Heinrich Ruthenus
Heinrich the Younger was the second eldest son of Heinrich (I) , Vogt von Plauen and his wife, a born Countess von Everstein .
Heinrich the Younger was first mentioned in a document on March 29, 1276. A first mention, dated August 17, 1276, is doubted by B. Schmidt, the archivist of the Reussians, especially since there was no mention of an older brother.
Heinrich was knighted in 1289 .
The last documentary mention was on November 4, 1292. According to B. Schmidt's genealogy, Heinrich died before December 12, 1295. However, it is noticeable that in the deed of December 15, 1294 of Count Palatine Rudolf bei Rhein about the enfeoffment the two other Vogt lines, i.e. Weida and Gera, are mentioned on his banner, but only Heinrich (I.) von Plauen and his son, not "his" sons. Heinrich the Younger must have already died.
He received his nickname Ruthenus, der Rusze or Reuss because of a longer stay in eastern areas and because of his wife Maria Swihowska, a daughter of the Galician Prince Swihowsky and a Russian princess.
See also
literature
- Berthold Schmidt : Die Reußen, genealogy of the entire Reuss house older and younger line, as well as the extinct Vogtslinien to Weida, Gera and Plauen and the burgraves of Meißen from the House of Plauen , Schleiz 1903
- Berthold Schmidt: History of the Reußenland , 1st and 2nd half volume, Gera 1923 and 1927
- Dr. Werner Querfeld: Greiz History of a City , Greiz 1995,
- Alfred Thoss: The history of the city of Greiz , Greiz 1991 (2nd unchanged. Edition), ISBN 3-928681-01-X
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrich Ruthenus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinrich the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th Century |