Noble family House of Reuss | Name Heinrich Count | |
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Father Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf Mother Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen Born 22 January 1724
Ebersdorf ( 1724-01-22 ) Died May 13, 1779, Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Germany Parents Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf Spouse Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg (m. 1754) Children Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf Grandchildren Leopold I of Belgium Similar People Countess Augusta Reuss of, Princess Victoria of Saxe‑Coburg‑Saalfeld, Leopold I of Belgium | ||
Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (22 January 1724 in Ebersdorf – 13 May 1779 in Ebersdorf), was ruler of the German county Reuss-Ebersdorf from 1747 till his death.
He was the eldest son of the thirteen children of Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf and Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen. He was the grandfather of King Leopold I of Belgium and the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria (through his daughter Augusta).
Heinrich XXIV succeeded his father as Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf in 1747.
Family
In Thurnau on 28 June 1754 Heinrich XXIV married Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. They had seven children:
- Heinrich XLVI (b. Ebersdorf, 14 May 1755 — d. Ebersodrf, 18 April 1757).
- Augusta (b. Ebersdorf, 9 January 1757 — d. Coburg, 16 November 1831), Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürstin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 13 June 1777 to Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
- Luise (b. Ebersdorf, 2 June 1759 — d. Lobenstein, 5 December 1840), crowned Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürstin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 1 June 1781 to Prince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz.
- Heinrich LI (b. Ebersdorf, 16 May 1761 — d. Ebersdorf, 10 July 1822), crowned Prince of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürst Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806.
- Ernestine Ferdinande (b. Ebersdorf, 28 April 1762 — d. Ebersdorf, 19 May 1763).
- Heinrich LIII (b. Ebersdorf, 24 May 1765 — d. Ebersdorf, 28 June 1770).
- Henriette (b. Ebersdorf, 9 May 1767 — d. Coburg, 3 September 1801), married on 4 July 1787 to Prince Karl of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg.
References
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