Princely Houses of Reuss


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any word on the wedding of Princess Maximiliana Reuss and Klaus Ita, which was supposed to take place today 30-5-2008
 
Hermine's and Johann Georg Prince von Schoenaich-Carolath also had a further three children:

Georg Wilhelm von Schoenaich-Carolath (1909-1927)
Hermine Caroline von Schoenaich-Carolath (1910- )
Ferdinand Johann von Schoenaich-Carolath (1913-1973)

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Hermine's first husband was since 1907 Johann Georg Prince von Schoenaich-Carolath (1873-1920). They had two children:
Hans Georg (1907-1943) married with Sibylle von Zedlitz und Lippe (1910-2006) - 2 children and Henriette (1918-1972) married 1940-1946 with Franz Josef von Hohenzollern Prince of Prussia (1916-1975) - 3 children.

Carolath-Beuthen/Schoenaich-Carolath
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[FONT=times new roman,times]According to some articles Frida has fallen in love with multi-millionaire W H Smith heir Henry Smith.
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Excuse my ignorance on this topic, but is Frida still married? I have only just discovered that she became a princess (I have always been an ABBA fan).
 
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Her husband died from lymphoma in 1999.
 
12 June 2008

According to the Osthuringer Zeiting the process that princess Woizlawa-Feodora and Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss tried to start to get 8 houses back in Gera not been accepted by the court, the case won't be re-opened.

Shortly after WWII the real estate of prince Heinrich XLV was confiscated by the Soviets, something which was illigal according to some, as he was a British citizen and foreigners were exemted from these confications. A court in 2005 already denied the princess and prince their claim.

A new document should however prove that the British nationality of Prince Heinrich XLV was ignored on purpose by the soviets and they hidden documents to prove that he was. The court re-opened the case but did not come to another verdict.

Article in Dutch here, from Monarchen.nl - de Europese vorstenhuizen
 
Does anyone know who is the current head of the Reuss Princely family?
 
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Does anyone know who is the current head of the Reuss Princely family?
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The current head of the Reuss family is HEINRICH IV Pr Reuss, Fürst Reuss zu Köstritz (b. 10-26-1919) married to Marie Luise Pss zu Salm-Horstmar (b. 8-18-1918). Heinrich IV became the head of the Reuss family in 1962 when Heinrich XLV Furst Reuss zu Schleiz was declared dead (he had gone missing in 1945).
 
Warren, I'm happy to see persistence in the attempts to re-establishing her, and her family's, rights. I hope it go well.
 
Reuss zu Greiz Family Head

From Prince Heinrich von Reuss

The Sovereign Prince House of Reuß

The Princely family of Reuß (Reuss) was started by Erkenbert, the Vogt of Weida who saved the life of the Holy Roman Emperor and German Kaiser Heinrich VI on the field of battle. Since the Kaiser ennobled Erkenbert, all male descendants have always been named Heinrich. Vogts or bailiffs (advocati imperii) were appointed by imperial decree.

Erkenbert as the Vogt of Weida (laying on the eastern boundary of Thüringia), this territory became known as Vogtland (Terra advocatorum) a designation that has remained to this day a geographical summary for Reuss, especially that part which boarders on Saxony. Soon the position of vogt became hereditary. The princes of Reuß are descended from the vogts of Weida. Erkenbert’s successors acquired almost the whole Vogtland by feuds or marriage settlements. The chief rivers are the Weiße and the Saale. It was occupied by forests (35%), very fertile land under tillage (40%) and meadow and pastures (19%). Later, Gera became a second vogt under the family control. Family members distinguished themselves within the ranks of the Teutonic Order and the Order of Saint John (Knights of Malta), holding hereditary ranks within both orders.
At the time of the Protestant Reformation, the Principality of Reuß became evangelical (Lutheran); however, it did not place any undo burdens upon its Catholic peoples. The Catholics of this principality enjoyed the full rights of citizenship just as in the neighboring Kingdom of Saxony. The Catholic population was placed under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Prague, then under the Vicar Apostolic of Saxony. Priests from Bavaria and Saxony were permitted to exercise their ministry freely in the Principality of the Elder Line of Reuß-Greiz.

The government did not interfere with its subjects in regard to the change of religion, establishment of orders, mixed marriages, and the education of their children of the children of such marriages in either principality.

