Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf


Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, was ruler of the German county Reuss-Ebersdorf from 1747 till his death.
He was the eldest son of the thirteen children of Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf and Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen. He was the grandfather of King Leopold I of Belgium and the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria.
Heinrich XXIV succeeded his father as Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf in 1747.

Family

In Thurnau on 28 June 1754 Heinrich XXIV married Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. They had seven children:
  1. Heinrich XLVI.
  2. Augusta, Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf on 9 April 1806; married on 13 June 1777 to Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
  3. Luise, Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf on 9 April 1806; married on 1 June 1781 to Prince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz.
  4. Heinrich LI, became Prince of Reuss-Ebersdorf on 9 April 1806.
  5. Ernestine Ferdinande.
  6. Heinrich LIII.
  7. Henriette, married on 4 July 1787 to Prince Karl of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg.

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