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Principality of Reuss-Gera
(1806–1848)
*Fürstentum Reuß-Gera*
Principality of the Reuss Junior Line
(1848–1918)
*Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie*
Principality of Reuss-Gera; (1806–1848); Fürstentum Reuß-GeraPrincipality of the Reuss Junior Line; (1848–1918); Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie
1806–1918
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: Ich bau auf Gott ; (German for 'I build on God')
	Anthem: Heil unserm Fürsten, Heil!; "Hail to our Prince, Hail!";
	Reuss-Gera within the German Empire
	Reuss-Gera within Thuringia
Capital	Gera
Government	Principality
Prince
• 1806–1818	Heinrich XLII
• 1818–1854	Heinrich LXII
• 1854–1867	Heinrich LXVII
• 1867–1913	Heinrich XIV
• 1913–1918	Heinrich XXVII
Minister of State
• 1825–1839	Gustav von Strauch (first)
• 1918	Paul Ruckdeschel (last)
History
• Established	9 April 1806
• Disestablished	11 November 1918
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Imperial County of Reuss
People's State of Reuss
Today part of	Germany

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The Principality of Reuss-Gera (German: Fürstentum Reuß-Gera), called the Principality of the Reuss Junior Line (German: Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie) after 1848, was a sovereign state in modern Germany, ruled by members of the House of Reuss.^[2] It was one of the successor states of the Imperial County of Reuss. The Counts Reuss, with their respective capitals and Residenzen at Gera, Schleiz, Lobenstein, Köstritz and Ebersdorf, were all elevated to the title of prince (Fürst) in 1806. Their successor branch heads shared that title, while their cadets were also each titled prince (Prinz).^[2] Thus all males of the family were properly "Prince Heinrich (Roman numeral) Reuss, J.L.", without use of a nobiliary particle, although for convenience their branch names remained in colloquial use (for example, "Prince Heinrich I Reuss of Köstritz").

Territory

The territories of four separate branches of the Junior Line amalgamated between 1824 and 1848, at which time the senior branch of Gera retained sovereignty over the surviving cadet branches, which retained succession rights to the princely throne.^[2] In 1905, the principality of Reuss Junior Line had an area of 827 km² (319 square miles) and a population of 145,000, with Gera as its capital.

In the aftermath of World War I, the territory of the Junior Line merged with that of the Elder Line in 1919 as the People's State of Reuss, which became part of the new state of Thuringia on 1 May 1920.

The princely house

The House of Reuss practises a unique system of naming and numbering the male members of the family, every one of whom for centuries has borne the name "Heinrich", followed by a Roman numeral.^[2] While most royal and noble houses assign a regnal number only to the ruling head of the house, and that in the sequential order of their reigns, the Reuss Junior Line ("Reuss, J.L.") used a numbering sequence for all male family members which began afresh with the first son born in each century. The male children within a single nuclear family need not bear sequential numbers, as all members of the larger family share the common numbering system. For example, the sons of Prince Heinrich LXVII Reuss of Schleiz, in order of their births, were named Heinrich V, Heinrich VIII, Heinrich XI, Heinrich XIV, and Heinrich XVI, with their male-line kinsmen holding the numerals in between according to the order of their births. In consequence of this naming system, certain heads of the Reuss Junior Line have had the highest numbers attached to their name of any European ruling families. The designation of "Junior Line" was dropped in 1930; the Elder Line ("Reuss, A.L.") had become extinct as its last male member, Heinrich XXIV, renounced his rights as sovereign in 1918 and died unmarried in 1927.^[2]

In 1927 Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz died and his titles passed to Heinrich XXVII, who became the 1st Prince Reuss and died the next year. His heir Heinrich XLV was arrested in August 1945 in Ebersdorf by the Soviet military and disappeared. On 5 January 1962 he was declared dead in absentia and Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz inherited his rights.

