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Born 16 February 1747Greiz, Reuss ( 1747-02-16 ) Spouse Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg Mother Countess Conradine Reuss of Kostritz Parents Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz House Principality of Reuss-Greiz Children Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz Grandchildren Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz Great grandchildren Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz | ||
Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (German: Heinrich XIII Fürst Reuß zu Greiz; 16 February 1747 – 29 January 1817) was Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1800 to 1817.
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Early life
Heinrich XIII was born at Greiz, Reuss, third child of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1722–1800), (son of Count Heinrich II Reuss of Obergreiz and Countess Sophie Charlotte of Bothmer) and his wife, Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz (1719–1770), (daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz and Baroness Marie Eleonore Emma of Promnitz-Dittersbach).
Prince Reuss of Greiz
At the death of his father on 28 June 1800, he succeeded as the Prince Reuss of Greiz.
After the devastation of Greiz by a fire in 1802, he ordered to rebuild the city in a neoclassical style, and he moved his residence from the Oberes Schloss (Upper Castle) to the Unteres Schloss (Lower Castle), to be more in contact with the people and social life of the Principality.
Henry also distinguished himself in his military service to Austria as a field marshal, to the point of being considered one of the best friends of the Emperor Joseph II .
Henry XIII joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1807 and later was a member of the German Confederation. At the Congress of Vienna he was involved in a territorial dispute with the Kingdom of Saxony, from which emerged victorious and won the domain of the cities of Altgommla and Kühdorf.
Marriage
Heinrich XIII married on 9 January 1786 in Kirchheimbolanden to Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765–1837), fourth child and second daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and his wife, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.
They had three children: