Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line

Names
	German: Heinrich

Heinrich XXVII
Heinrich XXVII
Prince Reuss Younger Line
	Prince Heinrich XXVII ca. 1913
Born	10 November 1858; Gera, Reuss Younger Line
Died	21 November 1928 (aged 70); Gera, Weimar Republic
Spouse	Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Issue	Viktoria, Duchess Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Princess Luise Adelheid; Prince Heinrich XL; Prince Heinrich XLIII; Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line
Names
Names
	German: Heinrich
House	House of Reuss Younger Line
Father	Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Mother	Duchess Agnes of Württemberg

Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (German: Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuß jüngere Linie; 10 November 1858 – 21 November 1928) was the last reigning Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1913 to 1918. Then he became Head of the House of Reuss Younger Line from 1918 to 1928.

Early life[]

Heinrich XXVII was born at Gera, eldest child of Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1832–1913), (son of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, and Princess Adelheid Reuss-Ebersdorf) and his wife, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835–1886), (daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).^[1]

Prince Reuss Younger Line[]

At the death of his father on 29 March 1913 he inherited the throne of the Principality. He also continued as regent of Reuss Elder Line,^[1] because of a physical and mental disability of Prince Heinrich XXIV due to an accident in his childhood.

Prince Heinrich XXVII abdicated in 1918 after the German Revolution of 1918–19, when all German monarchies were abolished.

With the death of Heinrich XXIV in 1927, the Elder Line became extinct and its titles passed to Heinrich XXVII, who thus became the sole Prince Reuss.^[1]

Marriage[]

Heinrich XXVII married on 11 November 1884 at Langenburg to Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1864–1929), elder daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and his wife, Princess Leopoldine of Baden.^[1]

Prince Heinrich XXVII and his wife Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

They had five children:^[1]

Princess Viktoria Reuss Younger Line (21 April 1889 – 18 December 1918), married in 1917 to Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, had issue.
Princess Luise Reuss Younger Line (17 July 1890 – 12 August 1951)
Prince Heinrich XL Reuss Younger Line (17 September 1891 – 4 November 1891)
Prince Heinrich XLIII Reuss Younger Line (25 July 1893 – 13 May 1912)
Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line (13 May 1895 – 1945)

Ancestry[]

showAncestors of Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line

Notes and sources[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, pp. 18, 32. ISBN 0-85011-023-8

The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 221,223
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956

Regnal titles
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line House of Reuss Younger Line Cadet branch of the House of Reuss Born: 10 November 1858 Died: 21 November 1928
Preceded by Heinrich XIV	Prince Reuss Younger Line 1913 – 1918	Succeeded by Principality abolished
Preceded by Heinrich XIV	Regent of Reuss Elder Line 1913 – 1918	Succeeded by Principality abolished
Titles in pretence
Loss of title	— TITULAR — Prince Reuss Younger Line 1918 – 1927 Reason for succession failure: Principality abolished in 1918	Succeeded by Merged with Reuss Elder Line
Preceded by Merged with Reuss Elder Line	— TITULAR — Prince Reuss 1927 – 1928 Reason for succession failure: Principality abolished in 1918	Succeeded by Heinrich XLV

[burkeI-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, pp. 18, 32. ISBN 0-85011-023-8

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