Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XXIV
Heinrich XXIV
	Prince Heinrich XXIV ca. 1905
Prince Reuss of Greiz
Reign	19 April 1902 – 10 November 1918
Predecessor	Heinrich XXII
Born	20 March 1878; Greiz, Principality of Reuss-Greiz, German Empire
Died	13 October 1927 (aged 49); Greiz, Thuringia, German Reich
House	Reuss Elder Line
Father	Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
Mother	Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe

Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (German: Heinrich XXIV Fürst Reuß zu Greiz; 20 March 1878 – 13 October 1927) was the last reigning Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1902 to 1918. Then he became head of the House Reuss of Greiz, which became extinct at his death in 1927.

Early life

Heinrich XXIV was born at Greiz, Principality of Reuss-Greiz, only son of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846–1902), (son of Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg) and his wife, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852–1891), (daughter of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont).^[1] He had five younger sisters: Princess Emma Reuss of Greiz, later Countess Künigl von Ehrenburg (1881–1961), Princess Marie Reuss of Greiz, later Baroness von Gnagnoni (1882–1942), Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, later Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach (1884–1905), Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz, later Princess of Schönaich-Carolath and titular Empress of Germany (1887–1947), and Princess Ida Reuss of Greiz, later Princess of Stolberg-Rossla (1891–1977).^[2]

Prince Reuss of Greiz

On the death of his father on 19 April 1902, Heinrich XXIV succeeded him as Prince Reuss of Greiz.^[3]

Because of Heinrich XXIV's physical and mental disabilities,^[4] the result of a childhood accident, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line served as regent of Reuss Elder Line from 1902 until his death in 1913; the regency continued thereafter under Heinrich XIV's successor, Heinrich XXVII, until the abolition of the German monarchies in 1918.^[3]

On Heinrich XXIV's death in 1927, the House Reuss of Greiz became extinct, the prince having died unmarried with no issue; the titles passed to Heinrich XXVII of Reuss Younger Line.^[3]

Death

Heinrich XXIV died on 13 October 1927 in Greiz, at the age of 49. He is buried in Stadtkirche St.Marien, Greiz, Germany.^[5]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz

8. Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz

4. Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz

9. Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg

2. Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz

10. Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

5. Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg

11. Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau

1. Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz

12. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

6. Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

13. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

3. Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe

14. George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

7. Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont

15. Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

References

^ The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 331
^ http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/reuss/reuss4.html
^ ^a ^b ^c Gehrlein Thomas, The House of Reuss - Older and Younger line Börde Verlag 2006, ISBN 978-3-9810315-3-9
^ "PRINCE OF REUSS LOCKED UP.; As Count von Plauen, He Is a Prisoner in a Berlin Insane Asylum". The New York Times. 19 September 1897. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-R/reuss/reuss-AL-4.htm

Regnal titles
Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz House Reuss of Greiz Cadet branch of the House of Reuss Born: 20 March 1878 Died: 13 October 1927
Preceded by Heinrich XXII	Prince Reuss of Greiz 1902 – 1918	Principality abolished
Titles in pretence
Loss of title	— TITULAR — Prince Reuss of Greiz 1918 – 1927 Reason for succession failure: Principality abolished in 1918	Succeeded by Heinrich XXVII Reuss of Schleiz as Prince Reuss