Reuss-Ebersdorf

County (Principality) of Reuss-Ebersdorf

Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Reuß-Ebersdorf

State of the Holy Roman Empire, then
State of the Confederation of the Rhine

1678–1824


Flag of Reuss (Junior Line)	Coat of arms of Reuss (Junior Line)

Reuss Junior Line within Thuringia

Capital

Ebersdorf

Government

Principality

Historical era

Modern era

•

Partitioned from
Reuß-Lobenstein

1678 1678

•

Raised to principality

1806

•

Inherited R-Lobenstein

May 7, 1824 1824

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Reuß-Lobenstein

Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf

Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf

Fürstentum Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf

State of the Confederation of the Rhine,
then State of the German Confederation

1824–1848

Capital

Gera

Government

Principality

Historical era

Modern era

•

Reuss-Ebersdorf inherited
Reuss-Lobenstein

May 7, 1824 1824

•

Revolutions of 1848

1848

Preceded by

Succeeded by

	Reuss-Ebersdorf
	Reuss-Lobenstein

Reuss Junior Line

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.

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
Marek, Miroslav. "Reuss-Ebersdorf". Genealogy.EU. External link in |publisher= (help) on Genealogy.eu

Upper Saxon Circle (1512–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire

Electorates	Brandenburg Saxony

Ecclesiastical	Cammin

Secular	Anhalt Bernburg Dessau Köthen Zerbst Barby Hatzfeld-Gleichen Pomerania Further Hither Querfurt Reuss Elder Junior Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Coburg Saxe-Eisenach Saxe-Gotha Saxe-Weimar Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen

Prelates	Gernrode Quedlinburg Abbey Walkenried Abbey

Counts / Lords	Hohnstein Lohra / Klettenberg Mansfeld Schönburg (Saale) Stolberg Stolberg Wernigerode Rossla

Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish · Unencircled territories

States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)

Rank elevated
by Napoleon

Kingdoms	Bavaria Saxony Württemberg

Grand Duchies	Baden Hesse

Duchies	Nassau

States created

Kingdoms	Westphalia

Grand Duchies	Berg Frankfurt¹ Würzburg

Principalities	Aschaffenburg² Leyen Regensburg²

Pre-existing
states

Saxon duchies	Coburg-Saalfeld Gotha-Altenburg Hildburghausen Meiningen Weimar³ Eisenach³ Weimar-Eisenach⁴

Other duchies	Anhalt (Bernburg Dessau Köthen) Arenberg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg

Principalities	Hohenzollern Hechingen Sigmaringen Isenburg Liechtenstein Lippe-Detmold Reuss Ebersdorf Greiz Lobenstein Schleiz Salm⁵ Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen Waldeck

¹ from 1810
² until 1810
³ until 1809
⁴ from 1809
⁵ until 1811

States of the German Confederation (1815–66)

Empires	Austria¹

Kingdoms	Prussia¹ Bavaria Saxony Hanover Württemberg

Electorates	Hesse-Kassel

Grand Duchies	Baden Hesse-Darmstadt Luxembourg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchies	Anhalt Bernburg² Dessau² Köthen³ Brunswick Holstein Limburg⁴ Nassau Saxe-Lauenburg Ernest Altenburg⁵ Coburg-Saalfeld⁶ Coburg-Gotha⁵ Gotha-Altenburg⁶ Hildburghausen⁶ Meiningen

Principalities	Hesse-Homburg Hohenzollern Hechingen⁷ Sigmaringen⁷ Liechtenstein Lippe Reuss-Gera (Junior Line) Reuss-Greiz (Elder Line) Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen Waldeck and Pyrmont

City-states	Bremen Frankfurt Hamburg Lübeck

¹ w/o areas listed under other territories ² Merged with Anhalt from 1863 ³ until 1847 ⁴ from 1839 ⁵ from 1826 ⁶ until 1826 ⁷ until 1850 ⁸ 1849–60 ⁹ as of 1849 ¹⁰ until 1837 ¹¹ until 1829 ¹² until 1848/57 ¹³ until 1848 ¹⁴ as of 1848 ¹⁵ as of 1829 ¹⁶ as of 1864

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