Reuss-Köstritz

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Reuss-Köstritz is the name of a paragium of the Reuss family , which existed from 1692 to 1918 and whose center and ancestral seat was Köstritz Castle . For the sake of simplicity, the owners and their family members, the so-called Paragiat line of the Counts and Princes Reuss zu Köstritz from the House of Reuss, are named in this way.

This apanaged sideline comes from the main branch Reuss younger line of the Princely House, which is why the general name Reuss younger line is sometimes also used for its members. The Köstritzer line was so numerous that it was itself divided into different branches. The Count, later princely line Reuss-Köstritz brought forth many men who held high government offices or the military high batches through to General of the Infantry and Lieutenant General achieved. The daughters of the family were considered equal marriage candidates of princely houses and provided, among other things, a grand duchess and a queen.

After Reuss older line in the male line had expired in 1927 and there was no further branch line apart from Reuss younger line, the last main line, apart from Reuss-Köstritz, it was determined: by resolution of the family council on June 5, 1930, the addition "JL" was added to the house name Reuss in the future. The relatives have been using the name Prinz or Princess Reuss since then . The head of the house was the only one within the family who bore the title of Prince Reuss zu Köstritz , currently Prince Reuss . Since the death of Heinrich XLV. Reuss younger line , with which the main line became extinct, is Count Heinrich XXIV. Reuss zu Köstritz the progenitor of all still living Reuss. For all members of this large family association, the ordinal numbers have only the purpose of differentiation and no meaning with regard to the succession, as is otherwise usual in ruling circles.

Succession of the Paragiat line Reuss-Köstritz

1564 Division into Reuss older line, Reuss middle line and Reuss younger line

Arms of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, svg
C. Reuss younger line of Gera (1564–1647)

1647 division into Gera, Schleiz, Lobenstein and Saalburg

C2. Reuss-Schleiz (1647-1848)

  • Heinrich I (1666–1692) (1673 - Count)
    (* 1639; † 1692)
  • Henry XI. (1692–1726) (* 1669; † 1726)

→ Prince Reuss j. L. (1848-1918)

Arms of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, svg
C2 a. Paragium Köstritz (1692–1918 / 1945)

I. Reuss-Köstritz - older branch (1748–1878)

II. Reuss-Köstritz - middle branch (from 1748)

history

Heinrich I. Reuss zu Schleiz (* 1639; † 1692), count since 1673, introduced the primogeniture law in 1679 . While his older son followed as the ruling Count of Schleiz , he set up the Paragium Reuss-Köstritz, a special rule without sovereignty, for the younger son from his third marriage . It consisted of the feudal estates Köstritz, Steinbrücken , Hohenleuben , Reichenfels , Niederböhmersdorf , Weißendorf , Göttendorf , Triebes and Langenwetzendorf with all income and rights, except the sovereignty, which remained with Schleiz. This son, Count Heinrich XXIV. Reuss zu Köstritz (* 1681; † 1748), became the founder of the Reuss-Köstritz branch line and owner of the Paragium (1692–1748). Of his eight sons from his marriage to Freiin Eleonore von Promnitz-Dittersbach (* 1688; † 1776), (hereditary) daughter of Baron Hans Christoph von Promnitz-Dittersbach , three survived him, who founded various branches of the Köstritzer branch.

His son Heinrich VI. (* 1707; † 1783) was the founder of the older branch. His son Heinrich XLIII. (* 1752; † 1814) was elevated to the rank of imperial prince by Emperor Franz II on April 9, 1806 , with the title Hochgeboren, Jüngererlinie Fürst Reuss zu Köstritz, Count and Lord von Plauen, Lord zu Greiz, Kranichfeld, Gera, Schleiz and praise stone . Three members of this branch, as Prince Reuss zu Köstritz, were paragiate holders until 1878, in which this branch expired. In addition to the Köstritzer Paragium, they owned estates in Holstein (including Warleberg , Quarnbek and Rathmannsdorf ), the Drehna lordship together with Vetschau in the Spreewald, and the Ernstbrunn and Hagenberg lordships in Lower Austria from the inheritance of Count Sinzendorf .