Counts of Plauen

One of the younger sub-lines of the branch which ruled the Reuss, J.L. until 1918, includes the "Counts of Plauen" from the late 19th century. When Prince Heinrich XXVI Reuss (1857–1913) married Countess Viktoria von Fürstenstein (1863–1949) in 1885, under the strict marriage rules then enforced by the Reuss dynasty, although he was but a younger son of a minor ruling family, their children were not allowed to bear the dynasty's princely title. They were, instead, designated "Counts of Plauen", although they remained in the line of succession to the two thrones of Reuss^[2] The Fürstensteins lacked Uradel status: Viktoria's paternal grandfather, Pierre-Alexandre Le Camus (1774–1824), son of a minor noble French notary living in Martinique, rose to become foreign minister in Jerome Bonaparte's Kingdom of Westphalia, was ennobled there in 1807 and made a count of the Kingdom of France in 1817).^{[verification needed]}^[3]

When the German Empire collapsed at the end of World War I, the reigning Prince Reuss lost his crown along with all the other monarchs whose realms were within Germany. In 1927, Henrich XXVI's son, known as Count Heinrich Harry of Plauen (1890–1951), was adopted by his childless uncle, Prince Heinrich XXX (1864–1939), and the now-deposed dynasty agreed to accept him as "Prince Heinrich Harry Reuß", along with those of his male-line descendants born of unions complying with the family's 1902 rules that permitted marriages to countesses (Heinrich Harry's wife, Huberta von Tiele-Winckler was only a baroness in her own right, but belonged to a family of comital rank in Prussia).^[2] Their son Heinrich Enzio was thus accepted by the House of Reuss as a prince, but his own marriage to Baron Gustaf Peyron's daughter in 1949 occurred before the Reuss family conference of 1957 which lowered the marital standard again,^[2] allowing dynastic inter-marriage with baronial families.

In 1992, Prince Heinrich Ruzzo of Reuss, Count of Plauen, a prince of the former sovereign House of Reuss, married Anni-Frid Lyngstad, a former lead singer of the popular 1970s Swedish musical group ABBA. Since her marriage to the prince, she has held the titles of Princess Reuss and Countess of Plauen with the style of Her Serene Highness. Heinrich Ruzzo died of lymphoma on October 29, 1999, leaving her the titles of Dowager Princess and Countess. She currently resides in Genolier in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. She has shared a home since 2020 with her British partner, Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden.

Since 1999 the House of Reuss has recognized Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss of Plauen (German: Heinrich Ruzzo, Prinz Reuß von Plauen) by his formal title, though without official membership in the dynasty or entitlement to the traditional style of Serene Highness.^[2] Under German law the title has been allowed only as part of the surname since 1919, thus the name "Heinrich Ruzzo Prinz Reuss."

Princes of Reuss-Gera and Counts of Plauen

Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1666–1692 (1639–1692)
- Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1692–1726 (1669–1726)
  - Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1726–1744 (1695–1744)
  - Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1744–1784 (1716–1784)
    - Heinrich XLII, 1st Prince of Reuss-Schleiz 1784–1818 (1752–1818), raised to princly status in 1806
      - Heinrich LXII, 2nd Prince 1818–1854 (1785–1854)
      - Heinrich LXVII, 3rd Prince 1854–1867 (1789–1867)
        Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince 1867–1913 (1832–1913)
        Heinrich XXVII, 1st Prince Reuss 1913–1928 (1858–1928), monarchy abolished in 1918, inherited Reuss-Greiz in 1927
        Heinrich XLV, 2nd Prince Reuss 1928–1962 (1895–1962), went missing in 1945, declared dead in absentia in 1962
- Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1692–1748 (1681–1748)
  - Heinrich VI, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1748–1783 (1707–1783)
    - Heinrich XLIII, 1st Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1783–1814 (1751–1814)
      - Heinrich LXI, Hereditary Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1784–1813)
      - Heinrich LXIV, 2nd Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1814–1856 (1787–1856)
    - Heinrich XLVIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1759–1825)
      - Heinrich LXIX, 3rd Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1856–1878 (1792–1878)
  - Heinrich IX, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1711–1780)
    - Heinrich XLIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1753–1832)
      - Heinrich LXIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1786–1841)
        Heinrich IV, 4th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1878–1894 (1821–1894)
        Henry XXIV, 5th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1894–1910 (1855–1910)
        Heinrich XXXIX, 6th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1910–1946 (1891–1946)
        Heinrich IV, 3rd Prince Reuss 1946–2012 (1919–2012), took title in 1962
        Heinrich XIV, 4th Prince Reuss 2012–present (born 1955)
        (1) Heinrich XXIX, Hereditary Prince Reuss (born 1997)
        
