 1673, all the members of the House of Reuss were raised to the rank of Imperial Counts (German: Reichsgraf). Emilie Agnes (aged 6) and her two surviving siblings at that point, Heinrich XI (aged 4) and Susanne Maria (aged 2 months; she died on 13 May 1675) were all named Counts and Countesses Reuss of Schleiz (German: Graf/Gräfin Reuss von Schleiz).[1]

In Schleiz on 10 August 1682, Emilie Agnes married firstly Balthasar Erdmann, Count of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 9 January 1656 – Sorau, 3 May 1703). They had five children:[3]

  1. Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz-Pless
    (Sorau, 22 August 1683 – Jagdschloß Sorauer Forst, 7 September 1745).
  2. Friedrich of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 11 October 1684 – Halbau, 13 June 1712), Lord of Halbau.
  3. Heinrich of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 14 January 1686 – Sorau, 23 May 1700).
  4. Esther Maximiliane Elisabeth of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 20 February 1687 – Sorau, 28 September 1701).
  5. Philippine Henriette Theresia of Promnitz-Pless (Sorau, 25 November 1689 – Sorau, 30 November 1689).

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She died in Fürstlich Drehna aged 62, having survived her second husband by fourteen years.

References

  1. ^ a b Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Reuss". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 14 October 2014.[self-published source]
  2. ^ Heinrich I. Graf Reuss v.Schleiz in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan [retrieved 14 October 2014].
  3. ^ Emilie Agnes Gräfin Reuss v.Schleiz in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan [retrieved 14 October 2014].
  4. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Wettin". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 14 October 2014.[self-published source]
Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz
House of Reuss
Born: 11 August 1667 Died: 15 October 1729
German royalty
new creation
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme

1711–1715
Duchy reincorporated to Saxe-Weissenfels