The son of Henry IX. (* 1711; † 1780) of the founder became the founder of the middle branch. He inherited his mother's estates in Silesia and, as the royal Prussian court marshal and postmaster general, was one of the closest personal advisers to King Frederick the Great . His son Heinrich XLIV. (* 1753; † 1832) achieved the princely dignity of Prince Reuss zu Köstritz on October 6, 1817. His daughter Auguste (* 1794, † 1855) was the last Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen through her marriage to Heinrich von Anhalt-Köthen . Your brothers Heinrich LXIII. (* 1786; † 1841) and Heinrich LXXIV. (* 1798; † 1886) established two new lines of the middle branch. From the children of Heinrich LXIII. became his daughter Auguste (* 1822, † 1862) through her marriage to Friedrich Franz II. Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his son Heinrich IV. (* 1821; † 1894), after the older branch died out in 1878, Prince Reuss to Köstritz and owner of the Paragium Köstritz. His daughter Eleanor (* 1860, † 1917) became Queen (Tsaritsa) of Bulgaria at the side of Ferdinand I in 1908 . Her brother Heinrich XXIV. (* 1855, † 1910), a talented composer who left six symphonies, took up residence in Ernstbrunn in Lower Austria . With his son Heinrich XXXIX. (* 1891; † 1946) ended the rule of the Reussians in Bad Köstritz through expropriation in the course of the land reform . The Austrian possessions came under Soviet, then American administration. His son Heinrich IV (* 1919; † 2012), head of the house (1946–2012), received the Austrian possessions back in 1955 after the State Treaty , and from 1957 had Ernstbrunn Palace expanded into a residence. The former residence of Schloss Köstritz was demolished in stages between 1969 (west wing) and 1972 (main wing). Only the gatehouse and the castle park are reminiscent of the once magnificent four-wing complex of the Köstritz Castle , the Renaissance Hohenleuben Castle was only completely demolished in 1986. Further possessions of the first line of the middle branch were Primkenau , Burkersdorf , Dittersbach , Trebschen , Radewitsch , Padligar , Ostritz , Giersdorf and Stonsdorf near Hirschberg in Silesia, Burkersdorf , Rugiswalde , Schönbach , Jänkendorf , Caana and Klipphausen in Saxony , Harthe , Ober- and Nieder-Klemzig in the province of Brandenburg and Tirschtiegel (since 1816).

Ownership of the second line of the middle branch were Jänkendorf (since 1832/35), Neuhoff , Groß-Krauscha and Wiesenburg in the Mark .

Count Heinrich XXIII. (* 1722; † 1787), the youngest son of the founder of Reuss-Köstritz, became the founder of the younger branch. His grandson, Count Heinrich II. (* 1803; † 1852), accepted the princely dignity of prince on June 30, 1851. After the first prince ascension for the older branch in 1806, which was followed in 1817 by the acceptance of the princely dignity of the middle branch, the entire Reuss-Köstritz line had reached princely status by 1855. Those who were born later carried the title of Prince or Princess Reuss to Köstritz and the title of illustrious . By the highest cabinet order of April 2, 1886 , the princes Reuss of the Köstritz paragiat line were granted the rank of subsequent princes of a princely sovereign house at the imperial court. However, they ranked last of the sovereign houses before the mediatized houses .

Castles owned by the family (selection)

