Heinrich XXIV. (Reuss-Ebersdorf)

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Depiction of Count Heinrich XXIV. Reuss zu Ebersdorf on a convention thaler from 1766

Heinrich XXIV. Reuss (younger line) (born January 22, 1724 in Ebersdorf ; † May 13, 1779 ibid) was Count Reuss zu Ebersdorf . He is the great grandfather of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II.

Life

Heinrich XXIV. Was the eldest son of Count Heinrich XXIX. Reuss zu Ebersdorf and his wife Countess Sophie Theodora zu Castell-Remlingen. He followed his father as Count zu Ebersdorf in 1747.

If his parents were still ardent supporters of the Moravian Brethren , Heinrich XXIV had less and less interest in Pietism . In Ebersdorf, once the center of this religious denomination in Thuringia, only one institutional community remained independent of the regional church, whose independence was confirmed by Heinrich in a decree of June 1, 1761. This decree also made it possible for handicrafts and trades to settle independently of guilds.

Heinrich is the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria through his daughter Auguste .

progeny

On June 28, 1754, the Count married Caroline Ernestine (1727–1796), daughter of Count Georg August zu Erbach-Schönberg in Thurnau , with whom he had the following seven children:

  • Heinrich XLVI. (* May 14, 1755 in Ebersdorf; † April 18, 1757 ibid.)
  • Augusta Carolina Sophie (1757–1831) ⚭ 1777 Duke Franz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750–1806)
  • Luise Christine (born June 2, 1759 in Ebersdorf; † December 5, 1840 in Lobenstein , born in Hohenleuben ) ⚭ 1781 Prince Heinrich XLIII. Reuss to Köstritz (1752–1814)
  • Heinrich LI. (1761–1822), Prince Reuss zu Ebersdorf, ∞ Luise Henriette von Hoym (born March 30, 1772 in Dresden; † April 19, 1832 in Ebersdorf)
  • Ernestine Ferdinande (born April 28, 1762 in Ebersdorf; † March 19, 1763 ibid.)
  • Heinrich LIII. (* May 24, 1765 in Ebersdorf; † June 28, 1770 ibid.)
  • Sophie Henriette (born May 9, 1767 in Ebersdorf; † September 3, 1801 in Coburg) ⚭ 1787 Prince Emich Carl zu Leiningen (1763–1814)

See also

literature

  • 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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Berthold Schmidt: The Reuss. Genealogy of the entire Reuss family older and younger line, as well as the extinct Vogtslinien zu Weida, Gera and Plauen and the Burgraves of Meißen from the House of Plauen. Schleiz 1903. Plate 19 No. 11
predecessor Office successor
Heinrich XXIX. Count Reuss zu Ebersdorf
1747–1779 		Heinrich LI.
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich XXIV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinrich XXIV. Reuss von Lobenstein zu Ebersdorf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count Reuss von Lobenstein zu Ebersdorf
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebersdorf
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1779
Place of death Ebersdorf