County (Principality) of Reuss-Ebersdorf Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Reuß-Ebersdorf | |||||||||
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1678–1824 | |||||||||
Status | State of the
Holy Roman Empire, then State of the Confederation of the Rhine | ||||||||
Capital | Ebersdorf | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Modern era | ||||||||
• Partitioned from
Reuß-Lobenstein | 1678 | ||||||||
• Raised to
principality | 1806 | ||||||||
• Inherited
R-Lobenstein | 7 May 1824 | ||||||||
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Reuss-Ebersdorf[ needs IPA] 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.
Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf Fürstentum Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf | |||||||||||
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1824–1848 | |||||||||||
Status | State of the Confederation of the Rhine, then State of the German Confederation | ||||||||||
Capital | Gera | ||||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||||
Historical era | Modern era | ||||||||||
• Reuss-Ebersdorf inherited
Reuss-Lobenstein | 7 May 1824 | ||||||||||
• Revolutions of 1848 | 1848 | ||||||||||
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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.
Raised to principality, 1806
Succeeded as Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf, 1824
To Reuss-Schleiz, 1848
County (Principality) of Reuss-Ebersdorf Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Reuß-Ebersdorf | |||||||||
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1678–1824 | |||||||||
Status | State of the
Holy Roman Empire, then State of the Confederation of the Rhine | ||||||||
Capital | Ebersdorf | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Modern era | ||||||||
• Partitioned from
Reuß-Lobenstein | 1678 | ||||||||
• Raised to
principality | 1806 | ||||||||
• Inherited
R-Lobenstein | 7 May 1824 | ||||||||
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Reuss-Ebersdorf[ needs IPA] 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.
Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf Fürstentum Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf | |||||||||||
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1824–1848 | |||||||||||
Status | State of the Confederation of the Rhine, then State of the German Confederation | ||||||||||
Capital | Gera | ||||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||||
Historical era | Modern era | ||||||||||
• Reuss-Ebersdorf inherited
Reuss-Lobenstein | 7 May 1824 | ||||||||||
• Revolutions of 1848 | 1848 | ||||||||||
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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.
Raised to principality, 1806
Succeeded as Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf, 1824
To Reuss-Schleiz, 1848