Prince (Fürst) Heinrich XXII Reuß-Greiz (elder line) within the last German Empire was an outspoken critic of Chancellor Count (later Prince) Bismark. He was the most outspoken of all of the German princes and remained so until his death in 1902, an implacable enemy of Prince Bismark and the conditions created in Germany by the foundations of the empire. The daughter of Prince Heinrich XXII was Princess Hermine Reuß who married the widowed Kaiser Wilhelm II in exile, in 1922.

Upon the death of Prince Heinrich XXII, a regent was appointed from the younger line (Reuss-Schleiz) to govern for his son Prince Heinrich XXIV. At the end of World War I, the regent was not legally able to abdicate for Prince Heinrich XXIV not did Prince Heinrich XXIV ever abdicated. Hence, the fons honorum (the font of honours) remained with this branch of the Prince House of Reuß. On the 27th May 1915, Prince Heinrich XXIV and Her Royal Highness, Princess Maria Obrenovic-Brankovic were married in the Serbian Orthodox Church in Beograd, Jugoslavia by His Grace, Bishop Sava. On the 25th of February 1918, His Serene Highness, Prince Heinrich XXV Reuß-Obrenovic-Brankovic was born and was solemnly baptized and chrismated on the 28th day of February 1918. On this special date of his baptism and chrismation, H.S.H. Fürst (Sovereign Prince) Heinrich XXIV Reuß declared his only son to be his lawful successor and issued his “Right of Succession.” H.S.H. (Fürst) Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuß died 13 October 1927 in Greiz.

On the 7th of August 1939 in a Civil ceremony and on the 8th of August 1939 in the Church ceremonies, H.S.H. Sovereign Prince (Fürst) Heinrich XXV Reuß-Obrenovic-Brankovic married a fourth cousin, Her Serene Highness, Princess Marie (Laverne Anne) Obrenovic (the Roman Catholic branch living in exile in Luxembourg) in the Serbian Orthodox Church just prior to his own ordination as an Orthodox deacon and priest. On the 3rd of February 1942, their son, H.S.H. Prince Heinrich XXVI Reuß-Obrenovic-Brankovic was born, who is now the Fürst Reuß.**

The present Fürst Reuß is also the Fourth Metropolitan and Primate (Chief Hierarch of the Eastern Catholic Metropolia (Chaldean-Syrian). Reference: www.easterncatholicchurch.org

During World War II, Prince Heinrich XXXVII Reuß (zu Köstritz) as a Nazi Wehrmacht general, attempted to have the heir of Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuß-Greiz (Prince Heinrich XXV, his wife and son, Prince Heinrich XXVI) sent to the concentration camps in order to secure the fons for his family and/or his own personal usage.**

Listed below are the hereditary family titles and honours acquired throughout the centuries:

Family Titles:

Fürst (Sovereign Prince) Reuß zu Greiz (1778)
Count Reuß zu Greiz, Untergreiz, und Obergreiz
Count and Lord of Plauen (1673)
Lord of Greiz, Kranichfield, Gera, Jena, and
Lobenstein Prince of Brankovic, Prince of Serbia

Older Historic Titles:

Prince of the German Empire (1778)
Count of the German Empire
Burgraf zu Meißen (Elector within the College of
Princes within the Empire)
Count of Hartensteinin Bohemia
Lord of Newhartenstein
Margraf Brandenburg
Margraf Bayreuth
Kurfürst zu Sachen
Landgraf of Thüringen
Lord of Königswarth, and Petschau

House Order:
Fürstlich Reußisches Ehren Kreuz (The Reuss Cross of Honour)

Historic Orders of the Family:
The Order of the Black Eagle
(Order vom Schwarzen Alder)
(Highest AwardWithin Imperial Germany)
The Order of the Crown of Rue of Saxony
(Orden der Rautenkrone)
The Royal Order of Saint Sava of Serbia
(Jugoslavia)



** On the 4th December 1987, the German General Consul of San Francisco was presented with a complete file of certified documents to be sent to the German Archives of Nobility (Deutsches Adelsarchiv) via Diplomatic Courier. The documents were both in Serbian and in German with certified translations. The German General Consul had been in contact with the Director of the Archives, who stated, “their records appeared to be incomplete concerning the zu Greiz family line.” The German Consul General included with these documents was a letter from the Bürgermeister (Mayor) of Greiz that “documented that in 1942, the attempts of Prince-General Heinrich XXVII Reuß (zu Köstritz) j.l. to remove your father’s and your own birth records from the registers, in order to seize your title and rights.” This same Nazi General was dismissed from the Army after the failed attempt upon Hitler’s life by Count-Lt. Colonel Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg on the 20th July 1944, when a purge of the Germany Army of the old titled nobility occurred.
 
