Henry XIII. (Reuss-Greiz)

Prince Heinrich XIII. Reuss a.L., painting by Anton Graff , 1775

Prince Heinrich XIII. Reuss a. L. , Prince Reuss, Count and Lord of Plauen, Lord of Greiz, Kranichfeld, Gera, Schleiz and Lobenstein (* February 16, 1747 in Greiz ; † January 29, 1817 ibid) from the House of Reuss was ruling from 1800 Prince of the Principality of Reuss older line , a direct imperial territory in the Holy Roman Empire and from 1815 a federal state in the German Confederation .

Life

Henry XIII. was a son of Prince Heinrich XI. Reuss zu Greiz, the first prince of the older line, and his first wife, Countess Konradine Reuss zu Köstritz. He followed his father as Prince Reuss zu Greiz in 1800.

After the devastating city fire of Greiz in 1802, he had the lower castle rebuilt in the classicist style by 1809 and finally relocated the residence from the upper castle to the lower castle.

As General Feldzeugmeister Heinrich stood together with his brothers Heinrich XIV. And Heinrich XV. in Austrian service and was considered a close friend of Emperor Joseph II.

Henry XIII. joined the Rhine Confederation with his country in 1807 and the German Confederation in 1815 . At the Congress of Vienna he managed to settle a territorial dispute with the Kingdom of Saxony and, among other things, to win the villages of Altgommla and Kühdorf for his principality.

progeny

The prince married on January 9, 1786 in Kirchheimbolanden Luise (1765-1837), daughter of Prince Karl Christian von Nassau-Weilburg and sister of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg , and aunt of Duke Wilhelm I of Nassau , with the he had the following children:

Henry XVIII (* / † March 31, 1787)
one daughter (* / † November 28, 1788)
Heinrich XIX. (1790–1836), Prince Reuss zu Greiz ∞ (1822) Princess Gasparine von Rohan-Rochefort-Montauban (1798 / 99–1871)
Heinrich XX. (1794–1859), Prince Reuss zu Greiz ∞ I: (1834) Princess Sophie Maria Theresia zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1809–1838); ∞ II: (1839) Landgravine Caroline of Hessen-Homburg (1819–1872)

literature

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.
Thomas Gehrlein: The Reuss House. Older and younger line (= German Princely Houses. 19). 2nd, revised edition. Börde-Verlag, Werl 2006, ISBN 3-9810315-3-9 .

Individual evidence

↑ Rheinisches Taschenbuch on the year 1810 , Darmstadt, p. 22. and p. 40.
^ New national calendar for the entire Austrian monarchy on the common year 1817 , Prague, p. 34 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Henry XIII.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prince Reuss of Greiz
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greiz
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 1817
Place of death	Greiz

[1] Rheinisches Taschenbuch on the year 1810 , Darmstadt, p. 22. and p. 40.

[2] New national calendar for the entire Austrian monarchy on the common year 1817 , Prague, p. 34 f.