Significant family members

  • Count Heinrich XXIV. Reuss zu Köstritz (* 1681; † 1748), founder of Reuss-Köstritz , owner of the Paragium (1692–1748) and ancestor of all living Reuss
  • Countess Konradine Reuss zu Köstritz, (daughter of the previous one), (* 1719 in Köstritz; † 1770 at Burgk Castle ); ∞ (1743) Count Heinrich XI. Reuss zu Greiz (* 1722; † 1800)
  • Count Heinrich VI. Reuss zu Köstritz (* 1707; † 1783), founder of the older branch , owner of the Paragium (1748–1783) and royal Danish Privy Councilor, (brother of the previous)
  • Count Heinrich IX. Reuss zu Köstritz (* 1711; † 1780), founder of the middle branch (1748–1780), royal Prussian court marshal, state minister, landscape director of the Kurmark, owns the rule of Primkenau and the goods Burkersdorf , Dittersbach , Trebschen , Radewitsch , Padligar and Ostritz
    • Count Heinrich XXXVIII. Reuss zu Köstritz (* 1748; † 1835), chief of the middle branch (1780–1835), royal Prussian cavalry master a. D., participated in the War of the Bavarian Succession of 1778/1779, since 1784 owned by Stonsdorf bei Hirschberg, which brought him his first wife; ∞ I: (July 17, 1784 in Wolfshagen ) Countess Henriette Friederike Ottilie von Schmettow on Stonsdorf (* July 23, 1753 in Stonsdorf; † August 19, 1786 ibid); ∞ II: (February 13, 1792 at Baruth Castle ) Freiin Johanne Friederike von Fletscher, heiress and feudal wife of Groß-Burkersdorf, Rugiswalde , Schönbach , Jänkendorf , Caana , Burkersdorf and Klipphausen , (* March 24, 1756 in Dresden; † 28 June 1815 in Stonsdorf), widow of the electoral secret council Karl Adolf von Schönberg on Jänkendorf and Cana
    • Count Heinrich XLIV., Prince Reuss zu Köstritz (October 6, 1817), (* 1753; † 1832), owns Trebschen and Radewitsch (since 1765), Padligar and Ostritz (since 1775), Ober- and Nieder-Klemzig in the province Brandenburg
      • Countess Auguste, Princess Reuss zu Köstritz (October 6, 1817), (* 1794; † 1855); ∞ (May 18, 1819) Duke Heinrich von Anhalt-Köthen (* 1778; † 1847)
      • Prince Heinrich LXIII. Reuss zu Köstritz (October 6, 1817), (* 1786; † 1841), head of the middle branch (1835–1841), zu Trebschen , Klipphausen , Burkersdorf and Stonsdorf , royal Prussian major a. D., Knight of the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class - first branch
      • Count Heinrich LXXIV. , Prince Reuss zu Köstritz (October 6, 1817), (son of Heinrich XLIV. And half-brother of Prince Heinrich LXIII. ), Owns Neuhoff and since 1832/35 Jänkendorf , (* 1798, † 1886); ∞ I: (1825) Countess Clementine von Reichenbach-Goschütz (* 1805; † 1849); ∞ II: (September 13, 1855 in Ilsenburg ) Countess Eleonore zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (* 1835, † 1903) - second branch
        • prince Henry IX. Reuss zu Köstritz , Herr zu Jänkendorf and Neuhoff, Prussian major general à la suite of the army, (* 1827, † 1898); ∞ (May 12, 1852 in Zülzendorf ) Freiin Anna von Zedlitz and Leipe (* 1829; † 1907)
          • prince Heinrich XXX. Reuss zu Köstritz, owns Neuhoff, royal Prussian major and battalion commander in the body grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm III." (1st Brandenburg) No. 8, legal knight of the Order of St. John (* 1864; † 1939); ∞ (1898) Princess Feodora of Saxony-Meiningen (* 1879, † 1945 at Neuhoff Castle, by suicide)
          • prince Heinrich XXVI. Reuss zu Köstritz, Korvettenkapitän a. D., owns Jänkendorf, takes (1887) the title Graf von Plauen , (* 1857; † 1913); ∞ (1885 in Ullersdorf ) Countess Viktoria von Fürstenstein (* 1863; † 1949)
            • Heinrich Harry, Count von Plauen, on Jänkendorf, Prince Reuss by adopting his uncle Prince Heinrich XXX. (May 1, 1927), Lieutenant Colonel ret. D., (* 1890; † 1951); ∞ (April 21, 1921 in Moschen ) Huberta Freiin von Tiele-Winckler (* 1889; † 1974), daughter of Count Franz Hubert von Tiele-Winckler (1857–1922)
              • Heinrich Enzio Prince Reuss, Count of Plauen, qualified forester, (* 1922; † 2000); ∞ I: (August 31, 1949 in Malmö ; divorce February 8, 1954) Freiin Louise Peyron (* 1918 in Malmö, † 1989); ∞ II: (October 24, 1954 in Offenbach am Main ) Feodora Countess von Pückler , Freiin von Groditz (* 1931; † 1999)
                • Heinrich Ruzzo Prince Reuss von Plauen, graduate architect, (* May 24, 1950 in Lucerne; † October 29, 1999 in Stockholm); ∞ I: (1974 in Sandefjord , Norway), (divorced 1986 in Oslo) Mette Rinde (* 1948); ∞ II: (August 26, 1992 in Hörsholm) Anni-Frid Lyngstad , singer of the Swedish pop group ABBA , (born November 15, 1945 in Bjørkåsen )
  • Count Heinrich XXIII. Reuss zu Köstritz, founder of the younger branch (1748–1787), (* 1722; † 1787)
    • Countess Henriette Reuss zu Köstritz (* 1755; † 1829); ∞ (1779) Count Otto Karl Friedrich von Schönburg-Waldenburg , (1790) 1st Prince of Schönburg , (* 1758; † 1800)
    • Count Heinrich XLVII. Reuss zu Köstritz - younger branch (1787–1833), royal Prussian district president zu Petrikau, then to Kalisch and finally in Breslau, (* 1756; † 1833)
    • Count Heinrich XLIX. Reuss zu Köstritz - younger branch (1833-1840), Mr. zu Ichtershausen , (* 1759; † 1840)
    • Count Heinrich LII. Reuss zu Köstritz - younger branch (1840-1851), royal Bavarian general of the infantry (February 11, 1824), (* 1763; † 1851)
    • Count Heinrich LV. Reuss zu Köstritz, preacher of the Moravian Brethren in Haverfordwest in Wales, (* 1768, † 1846); ∞ (1797 in Herrnhut ) Baron Marie Justine von Watteville (* 1762; † 1828)
      • Count Heinrich LXXIII. Reuss zu Köstritz - younger branch (1851–1855), (* 1798 in London; † 1855 ibid)
      • Count Heinrich II. Reuss zu Köstritz - younger line, from June 30, 1851 Prince, (* 1803; † 1852); ∞ (1846) Countess Clothilde zu Castell-Castell (* 1821; † 1860)
        • prince Henry XVIII Reuss younger line, chief of the younger branch (1855-1911), Prussian general of the cavalry à la suite of the army and the 1st Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 17 , Knight of the Iron Cross 2nd class, (* 1847; † 1911); ∞ (1886 in Schwerin ) Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg (* 1868, † 1944)
          • Heinrich XXXVII. Prince Reuss, Chief of the Younger Branch (1911–1964), Lieutenant General ret. D., (* 1888 in Ludwigslust; † 1964 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