        (2) Prince Heinrich V (born 2012)
        
        Prince Heinrich VII (1927–2002)
        (3) Prince Heinrich XIX of Köstritz (born 1974)
        
        (4) Prince Heinrich XXII of Köstritz (born 1976)
        
        Heinrich VII, Lord of Trebschen (1825–1906)
        Heinrich XXXII, Lord of Trebschen (1878–1935), died childless
        
        Heinrich XXXIII, Lord of Trebschen (1879–1942)
        Heinrich II, Lord of Trebschen (1916–1993)
        
        Heinrich XXXV, Lord of Trebschen (1887–1936)
        Heinrich V, Lord of Trebschen (1921–1980)
        (5) Prince Heinrich XXVIII Ico of Trebschen (born 1964)
        
        Heinrich XII, Lord of Stonsdorf (1829–1866)
        Heinrich XXVIII, Lord of Stonsdorf (1859–1924)
        Heinrich XXXIV, Lord of Stonsdorf (1887–1956), line extant (6–20)
        Heinrich I, Lord of Stonsdorf (1910–1982), line extant (6–18)
        (6) Heinrich VIII, Lord of Stonsdorf (born 1944), line extant (7–8)
        
        (13) Heinrich XIII, line extant (14)
        
        Heinrich XIII, Lord of Baschkow (1830–1897), childless
        
        Heinrich XV, Lord of Klipphausen (1834–1869), died without sons
      - Heinrich LXXIV, Lord of Jänkendorf and Neuhoff (1798–1886)
        Heinrich IX, Lord of Jänkendorf and Neuhoff (1827–1898)
        Heinrich XXVI, Count of Plauen (1857–1913), line extant (21–32)
        
        Heinrich XXV, Lord of Groß-Krauscha (1856–1911), line extinct
  - Heinrich XXIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1722–1787), line extant (33–36)

Other notable figures

Reuss zu Köstritz – jüngerer Linie

Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822–1862), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz (1860–1917), Tsaritsa Consort of Bulgaria
Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz (1920–2009), wife of Prince Hubertus of Prussia

Reuss zu Greiz – ältere Linie

Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887–1947), widow of Prince Johann of Schönaich-Carolath and second wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor

Notes

^ There is no authorised version of the national anthem as the words are a matter of tradition; only the first verse is usually sung.^[1] No statute has been enacted designating "God Save the King" as the official anthem. In the English tradition, such laws are not necessary; proclamation and usage are sufficient to make it the national anthem. "God Save the King" also serves as the Royal anthem for certain Commonwealth realms. The words King, he, him, his, used at present, are replaced by Queen, she, her when the monarch is female.

References

^ Berry, Ciara (15 January 2016). "National Anthem". The Royal Family. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Reuß". Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Band XVI (in German). Glücksburg: C.A. Starke Verlag. 2001. pp. 127–128, 139–140, 592–593. ISBN 978-3-7980-0824-3.
^ "Le Camus Pierre Alexandre, comte de Furstenstein". Les Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise (APPL) (in French). 28 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[2] There is no authorised version of the national anthem as the words are a matter of tradition; only the first verse is usually sung.^[1] No statute has been enacted designating "God Save the King" as the official anthem. In the English tradition, such laws are not necessary; proclamation and usage are sufficient to make it the national anthem. "God Save the King" also serves as the Royal anthem for certain Commonwealth realms. The words King, he, him, his, used at present, are replaced by Queen, she, her when the monarch is female.

