Reuss-Ebersdorf

County (Principality) of Reuss-Ebersdorf Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Reuß-Ebersdorf
1678–1824
Flag Coat of arms
The Reuss Junior Line within Thuringia
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
Preceded by Succeeded by Reuß-Lobenstein Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf

Reuss-Ebersdorf 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.

History

Residenz Schloss Ebersdorf, from the park.

Residenz Schloss Ebersdorf.

Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf Fürstentum Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
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
Preceded by Succeeded by Reuss-Ebersdorf Reuss-Lobenstein 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-Ebersdorf

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 Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf, 1824

Princes of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf (1824–48)

• Heinrich LXXII, 1824–48

To Reuss-Schleiz, 1848