Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (Ebersdorf, 22 January 1724 — Ebersdorf, 13 May 1779), 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), 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.
- 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.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf |
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16. Heinrich XXIX, Count Reuss of Plauen |
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8. Heinrich X, Count Reuss of Lobenstein |
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17. Magdalene of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
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4. Heinrich X, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf |
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18. Heinrich IV, Count Reuss of Obergreiz |
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9. Marie Sibylle of Reuss-Obergreiz |
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19. Elisabeth Juliane of Dhaun-Neufviller |
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2. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf |
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20. Johann Georg II, Count of Solms-Baruth |
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10. Johann Friedrich, Count of Solms-Baruth |
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21. Anna Maria of Erbach-Fürstenau |
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5. Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach |
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22. Siegmund Seyfried, Count of Promnitz-Pless |
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11. Benigna of Promnitz |
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23. Katharina Elisabeth of Schönburg-Lichtenstein |
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1. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf |
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24. Wolfgang II, Count of Castell-Remlingen |
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12. Wolfgang Georg I of Castell-Remlingen |
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25. Juliana of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim |
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6. Wolfgang, Count of Castell-Castell |
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26. Ludwig Eberhard, Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach and Gleichen |
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13. Sophia Juliana of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg |
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27. Dorothea of Erbach |
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3. Sofie Theodora of Castell-Castell |
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28. Otto Heinrich von Zinzendorf-Pottendorf |
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14. Maximilian Erasmus, Count of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf |
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29. Anna Apollonia of Zelking |
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7. Dorothea Renata of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf |
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30. Christian, Count of Dietrichstein-Hollenburg |
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15. Anna Amalia of Dietrichstein |
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31. Maria Elisabeth of Aichelberg |
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Persondata |
Name |
Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf |
Alternative names |
Heinrich XXIV. Reuß (jüngere Linie) (German) |
Short description |
Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747-1779) |
Date of birth |
22 January 1724 |
Place of birth |
Ebersdorf |
Date of death |
13 May 1779 |
Place of death |
Ebersdorf |