[1] Berry, Ciara (15 January 2016). "National Anthem". The Royal Family. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

[ghda-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Reuß". Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Band XVI (in German). Glücksburg: C.A. Starke Verlag. 2001. pp. 127–128, 139–140, 592–593. ISBN 978-3-7980-0824-3.

[lachaise-4] "Le Camus Pierre Alexandre, comte de Furstenstein". Les Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise (APPL) (in French). 28 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

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-The '''Principality of Reuss-Gera''' ({{lang-de|Fürstentum Reuß-Gera}}), called the '''Principality of the Reuss Junior Line''' ({{lang-de|Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie}}) after 1848, was a [[sovereign state]] in modern Germany, ruled by members of the [[House of Reuss]].<ref name="ghda">{{cite book | title=''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Band XVI.|publisher= C.A. Starke Verlag | year=2001 | location=Glücksburg | chapter=Reuß |pages=127–128, 139–140, 592–593 | language=de| ISBN=978-3-7980-0824-3}}</ref> It was one of the successor states of the [[Imperial County of Reuss]]. The Counts Reuss, with their respective capitals and ''[[Residenz]]en'' at [[Gera]],  [[Schleiz]], [[Reuss-Lobenstein|Lobenstein]], [[Köstritz]] and [[Reuss-Ebersdorf|Ebersdorf]], were all elevated to the title of prince (''[[Fürst]]'') in 1806. Their successor branch heads shared that title, while their [[cadet (genealogy)|cadets]] were also each titled prince (''Prinz'').<ref name="ghda"/>  Thus all males of the family were properly "Prince Heinrich ([[Roman numeral]]) Reuss, ''J.L.''", without use of a [[nobiliary particle]], although for convenience their branch names remained in colloquial use (for example, "Prince Heinrich I Reuss of Köstritz").
+The '''Principality of Reuss-Gera''' ({{langx|de|Fürstentum Reuß-Gera}}), called the '''Principality of the Reuss Junior Line''' ({{langx|de|Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie}}) after 1848, was a [[sovereign state]] in modern Germany, ruled by members of the [[House of Reuss]].<ref name="ghda">{{cite book | title=Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Band XVI.|publisher= C.A. Starke Verlag | year=2001 | location=Glücksburg | chapter=Reuß |pages=127–128, 139–140, 592–593 | language=de| ISBN=978-3-7980-0824-3}}</ref> It was one of the successor states of the [[Imperial County of Reuss]]. The Counts Reuss, with their respective capitals and ''[[Residenz]]en'' at [[Gera]],  [[Schleiz]], [[Reuss-Lobenstein|Lobenstein]], [[Köstritz]] and [[Reuss-Ebersdorf|Ebersdorf]], were all elevated to the title of prince (''[[Fürst]]'') in 1806. Their successor branch heads shared that title, while their [[cadet (genealogy)|cadets]] were also each titled prince (''Prinz'').<ref name="ghda"/>  Thus all males of the family were properly "Prince Heinrich ([[Roman numeral]]) Reuss, ''J.L.''", without use of a [[nobiliary particle]], although for convenience their branch names remained in colloquial use (for example, "Prince Heinrich I Reuss of Köstritz").
 ==Territory==
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 ==Counts of Plauen==
-One of the younger sub-lines of the branch which ruled the Reuss, J.L. until 1918, includes the "[[Count]]s of [[Plauen]]" from the late 19th century. When Prince Heinrich XXVI Reuss (1857-1913) married Countess Viktoria von Fürstenstein (1863-1949) in 1885, under the strict marriage rules then enforced by the Reuss dynasty, although he was but a younger son of a minor ruling family, their children were not allowed to bear the dynasty's princely title. They were, instead, designated "[[Count]]s of [[Plauen]]", although they remained in the line of succession to the two thrones of Reuss<ref name="ghda"/> The Fürstensteins lacked ''[[Uradel]]'' status: Viktoria's paternal grandfather, [[Pierre-Alexandre Le Camus]] (1774-1824), son of a minor noble French notary living in [[Martinique]], rose to become [[foreign minister]] in [[Jerome Bonaparte]]'s [[Kingdom of Westphalia]], was ennobled there in 1807 and made a count of the [[Kingdom of France (1814-1830)|Kingdom of France]] in 1817).