Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf

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Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (b. Ebersdorf, 22 January 1724 - d. Ebersdorf, 13 May 1779), was a German prince of the House of Reuss-Ebersdorf.

He was the eldest son of the thirteen children of Heinrich XXIX Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf and Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen.

Heinrich XXIV succeeded his father as Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf in 1747.

[edit] Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Plauen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Heinrich X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Magdalene of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Heinrich X, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Heinrich IV, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Marie Sibylle of Reuss-Obergreiz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Elisabeth Juliane of Dhaun-Neufviller
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Johann Georg II, Count of Solms-Baruth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Johann Friedrich, Count of Solms-Baruth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Anna Maria of Erbach-Fürstenau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Siegmund Seyfried, Count of Promnitz-Pless
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Benigna of Promnitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Katharina Elisabeth of Schönburg-Lichtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Wolfgang II, Count of Castell-Remlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Wolfgang Georg I of Castell-Remlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Juliana of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Wolfgang, Count of Castell-Castell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Ludwig Eberhard, Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach and Gleichen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Sophia Juliana of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Dorothea of Erbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Sofie Theodora of Castell-Castell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Otto Heinrich von Zinzendorf-Pottendorf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Maximilian Erasmus, Count of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Anna Apollonia of Zelking
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Dorothea Renata of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Christian, Count of Dietrichstein-Hollenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Anna Amalia of Dietrichstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Maria Elisabeth of Aichelberg
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Family

In Thurnau on 28 June 1754 Heinrich XXIV married Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. They had seven children:

  1. Heinrich XLVI (b. Ebersdorf, 14 May 1755 - d. Ebersodrf, 18 April 1757).
  2. Augusta (b. Ebersdorf, 9 January 1757 - d. Coburg, 16 November 1831), crowned 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Ernestine Ferdinande (b. Ebersdorf, 28 April 1762 - d. Ebersdorf, 19 May 1763).
  6. Heinrich LIII (b. Ebersdorf, 24 May 1765 - d. Ebersdorf, 28 June 1770).
  7. Henriette (b. Ebersdorf, 9 May 1767 - d. Coburg, 3 September 1801), married on 4 July 1787 to Prince Karl of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg.
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