Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line

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

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, 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 sole Prince Reuss.

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.

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

They had five children:

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

Titles and styles

• 10 November 1858 – 29 March 1913: His Serene Highness Prince Heinrich XXVII Reuss of Schleiz
• 29 March 1913 – 13 October 1927: His Serene Highness The Prince Reuss Younger Line
• 13 October 1927 – 21 November 1928: His Serene Highness The Prince Reuss

Ancestry

Notes and sources

• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Heinrich XIV, Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz
• The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 221,223
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956