{{check|date=February 2019}}<ref name="lachaise">{{cite web |website=Les Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise (APPL) |url=http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=2855 |title=Le Camus Pierre Alexandre, comte de Furstenstein |date=28 December 2009 |language=fr |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180025/http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=2855 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+One of the younger sub-lines of the branch which ruled the Reuss, J.L. until 1918, includes the "[[Count]]s of [[Plauen]]" from the late 19th century. When Prince Heinrich XXVI Reuss (1857–1913) married Countess Viktoria von Fürstenstein (1863–1949) in 1885, under the strict marriage rules then enforced by the Reuss dynasty, although he was but a younger son of a minor ruling family, their children were not allowed to bear the dynasty's princely title. They were, instead, designated "[[Count]]s of [[Plauen]]", although they remained in the line of succession to the two thrones of Reuss<ref name="ghda"/> The Fürstensteins lacked ''[[Uradel]]'' status: Viktoria's paternal grandfather, [[Pierre-Alexandre Le Camus]] (1774–1824), son of a minor noble French notary living in [[Martinique]], rose to become [[foreign minister]] in [[Jerome Bonaparte]]'s [[Kingdom of Westphalia]], was ennobled there in 1807 and made a count of the [[Kingdom of France (1814–1830)|Kingdom of France]] in 1817).{{check|date=February 2019}}<ref name="lachaise">{{cite web |website=Les Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise (APPL) |url=http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=2855 |title=Le Camus Pierre Alexandre, comte de Furstenstein |date=28 December 2009 |language=fr |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180025/http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=2855 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-When the [[German Empire]] collapsed at the end of [[World War I]], the reigning Prince Reuss lost his crown along with all the other monarchs whose realms were within Germany. In 1927, Henrich XXVI's son, known as Count Heinrich Harry of Plauen (1890-1951), was adopted by his childless uncle, Prince Heinrich XXX (1864-1939), and the now-deposed dynasty agreed to accept him as "Prince Heinrich Harry Reuß", along with those of his male-line descendants born of unions complying with the family's 1902 rules that permitted marriages to countesses (Heinrich Harry's wife, Huberta von Tiele-Winckler was only a baroness in her own right, but belonged to a family of [[Graf|comital]] rank in [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]).<ref name="ghda"/> Their son Heinrich Enzio was thus accepted by the House of Reuss as a prince, but his own marriage to Baron Gustaf Peyron's daughter in 1949 occurred before the Reuss family conference of 1957 which lowered the marital standard again,<ref name="ghda"/> allowing [[royal intermarriage|dynastic inter-marriage]] with baronial families.
+When the [[German Empire]] collapsed at the end of [[World War I]], the reigning Prince Reuss lost his crown along with all the other monarchs whose realms were within Germany. In 1927, Henrich XXVI's son, known as Count Heinrich Harry of Plauen (1890–1951), was adopted by his childless uncle, Prince Heinrich XXX (1864–1939), and the now-deposed dynasty agreed to accept him as "Prince Heinrich Harry Reuß", along with those of his male-line descendants born of unions complying with the family's 1902 rules that permitted marriages to countesses (Heinrich Harry's wife, Huberta von Tiele-Winckler was only a baroness in her own right, but belonged to a family of [[Graf|comital]] rank in [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]).<ref name="ghda"/> Their son Heinrich Enzio was thus accepted by the House of Reuss as a prince, but his own marriage to Baron Gustaf Peyron's daughter in 1949 occurred before the Reuss family conference of 1957 which lowered the marital standard again,<ref name="ghda"/> allowing [[royal intermarriage|dynastic inter-marriage]] with baronial families.
-In 1992, Prince Heinrich Ruzzo of Reuss, Count of Plauen, who was a prince of the former sovereign House of Reuss happily married [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]] a former lead singer in the popular 1970's Swedish musical group [[ABBA]]. Since her marriage she has held the titles of Princess Reuss and Countess of Plauen with the style of Her Serene Highness. Heinrich Ruzzo died of lymphoma in October 29, 1999, leaving her the titles of Dowager Princess and Countess. She currently resides in Genolier in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. She currently shares a home since 2020 with her British partner, [[Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden]].
