Reuss-Ebersdorf

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Reuß-Ebersdorf"
conventional_long_name = County (Principality) of Reuss-Ebersdorf
common_name = Reuss-Ebersdorf
continent = Europe
region = Central Europe
country = Germany
era = Modern era
status = Vassal
status_text = State of the Holy Roman Empire, then
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality
year_start = 1678
year_end = 1824
event_start = Partitioned from
spaces|4Reuß-Lobenstein
date_start =
1678
event1 = Raised to principality
date_event1 = 1806
event_end = Inherited R-Lobenstein
date_end = May 7 1824
p1 = Reuß-Lobenstein
flag_p1 = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.svg
s1 = Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
flag_s1 = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.svg

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flag_type = Flag of Reuss (Junior Line)


symbol = Reuss Junior Line
symbol_type = Coat of arms of Reuss (Junior Line)

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image_map_caption = Reuss Junior Line within Thuringia
capital = Ebersdorf
footnotes = Infobox Former Country |
native_name = "Fürstentum Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf"
conventional_long_name = Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
common_name = Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
continent = Europe
region = Central Europe
country = Germany
era = Modern era
status = Vassal
status_text = State of the Confederation of the Rhine,
then State of the German Confederation
empire = Confederation of the Rhine
government_type = Principality
year_start = 1824
year_end = 1848
event_start = Reuss-Ebersdorf inherited
spaces|4Reuss-Lobenstein
date_start =
May 7 1824
event_end = Revolutions of 1848
date_end =
p1 = Reuss-Ebersdorf
flag_p1 = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.svg
p2 = Reuss-Lobenstein
flag_p2 = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.svg
s1 = Reuss Junior Line
flag_s1 = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.svg

capital = Gera
footnotes =

Reuss-Ebersdorf was a county and from 1806 a principality located in Germany. The Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf belonged to the Reuss Junior Line. 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)

* Heinrich X, 1678–1711
* Heinrich XXIX, 1711–47
* Heinrich XXIV, 1747–79
* Heinrich LI, 1779–1806"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"

References

* [http://www.hostkingdom.net/gerN-R.html#Reuss-Ebersdorf Regnal chronology] on HostKingdom.net
* [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/reuss/reuss5.html#3L Reuss-Ebersdorf] on Genealogy.eu