Everything is fine in this story until we get to Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss zu Greiz. He was mentally incapacitated when his father Heinrich XXII died in 1902 which was the reason for having regents (firstly Heinrich XIV to 1913 and then Heinrich XXVII of Reuss-Younger Line).

The genealogies state Heinrich XXIV died unmarried in 1927 when the Elder Line of the House of Reuss became extinct in the male line.

The content of your post is a copy and paste from this site Untitled Document (www.prinzheinrichreuss.org/)

The "Obrenovic-Brankovic" dynastic linkage is ridiculed here in alt.talk.royalty
The Brankovics were a Serbian medieval noble family; the Obrenovics of course were the Serbian reigning dynasty on and off from 1817 until 1903.


*** The claim made in the above post at #44 is an easily-disproved hoax ***.
 
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Thank you very much for your effort in setting the record straight regarding the very strange post # 46, Warren. After having read it before, I just returned to this thread to copy the key 'information' about the allegations and try to cross-check, as I did not believe it.
Thanks again that you resolved it instead.
 
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Wolfdog, as Warren wrote when did you find that HXXIV was married? I search almost all genealogy links which I know and the moment I can't find any proves that he was married. So if you can post really real documents who prove this marriage and that what you've wrote on post #46.

Similar posts to #46 I found during googling.
 
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Princess Woizlawa Feodora of Reuss, born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, has been interviewed by Dutch royalty programme Blauw Bloed. The 90 y/o princess seems to be in a remarkable healthy and fit condition.

Player omroep.nl (after +/- 30 minutes).

The princess said that as a child she was impressed by Juliana's strong sense of justice.
Queen Wilhelmina used to hand down old dresses of Juliana to Woizlawa.
The princess shared some anecdotes about the wedding, among other things that some guests has small flasks of strong spirits to stay warm.
The princess was not invited to the funeral of Juliana, as queen Wilhelmina broke of all contact with most German relatives during WWII.
 
Wedding of Erbprinz Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Coburg, 23 May 2009...

Hereditary Prince Heinrich XIV. and Hereditary Princess Johanna
[DNF] Fotoarchief Denieuwsfoto
 
Thanks Stefan , to let us know the name of the german Princes . I know now who they are.
Very interesting and popular wedding. Thanks also for your beatiful pictures of the wedding.
 
 
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How much do you know about Prince Heinrich XXIV of Reuss-Greiz (1878-1927)?
He was the last monarch of the House of Reuss (Elder Line), it seems he had physical and/or mental impairments product of a childhood accident. I would appreciate if you could inform me better about that.
 
 
Does anyone have more information, especially photos, of Princess Viola of Reuss-Kostritz (b. 1898), the daughter of Prince Heinrich XXIV of Reuss-Kostritz and Princess Elisabeth of Reuss-Kostritz?
 
Princess Benigna of Reuss married the Spanish aristocrat Oscar de Ascoz y Planes last weekend:

Reußische Prinzessin heiratet spanischen Adeligen in der Schleizer Bergkirche - otz.de

(note the picture gallary below on the page)

The two are both catholic but married in a Lutheran church. The pope had a special message of thanks to the church for that reason.

The princess is the grand daughter of Princess Woizlawa of Reuss, née Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
 
Marengo said:
Princess Woizlawa Feodora of Reuss, born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, has been interviewed by Dutch royalty programme Blauw Bloed. The 90 y/o princess seems to be in a remarkable healthy and fit condition.

Player omroep.nl (after +/- 30 minutes).

The princess said that as a child she was impressed by Juliana's strong sense of justice.
Queen Wilhelmina used to hand down old dresses of Juliana to Woizlawa.
The princess shared some anecdotes about the wedding, among other things that some guests has small flasks of strong spirits to stay warm.
The princess was not invited to the funeral of Juliana, as queen Wilhelmina broke of all contact with most German relatives during WWII.
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Princess Woizlawa Feodora looks great for her age...here is a picture of her with her son at the wedding of her granddaughter Benigna:

http://media201.zgt.de/004FF9F3_94DD79F3E4932F89AB39EE202EF37B95
 
She does indeed! Earlier this summer the princess visited the village of Kollum, in Frisia. She is friends with the mayor, Bearn Bilker.

Nicht Juliana yn Fryslân - YouTube

Duitse hertogin bezoekt Kollum - YouTube

The princess was looking forward to go to Palace het Loo, of which she has some memories. She was looking forward to see the exposition on Princess Máxima. The orchestra was playing the anthems of Mecklenburg and Frisia.
 
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