+In 1992, Prince Heinrich Ruzzo of Reuss, Count of Plauen, a prince of the former sovereign House of Reuss, married [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]], a former lead singer of the popular 1970s Swedish musical group [[ABBA]]. Since her marriage to the prince, she has held the titles of Princess Reuss and Countess of Plauen with the style of Her Serene Highness. Heinrich Ruzzo died of lymphoma on October 29, 1999, leaving her the titles of Dowager Princess and Countess. She currently resides in Genolier in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. She has shared a home since 2020 with her British partner, [[Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden]].
-Since 1999 the House of Reuss has recognized [[Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss of Plauen]], (German: Heinrich Ruzzo, Prinz Reuß von Plauen) 24 May 1950 – 29 October 1999 by that title. However without official membership in the dynasty or entitlement to the traditional style of ''[[Serene Highness]]''.<ref name="ghda"/> However, in German law the title is allowed since 1919 only as part of the surname, thus "Heinrich Ruzzo Prinz Reuss."
+Since 1999 the House of Reuss has recognized [[Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss of Plauen]] (German: Heinrich Ruzzo, Prinz Reuß von Plauen) by his formal title, though without official membership in the dynasty or entitlement to the traditional style of ''[[Serene Highness]]''.<ref name="ghda"/> Under German law the title has been allowed only as part of the surname since 1919, thus the name "Heinrich Ruzzo Prinz Reuss."
-In 1992 Prince Heinrich Rizzo Prinz Reuss and Plauen.
 ===Princes of Reuss-Gera and Counts of Plauen===
 {{For|the rulers of Reuss-Gera|Imperial County of Reuss #Rulers of Reuss}}
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-* {{Tree list/final branch}}''Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1666-1692 (1639-1692)''
+* {{Tree list/final branch}}''Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1666–1692 (1639–1692)''
-** {{Tree list/final branch}}''Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1692-1726 (1669-1726)''
+** {{Tree list/final branch}}''Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1692–1726 (1669–1726)''
-*** ''Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1726-1744 (1695-1744)''
+*** ''Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1726–1744 (1695–1744)''
-*** {{Tree list/final branch}} ''Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1744-1784 (1716-1784)''
+*** {{Tree list/final branch}} ''Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz 1744–1784 (1716–1784)''
-**** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz|Heinrich XLII]]''', 1st Prince of Reuss-Schleiz 1784-1818 (1752-1818), raised to princly status in 1806
+**** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz|Heinrich XLII]]''', 1st Prince of Reuss-Schleiz 1784–1818 (1752–1818), raised to princly status in 1806
-***** '''[[Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich LXII]]''', 2nd Prince 1818-1854 (1785-1854)
+***** '''[[Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich LXII]]''', 2nd Prince 1818–1854 (1785–1854)
-***** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich LXVII]]''', 3rd Prince 1854-1867 (1789-1867)
+***** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich LXVII]]''', 3rd Prince 1854–1867 (1789–1867)
-****** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich XIV]]''', 4th Prince 1867-1913 (1832-1913)
+****** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich XIV]]''', 4th Prince 1867–1913 (1832–1913)
-******* {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich XXVII]]''', 1st Prince Reuss 1913-1928 (1858-1928), monarchy abolished in 1918, inherited [[Reuss-Greiz]] in 1927
+******* {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich XXVII]]''', 1st Prince Reuss 1913–1928 (1858–1928), monarchy abolished in 1918, inherited [[Reuss-Greiz]] in 1927
-******** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich XLV]]''', 2nd Prince Reuss 1928-''1962'' (1928-''1962''), went missing in 1945, [[declared dead in absentia]] in 1962
+******** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line|Heinrich XLV]]''', 2nd Prince Reuss 1928–''1962'' (1895–''1962''), went missing in 1945, [[declared dead in absentia]] in 1962
