Reuss-Ebersdorf
| County (Principality) of Reuss-Ebersdorf Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Reuß-Ebersdorf |
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| State of the Holy Roman Empire, then State of the Confederation of the Rhine |
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| Capital | Ebersdorf | ||||
| Government | Principality | ||||
| Historical era | Modern era | ||||
| - Partitioned from Reuß-Lobenstein |
1678 1678 |
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| - Raised to principality | 1806 | ||||
| - Inherited R-Lobenstein | May 7, 1824 1824 | ||||
| Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf Fürstentum Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf |
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| State of the Confederation of the Rhine, then State of the German Confederation |
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| Capital | Gera | |||
| Government | Principality | |||
| Historical era | Modern era | |||
| - Reuss-Ebersdorf inherited Reuss-Lobenstein |
May 7, 1824 1824 |
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| - Revolutions of 1848 | 1848 | |||
Reuss-Ebersdorf was a county and from 1806 a principality located in Germany. The Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf belonged to the Reuss Junior Line. Reuss was successively a part of the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederation, North German Confederation, German Empire and Weimar Republic before becoming a part of Thuringia in 1920.
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History
Following the death of Count Heinrich X of Reuss-Lobenstein in 1671, Reuss-Lobenstein was ruled jointly by his three sons Heinrich III, Heinrich VIII and Heinrich X. In 1678 Reuss-Lobenstein was partitioned with Heinrich III remaining Count of Reuss-Lobenstein, Heinrich VIII becoming Count of Reuss-Hirschberg and Heinrich X becoming the Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf.
In 1806 the title of the ruler of Reuss-Ebersdorf was upgraded to that of Prince. In 1824, on the death of Prince Heinrich LIV of Reuss-Lobenstein, Count Heinrich LXXII of Reuss-Ebersdorf succeeded him and took the title Prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf. Prince Heinrich LXXII remained prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf until his abdication in 1848 in favour of the prince of Reuss-Schleiz.
Count Heinrich XXIV was the father of Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, maternal grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Rulers of Reuss-Ebersdof
Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1678–1806)
- Heinrich X, 1678–1711
- Heinrich XXIX, 1711–47
- Heinrich XXIV, 1747–79
- Heinrich LI, 1779–1806
Raised to principality, 1806
Princes of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1806–24)
- Heinrich LI, 1806–22
- Heinrich LXXII, 1822–24
Succeeded as Prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf, 1824
Princes of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf (1824–48)
- Heinrich LXXII, 1824–48
To Reuss-Schleiz, 1848
References
- Regnal chronology on HostKingdom.net
- Reuss-Ebersdorf on Genealogy.eu
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