Reuss-Ebersdorf was a county and from 1806 a principality located in Germany. The Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf belonged to the Reuss Junior Line. Reuss was successively a part of the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederation, North German Confederation, German Empire and Weimar Republic before becoming a part of Thuringia in 1920.
History[]
Following the death of Count Heinrich X of Reuss-Lobenstein in 1671, Reuss-Lobenstein was ruled jointly by his three sons Heinrich III, Heinrich VIII and Heinrich X. In 1678 Reuss-Lobenstein was partitioned with Heinrich III remaining Count of Reuss-Lobenstein, Heinrich VIII becoming Count of Reuss-Hirschberg and Heinrich X becoming the Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf.
In 1806 the title of the ruler of Reuss-Ebersdorf was upgraded to that of Prince. In 1824, on the death of Prince Heinrich LIV of Reuss-Lobenstein, Count Heinrich LXXII of Reuss-Ebersdorf succeeded him and took the title Prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf. Prince Heinrich LXXII remained prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf until his abdication in 1848 in favour of the prince of Reuss-Schleiz.
Count Heinrich XXIV was the father of Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, maternal grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Rulers of Reuss-Ebersdof[]
Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1678–1806)[]
- Heinrich X, 1678–1711
- Heinrich XXIX, 1711–47
- Heinrich XXIV, 1747–79
- Heinrich LI, 1779–1806
Raised to principality, 1806
Princes of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1806–24)[]
- Heinrich LI, 1806–22
- Heinrich LXXII, 1822–24
Succeeded as Prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf, 1824
Princes of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf (1824–48)[]
- Heinrich LXXII, 1824–48
To Reuss-Schleiz, 1848
References[]
- Regnal chronology on HostKingdom.net
- Marek, Miroslav. "Reuss-Ebersdorf". Genealogy.EU. http://genealogy.euweb.cz/reuss/reuss5.html#3L.[better source needed] on Genealogy.eu
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