-** {{Tree list/final branch}} ''Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1692-1748 (1681-1748)''
+** {{Tree list/final branch}} ''Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1692–1748 (1681–1748)''
-*** ''Heinrich VI, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1748-1783 (1707-1783)''
+*** ''Heinrich VI, Count of Reuss-Köstritz 1748–1783 (1707–1783)''
-**** ''Heinrich XLIII, 1st Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1783-1814 (1751-1814)''
+**** ''Heinrich XLIII, 1st Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1783–1814 (1751–1814)''
-***** Heinrich LXI, Hereditary Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1784-[[Battle of Kulm|1813]])
+***** Heinrich LXI, Hereditary Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1784–[[Battle of Kulm|1813]])
-***** {{Tree list/final branch}}''Heinrich LXIV, 2nd Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1814-1856 (1787-1856)''
+***** {{Tree list/final branch}}''Heinrich LXIV, 2nd Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1814–1856 (1787–1856)''
-**** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XLVIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1759-1825)
+**** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XLVIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1759–1825)
-***** ''Heinrich LXIX, 3rd Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1856-1878 (1792-1878)''
+***** ''Heinrich LXIX, 3rd Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1856–1878 (1792–1878)''
-*** Heinrich IX, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1711-1780)
+*** Heinrich IX, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1711–1780)
-**** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XLIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1753-1832)
+**** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XLIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1753–1832)
-***** {{Tree list/final branch}}[[Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich LXIII]], Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1786-1841)
+***** {{Tree list/final branch}}[[Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich LXIII]], Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1786–1841)
-****** ''Heinrich IV, 4th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1878-1894 (1821-1894)''
+****** ''Heinrich IV, 4th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1878–1894 (1821–1894)''
-******* {{Tree list/final branch}}''[[Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXIV]], 5th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1894-1910 (1855-1910)''
+******* {{Tree list/final branch}}''[[Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXIV]], 5th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1894–1910 (1855–1910)''
-******** ''Heinrich XXXIX, 6th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1910-1946 (1891-1946)''
+******** ''Heinrich XXXIX, 6th Prince of Reuss-Köstritz 1910–1946 (1891–1946)''
-********* {{Tree list/final branch}}'''[[Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich IV]]''', 3rd Prince Reuss 1946-2012 (1919-2012), took title in 1962
+********* {{Tree list/final branch}}'''[[Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich IV]]''', 3rd Prince Reuss 1946–2012 (1919–2012), took title in 1962
-********** '''Heinrich XIV''', 4th Prince Reuss 2012-present (born 1955)
+********** '''Heinrich XIV''', 4th Prince Reuss 2012–present (born 1955)
 *********** '''(1)''' Heinrich XXIX, Hereditary Prince Reuss (born 1997)
 *********** {{Tree list/final branch}}'''(2)''' Prince Heinrich V (born 2012)
-********* {{Tree list/final branch}}Prince Heinrich VII (1927-2002)
+********* {{Tree list/final branch}}Prince Heinrich VII (1927–2002)
 **********'''(3)''' Prince Heinrich XIX of Köstritz (born 1974)
 **********{{Tree list/final branch}}'''(4)''' Prince Heinrich XXII of Köstritz (born 1976)
-****** [[Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich VII]], Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1825-1906)
+****** [[Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich VII]], Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1825–1906)
-******* [[Prince Heinrich XXXII Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich XXXII]], Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1878-1935), died childless
