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Heinrich LXVII
Prince Reuss Younger Line
Born(1789-10-20)20 October 1789
Schleiz, Reuss
Died11 July 1867(1867-07-11) (aged 77)
Gera, Reuss Younger Line
SpousePrincess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf
IssuePrince Heinrich V
Anna, Princess of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
Princess Elisabeth
Prince Heinrich VIII
Prince Heinrich XI
Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Prince Heinrich XVI
Princess Marie
Names
German: Heinrich
HouseHouse of Reuss Younger Line
FatherHeinrich XLII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
MotherPrincess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg
Heinrich LXVII in a coin portrait, 1858

Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (German: Heinrich LXVII Fürst Reuß jüngere Linie; 20 October 1789 – 11 July 1867) was Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1854 to 1867.

Early life

Heinrich LXVII was born at Schleiz, Reuss, younger surviving son of Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz (1752–1818), (son of Count Heinrich XII Reuss of Schleiz, and Countess Christine of Erbach-Schönberg) and his wife, Princess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1761–1849), (daughter of Christian Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and Princess Louise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).

Prince Reuss Younger Line

As his brother Heinrich LXII died unmarried and childless, at his death in 1854 he inherited the throne of the Principality.

Under his government appointed Minister Eduard Heinrich-Crispendorf to make funds in 1856 to amend the constitution in the reactionary sense by the parliament. In 1866 he made a treaty with Kingdom of Prussia in the North German Confederation.

He was considered a man of talent, knowledge and business experience and was very popular in his country. As a prince he was a close ally of Prussia. He led after the transfer took place in 1848 the residence of Schleiz to Gera in the years 1859 to 1863 and rebuilt the Osterstein Castle.

Prince Heinrich LXVII founded in October 1857 the Golden and Silver Merit, as a "Civil Cross of Honour".

Marriage

Heinrich LXVII married on 18 April 1820 at Ebersdorf to Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf (1800–1880), younger daughter of Heinrich LI, Prince Reuss of Ebersdorf, and his wife, Countess Luise of Hoym.

They had eight children:

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:[1]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Reuß Jüngerer Linie (1864). Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für das Fürstentum Reuß Jüngerer Linie: 1864. Kindermann. p. 3.
  2. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern. Königl. Oberpostamt. 1867. p. 9.
  3. ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg (1855), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 19
  4. ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1864), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 12
  5. ^ Sachsen (1866). Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66. Heinrich. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Liste des Membres de l'Ordre de Léopold", Almanach Royal Officiel (in French), 1857, p. 27 – via Archives de Bruxelles
Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line House of Reuss Younger LineCadet branch of the House of ReussBorn: 20 October 1789 Died: 11 July 1867 Regnal titles Preceded byHeinrich LXII Prince Reuss Younger Line 1854 – 1867 Succeeded byHeinrich XIV
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