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Born 10 November 1858Gera, Reuss Younger Line ( 1858-11-10 ) Issue Viktoria, Duchess Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-SchwerinPrincess Luise AdelheidPrince Heinrich XLPrince Heinrich XLIIIHeinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line Mother Duchess Agnes of Wurttemberg Children Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line Parents Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Duchess Agnes of Wurttemberg Grandparents Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line | ||
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (German: Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuß jüngere Linie; 10 November 1858 – 21 November 1928) was the last reigning Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1913 to 1918. Then he became Head of the House of Reuss Younger Line from 1918 to 1928.
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Early life
Heinrich XXVII was born at Gera, Reuss Younger Line, eldest child of Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1832–1913), (son of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, and Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf) and his wife, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835–1886), (daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).
Prince Reuss Younger Line
At the death of his father on 29 March 1913 he inherited the throne of the Principality. He also continued as regent of Reuss Elder Line, because of a physical and mental disability of Prince Heinrich XXIV due to an accident in his childhood.
Prince Heinrich XXVII abdicated in 1918 after the German Revolution of 1918–19, when all German monarchies were abolished.
With the death of Heinrich XXIV in 1927, the Elder Line became extinct and its titles passed to Heinrich XXVII, who thus became sole Prince Reuss.
Marriage
Heinrich XXVII married on 11 November 1884 at Langenburg to Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1864–1929), elder daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and his wife, Princess Leopoldine of Baden.
They had five children: