Principality of Reuss-Gera
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Principality of Reuss-Gera (1806–1848) Fürstentum Reuß-Gera Principality of the Reuss Junior Line (1848–1918) Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie | |||||||||
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1806–1918 | |||||||||
Motto: Ich bau auf Gott "I build/rely on God" | |||||||||
Anthem: Heil unserm Fürsten, Heil! "Hail to our Prince, Hail!" Heinrich XLII | |||||||||
• 1818–1854 | Heinrich LXII | ||||||||
• 1854–1867 | Heinrich LXVII | ||||||||
• 1867–1913 | Heinrich XIV | ||||||||
• 1913–1918 | Heinrich XXVII | ||||||||
Minister of State | |||||||||
• 1825–1839 | Gustav von Strauch (first) | ||||||||
• 1918 | Paul Ruckdeschel (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 9 April 1806 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 11 November 1918 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Reuss-Gera (
Territory
The territories of four separate branches of the Junior Line amalgamated between 1824 and 1848, at which time the senior branch of Gera retained sovereignty over the surviving cadet branches, which retained succession rights to the princely throne.[2] In 1905, the principality of Reuss Junior Line had an area of 827 km2 (319 square miles) and a population of 145,000, with Gera as its capital.
In the aftermath of World War I, the territory of the Junior Line merged with that of the Elder Line in 1919 as the People's State of Reuss, which became part of the new state of Thuringia on 1 May 1920.
The princely house
The House of Reuss practises a unique system of naming and numbering the male members of the family, every one of whom for centuries has borne the name "Heinrich", followed by a
In 1927
Counts of Plauen
One of the younger sub-lines of the branch which ruled the Reuss, J.L. until 1918, includes the "
When the German Empire collapsed at the end of World War I, the reigning Prince Reuss lost his crown along with all the other monarchs whose realms were within Germany. In 1927, Henrich XXVI's son, known as Count Heinrich Harry of Plauen (1890–1951), was adopted by his childless uncle, Prince Heinrich XXX (1864–1939), and the now-deposed dynasty agreed to accept him as "Prince Heinrich Harry Reuß", along with those of his male-line descendants born of unions complying with the family's 1902 rules that permitted marriages to countesses (Heinrich Harry's wife, Huberta von Tiele-Winckler was only a baroness in her own right, but belonged to a family of comital rank in Prussia).[2] Their son Heinrich Enzio was thus accepted by the House of Reuss as a prince, but his own marriage to Baron Gustaf Peyron's daughter in 1949 occurred before the Reuss family conference of 1957 which lowered the marital standard again,[2] allowing dynastic inter-marriage with baronial families.
In 1992, Prince Heinrich Ruzzo of Reuss, Count of Plauen, a prince of the former sovereign House of Reuss, married Anni-Frid Lyngstad, a former lead singer of the popular 1970s Swedish musical group ABBA. Since her marriage to the prince, she has held the titles of Princess Reuss and Countess of Plauen with the style of Her Serene Highness. Heinrich Ruzzo died of lymphoma on October 29, 1999, leaving her the titles of Dowager Princess and Countess. She currently resides in Genolier in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. She has shared a home since 2020 with her British partner, Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden.
Since 1999 the House of Reuss has recognized
Princes of Reuss-Gera and Counts of Plauen
- Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1666–1692 (1639–1692)
- Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1692–1726 (1669–1726)
- Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1726–1744 (1695–1744)
- Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1744–1784 (1716–1784)
- Heinrich XLII, 1st Prince of Reuss-Schleiz 1784–1818 (1752–1818), raised to princly status in 1806
- Heinrich LXII, 2nd Prince 1818–1854 (1785–1854)
- Heinrich LXVII, 3rd Prince 1854–1867 (1789–1867)
- Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince 1867–1913 (1832–1913)
- Reuss-Greizin 1927
- declared dead in absentiain 1962
- Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince 1867–1913 (1832–1913)
- Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1692–1748 (1681–1748)
- Heinrich VI, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1748–1783 (1707–1783)
- Heinrich XLIII, 1st Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1783–1814 (1751–1814)
- Heinrich LXI, Hereditary Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1784–1813)
- Heinrich LXIV, 2nd Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1814–1856 (1787–1856)
- Heinrich XLVIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1759–1825)
- Heinrich LXIX, 3rd Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1856–1878 (1792–1878)
- Heinrich XLIII, 1st Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1783–1814 (1751–1814)
- Heinrich IX, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1711–1780)
- Heinrich XLIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1753–1832)
- Heinrich LXIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1786–1841)
- Heinrich IV, 4th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1878–1894 (1821–1894)
- Henry XXIV, 5th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1894–1910 (1855–1910)
- Heinrich XXXIX, 6th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1910–1946 (1891–1946)
- Heinrich IV, 3rd Prince Reuss 1946–2012 (1919–2012), took title in 1962
- Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince Reuss 2012–present (born 1955)
- (1) Heinrich XXIX, Hereditary Prince Reuss (born 1997)
- (2) Prince Heinrich V (born 2012)
- Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince Reuss 2012–present (born 1955)
- Prince Heinrich VII (1927–2002)
- (3) Prince Heinrich XIX of Köstritz (born 1974)
- (4) Prince Heinrich XXII of Köstritz (born 1976)
- Heinrich IV, 3rd Prince Reuss 1946–2012 (1919–2012), took title in 1962
- Heinrich XXXIX, 6th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1910–1946 (1891–1946)
- Heinrich VII, Lord of Trebschen (1825–1906)
- Heinrich XII, Lord of Stonsdorf (1829–1866)
- Heinrich XXVIII, Lord of Stonsdorf (1859–1924)
- Heinrich XXXIV, Lord of Stonsdorf (1887–1956), line extant (6–20)
- Heinrich I, Lord of Stonsdorf (1910–1982), line extant (6–18)
- (6) Heinrich VIII, Lord of Stonsdorf (born 1944), line extant (7–8)
- (13) Heinrich XIII, line extant (14)
- Heinrich I, Lord of Stonsdorf (1910–1982), line extant (6–18)
- Heinrich XXXIV, Lord of Stonsdorf (1887–1956), line extant (6–20)
- Heinrich XXVIII, Lord of Stonsdorf (1859–1924)
- Heinrich XIII, Lord of Baschkow (1830–1897), childless
- Heinrich XV, Lord of Klipphausen (1834–1869), died without sons
- Heinrich IV, 4th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1878–1894 (1821–1894)
- Heinrich LXXIV, Lord of Jänkendorf and Neuhoff (1798–1886)
- Heinrich LXIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1786–1841)
- Heinrich XLIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1753–1832)
- Heinrich XXIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1722–1787), line extant (33–36)
- Heinrich VI, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1748–1783 (1707–1783)
- Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1692–1726 (1669–1726)
Other notable figures
- Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822–1862), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Tsaritsa Consort of Bulgaria
- Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz, wife of Prince Hubertus of Prussia
Notes
- Commonwealth realms. The words King, he, him, his, used at present, are replaced by Queen, she, her when the monarch is female.
References
- ^ Berry, Ciara (15 January 2016). "National Anthem". The Royal Family. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-7980-0824-3.
- ^ "Le Camus Pierre Alexandre, comte de Furstenstein". Les Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise (APPL) (in French). 28 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.