Reuss-Ebersdorf

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.

County (Principality) of Reuss-Ebersdorf

Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Reuß-Ebersdorf
1678–1824
Flag
Coat of arms
The Reuss Junior Line within Thuringia
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire, then
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
CapitalEbersdorf
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraModern era
• Partitioned from
    Reuß-Lobenstein
 
1678 1678
• Raised to principality
1806
• Inherited R-Lobenstein
7 May 1824 1824
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Reuß-Lobenstein
Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf

Fürstentum Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
1824–1848
StatusState of the Confederation of the Rhine,
then State of the German Confederation
CapitalGera
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraModern era
• Reuss-Ebersdorf inherited
    Reuss-Lobenstein
7 May 1824 1824
• Revolutions of 1848
1848
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Reuss-Ebersdorf
Reuss-Lobenstein
Reuss Junior Line

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)

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

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