Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
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Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (Ebersdorf
, 22 January 1724 — Ebersdorf
, 13 May 1779), was ruler of the German county Reuss-Ebersdorf
from 1747 till his death.
He was the eldest son of the thirteen children of Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
and Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen. He was the grandfather of King Leopold I of Belgium
and the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria (through his daughter Augusta).
Heinrich XXIV succeeded his father as Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf in 1747.
on 28 June 1754 Heinrich XXIV married Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
. They had seven children:
Ebersdorf
Ebersdorf may refer to the following places:*Ebersdorf bei Coburg, in the district of Coburg, Bavaria, Germany*Ebersdorf, Lower Saxony, in the district of Rotenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany*Ebersdorf, Austria, in the district of Hartberg, Styria, Austria...
, 22 January 1724 — Ebersdorf
Ebersdorf
Ebersdorf may refer to the following places:*Ebersdorf bei Coburg, in the district of Coburg, Bavaria, Germany*Ebersdorf, Lower Saxony, in the district of Rotenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany*Ebersdorf, Austria, in the district of Hartberg, Styria, Austria...
, 13 May 1779), was ruler of the German county Reuss-Ebersdorf
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...
from 1747 till his death.
He was the eldest son of the thirteen children of Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Heinrich XXIX Reuss, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf was a member of the House of Reuss Younger Line and Count Ebersdorf from 1711 until his death- Life :...
and Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen. He was the grandfather of King Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
and the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria (through his daughter Augusta).
Heinrich XXIV succeeded his father as Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf in 1747.
Family
In ThurnauThurnau
Thurnau is a municipality in the district Kulmbach, Germany.It is known for golfing as well as its potteries.Thurnau is known for transmitter Thurnau, the medium wave transmission site for Deutschlandfunk, a German national information radio station....
on 28 June 1754 Heinrich XXIV married Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg, born 20 August 1727 at Gedern, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, in the then Holy Roman Empire, was a daughter of George August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg, and Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern...
. They had seven children:
- Heinrich XLVI (b. Ebersdorf, 14 May 1755 — d. Ebersodrf, 18 April 1757).
- AugustaAugusta Reuss-EbersdorfCountess Augusta Caroline Reuss of Ebersdorf , was by marriage a duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born in Saalburg-Ebersdorf.-Family:...
(b. Ebersdorf, 9 January 1757 — d. Coburg, 16 November 1831), crowned Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürstin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 13 June 1777 to Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. - Luise (b. Ebersdorf, 2 June 1759 — d. Lobenstein, 5 December 1840), crowned Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürstin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 1 June 1781 to Prince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz.
- Heinrich LI (b. Ebersdorf, 16 May 1761 — d. Ebersdorf, 10 July 1822), crowned Prince of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürst Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806.
- Ernestine Ferdinande (b. Ebersdorf, 28 April 1762 — d. Ebersdorf, 19 May 1763).
- Heinrich LIII (b. Ebersdorf, 24 May 1765 — d. Ebersdorf, 28 June 1770).
- Henriette (b. Ebersdorf, 9 May 1767 — d. Coburg, 3 September 1801), married on 4 July 1787 to Prince Karl of Leiningen-Dagsburg-HartenburgEmich Carl, 2nd Prince of LeiningenEmich Carl, Prince of Leiningen was a German nobleman.He was born at Dürckheim, the fourth child and only son of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg by his wife Countess Christiane Wilhelmine Luise of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim...
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