literature

  • Hermann Grote: Family Tables, pages 248–251.
  • Family tables on the history of the European states, tables 163–174.
  • Chronicle of the princely house of the Reussen von Plauen. Edited by Friedrich Majer, published in Weimar in 1811 at the author's expense. Google Books.
  • Berthold Schmidt : The Reuss, 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.
  • Thomas Gehrlein: The Reuss House - Older and Younger Line. Börde Verlag 2006, ISBN 978-3-9810315-3-9 .
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Trebge: Traces in the Land. From the history of the apanaged Thuringian-Vogtland noble house Reuss-Köstritz. Hohenleuben 2005.

Web links

Commons : Haus Reuss  - collection of images, videos and audio files

genealogy.euweb.cz

See also

Individual evidence

ADB / NDB:

  1. ^ Heinrich Hahn :  Heinrich LXIV. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 587.
  2. ^ Karl Schröder:  Friedrich Franz II., Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 49, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 96-116.
  3. ^ Heinrich Heffter:  Heinrich VII. Prince Reuss-Köstritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 387 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ no information:  Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, pp. 551-564.

Other:

  1. ^ Genealogical paperback of the Princely Houses , 179., Gotha, Jg. 1942, pp. 85 & 86.
  2. ↑ D. Schwennicke: European Family Tables, New Series, Volume I.3, Plate 362, Publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 2000
  3. ↑ a b c d e f D. Schwennicke: European family tables, New Series, Volume I.3, Plate 364, Publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 2000
  4. ↑ Court rank regulations: Preußischer Hof
  5. ↑ a b c d e f D.Schwennicke: European Family Tables, New Series, Volume I.3, Plate 365, Publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 2000
  6. ^ Berthold Schmidt: Die Reußen, genealogy of the entire Reuss house (Schleiz 1903), plate 15
  7. ↑ D. Schwennicke: European Family Tables, New Series, Volume I.3, Plate 366, Publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 2000
  8. ↑ a b page no longer available , search in web archives: almanac excerpt from section I: governing and formerly governing houses PDF@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.promonarchie.de
  9. ^ A b D.Schwennicke: European family tables, new series, volume I.3, plate 367, publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 2000
  10. ^ Manfred Berger:  Eleonore zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 360-368.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  11. ↑ D. Schwennicke: European family tables, new series, volume I.3, plate 368, publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 2000
  12. ^ Berthold Schmidt: Die Reußen, genealogy of the entire Reuss house (Schleiz 1903), plate 16

Remarks

  1. ↑ Prince Prosper von Sinzendorf dies without descendants. After a five-year process for the inheritance, the rule of Ernstbrunn and Hagenberg passed to the Princes Reuss-Köstritz, as they were the direct descendants of the eldest niece of the founder of the Fideikommissherrschaft Hagenberg, Count Sigmund Friedrich von Sinzendorf (died 1679). Section II. The right of succession in the Sinzendorf-Reussischen Fideikommissherrschaft Hagenberg and Ernstbrunn in Lower Austria