Heinrich LXXII. (Reuss-Ebersdorf)

Heinrich LXXII.

Heinrich LXXII. Reuss (younger line) (born March 27, 1797 in Ebersdorf ; † February 17, 1853 in Dresden ) was Prince Reuss of Ebersdorf from 1822 to 1824 and Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf from 1824 to 1848 .

Life

Heinrich was the son of Prince Heinrich LI. Reuss zu Ebersdorf and his wife, Countess Luise von Hoym. He was trained in Bern, Göttingen and Dresden and traveled to England and France during his time as the Hereditary Prince. He followed his father in 1822 as Prince Reuss zu Ebersdorf. When the Reuss-Lobenstein family died out , this principality also came to Prince Heinrich LXXII., Who united it with his principality to form the Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein and Ebersdorf.

Heinrich ensured a modern administration in his country. In the course of these reforms, the so-called fire insurance was introduced, under which he demanded increased taxes from his subjects in 1826. Some peasants resisted and the prince was forced to seize the property. Farmers from several villages moved to Harra to prevent the seizure. A scuffle broke out in which more than ten farmers were shot. Bourgeois newspapers were appalled and the Bundestag demanded that the case be investigated and the Prince punished. He also showed himself to be instinctive in his relationship with the dancer Lola Montez , who behaved so scandalously that he had to expel her from the country in 1843.

After the death of his mother in 1832, the last of her family , he inherited the extensive Hoymschen possessions, including the rule Droyssig , consisting of 24 villages.

In the course of the unrest in the revolutionary year of 1848, around 400 people moved to Ebersdorf to present claims to the sovereign. Heinrich made some concessions, but surprisingly thanked Prince Heinrich LXII on October 1, 1848 . Reuss to Schleiz , off.

He retired to Guteborn and died five years later unmarried.

Heinrich LXXII. is considered the inventor of the word principle rider .

See also

• Reuss family list
• ( House Reuss )

literature

• The ruler of a small state . In: The Gazebo . Issue 38, 1866, pp. 591-595 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
• The ruler of a small state (II) . In: The Gazebo . Issue 51, 1866, pp. 806-808 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
• Friedrich Wilhelm Trebge: Traces in the Land. From the history of the apanaged Thuringian-Vogtland noble house Reuss-Köstritz. 2nd, supplemented edition. Vogtland Antiquities Research Association in Hohenleuben, Hohenleuben 2005.

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich LI.	Prince Reuss zu Ebersdorf 1822–1824	he himself as Prince Reuss zu Lobenstein and Ebersdorf
Heinrich LIV.	Prince Reuss zu Lobenstein 1824	he himself as Prince Reuss zu Lobenstein and Ebersdorf
–––	Prince Reuss zu Lobenstein and Ebersdorf 1824–1848	Heinrich LXII. as Prince Reuss of the younger line