Place:Reuß ältere Linie, Germany

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NameReuß ältere Linie
Alt namesReuss Elder line
Reuß-Greizsource: Family History Library Catalog
Reub altere Linie
TypeState
Located inGermany     (1122 - 1919)
See alsoReußchild
Thüringen, Germanychild
Contained Places
Unknown
Dobia
Greiz
Naitschau
Pöllwitz
Reinsdorf
Remptendorf
Schönbach
Zoppoten
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Principality of Reuss-Greiz, called the Principality of the Reuss Elder Line after 1848, was a sovereign state in modern Germany, ruled by members of the House of Reuss. The Counts Reuss of Greiz, Lower-Greiz and Upper-Greiz were elevated to princely status in 1778 and thereafter bore the title of Prince Reuss, Elder Line, or Prince Reuss of Greiz.

Similarly to the more numerous Reuss Junior Line, the male members of this house were all named "Heinrich", in honour of Emperor Heinrich VI, who had benefited the family. They were numbered sequentially by birth, rather than by reign, with the last series beginning with Heinrich I (born 1693) and ending with Heinrich XXIV (1878–1927).

This State had an area of 317 Kmq and over 72,000 inhabitants in 1910.

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