+******* [[Prince Heinrich XXXII Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich XXXII]], Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1878–1935), died childless
-******* [[Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich XXXIII]], Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1879-1942)
+******* [[Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz|Heinrich XXXIII]], Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1879–1942)
-******** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich II, Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1916-1993)
+******** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich II, Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1916–1993)
-******* {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XXXV, Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1887-1936)
+******* {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XXXV, Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1887–1936)
-******** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich V, Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1921-1980)
+******** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich V, Lord of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (1921–1980)
 ********* {{Tree list/final branch}}'''(5)''' Prince Heinrich XXVIII Ico of [[Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County|Trebschen]] (born 1964)
-****** Heinrich XII, Lord of [[Staniszów|Stonsdorf]] (1829-1866), line extant '''(6-20)'''
+****** Heinrich XII, Lord of [[Staniszów|Stonsdorf]] (1829–1866)
-****** Heinrich XIII, Lord of Baschkow (1830-1897), childless
+******* Heinrich XXVIII, Lord of [[Staniszów|Stonsdorf]] (1859–1924)
-****** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XV, Lord of Klipphausen (1834-1869), died without sons
+******** Heinrich XXXIV, Lord of [[Staniszów|Stonsdorf]] (1887–1956), line extant '''(6–20)'''
-***** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich LXXIV, Lord of Jänkendorf and [[Kowary|Neuhoff]] (1798-1886)
+********* Heinrich I, Lord of [[Staniszów|Stonsdorf]] (1910–1982), line extant '''(6–18)'''
-****** Heinrich IX, Lord of Jänkendorf and [[Kowary|Neuhoff]] (1827-1898)
+********** '''(6)''' Heinrich VIII, Lord of [[Staniszów|Stonsdorf]] (born 1944), line extant '''(7–8)'''
-******* {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XXVI, Count of [[Plauen]] (1857-1913), line extant '''(21-32)'''
+********** '''(13)''' [[Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss|Heinrich XIII]], line extant '''(14)'''
-****** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XXV, Lord of Groß-Krauscha (1856-1911), line extinct
+****** Heinrich XIII, Lord of Baschkow (1830–1897), childless
-*** Heinrich XXIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1722-1787), line extant '''(33-36)'''
+****** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XV, Lord of Klipphausen (1834–1869), died without sons
+***** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich LXXIV, Lord of Jänkendorf and [[Kowary|Neuhoff]] (1798–1886)
+****** Heinrich IX, Lord of Jänkendorf and [[Kowary|Neuhoff]] (1827–1898)
+******* {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XXVI, Count of [[Plauen]] (1857–1913), line extant '''(21–32)'''
+****** {{Tree list/final branch}}Heinrich XXV, Lord of Groß-Krauscha (1856–1911), line extinct
+*** Heinrich XXIII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz (1722–1787), line extant '''(33–36)'''
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 ==Other notable figures==
+===Reuss zu Köstritz – ''jüngerer Linie''===
 * [[Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz]] (1822–1862), Grand Duchess of [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
 * [[Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz|Princess Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz]] (1860–1917), [[Tsaritsa consort of Bulgaria|Tsaritsa Consort]] of [[Tsardom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]
-* [[Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz]], wife of [[Prince Hubertus of Prussia]]
+* [[Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz]] (1920–2009), wife of [[Prince Hubertus of Prussia]]
+===Reuss zu Greiz – ''ältere Linie''===
+* [[Hermine Reuss of Greiz|Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz]] (1887–1947), widow of Prince Johann of Schönaich-Carolath and second wife of [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor]]
+==Notes==
+{{notelist}}
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