Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz

Prince Heinrich LXIII Reuss of Köstritz
Prince Heinrich LXIII Reuss of Köstritz
	Prince Heinrich LXIII Reuss of Köstritz
Born	18 June 1789; Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	27 September 1841 (aged 52); Stonsdorf, Kingdom of Prussia
Noble family	House of Reuss
Spouse(s)	Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode; Countess Caroline of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Father	Prince Heinrich XLIV Reuss of Köstritz
Mother	Baroness Wilhelmine Friederike Marie Auguste Eleonore of Geuder-Rabensteiner

Prince Heinrich LXIII Reuss of Köstritz (18 June 1786, Berlin – 27 September 1841, Stonsdorf) was a member of the House of Reuss.

Life

After the death of his elder brother Heinrich LX (1784–1833) he was the senior member of the Köstritz branch of the House of Reuss. His sister Auguste Fredericka Espérance was the wife of Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen.

He was married twice. On 21 February 1819 at Wernigerode Castle, he married on Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1801–1827), who was a daughter of Count Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode. After she died, on 11 May 1828, Heinrich LXIII married her sister Countess Caroline of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1806–1899).

From 1833 until his death, he was a member of the First Chamber of the Saxon parliament. As the owner of a Manor, he had been appointed by the king. Among others, he owned estates in Klipphausen, Spreewiese and Klix.[1]

Offspring

Heinrich LXIII had the following children:

From his first marriage:

Joanna, usually called Jenny (1820–1878), married in 1843 to Prince Ferdinand of Schoenaich-Carolath
Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (1821–1894), inherited in 1878 the title of Prince from his cousin Prince Heinrich LXIX Reuss of Köstritz
Augusta (1822–1862), married the Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Heinrich VI Prince Reuss (1823-1823), died just days after his birth in Wernigerode
Heinrich VII (1825–1906), Adjutant General of Emperor William I, the first German ambassador to Constantinople, lived most of his life in Trebschen (modern Trzebiechów, Poland)
Heinrich X, Prince Reuss (1827–1847), his birth mother Eleonore died when he was born

From his second marriage:

Heinrich XII, Prince Reuss (1829–1866), Lord of Stonsdorf; married in 1858 Anna Countess of Hochberg, Baroness to Fürstenstein
Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss (1830–1897), Lord of Baschkow; married in 1869 Anna Countess of Hochberg, Baroness to Fürstenstein
Louise (1832–1862)
Heinrich XV, Prince Reuss (1834–1869), married in 1863 Countess Luitgarde of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Anna (1837–1907), married in 1863 Prince Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Heinrich XVII, Prince Reuss (1839–1870), killed in the Battle of Mars-la-Tour

Ancestry

Ancestors of Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz

16. Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1639-1692)

8. Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Schleiz-Köstritz (1681-1748), (de)

17. Gräfin Anna Elisabeth von Zinzendorf

4. Heinrich IX, Count Reuss of Köstritz

9. Baroness Eleonore von Promnitz-Dittersbach

2. Heinrich XLIV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz

10. Count Karl von Wartensleben und Flodroff

5. Countess Amalie von Wartensleben und Flodroff

11. Johanna Margaretha Huyssen van Kattendijke

1. Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz

12. Baron Johann von Geuder genannt Rabensteiner[2]

6. Baron Friedrich Christian von Geuder genannt Rabensteiner

13. Baroness Sophia von Lettmath[3]

3. Baroness Wilhelmine von Geuder genannt Rabensteiner

14. Johann von Bredow

7. Johanna von Bredow

15. Sophie von Borcke

Footnotes

Josef Matzerath: Aspects of Saxon Landtag history - Presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952, Dresden 2001, p. 48
Kneschke, E.H. (1861). Neues allgemeines Deutsches adels-lexicon: im vereine mit mehreren historikern. F. Voight. p. 503. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
Biedermann, J.G. (1748). Geschlechtsregister des Hochadelichen Patriciats zu Nürnberg. Dietzel. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

References

Gothaischer Hofkalender, various years of the 19th Century

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[1] Josef Matzerath: Aspects of Saxon Landtag history - Presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952, Dresden 2001, p. 48

[google-2] Kneschke, E.H. (1861). Neues allgemeines Deutsches adels-lexicon: im vereine mit mehreren historikern. F. Voight. p. 503. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[google2-3] Biedermann, J.G. (1748). Geschlechtsregister des Hochadelichen Patriciats zu Nürnberg. Dietzel. Retrieved 17 November 2014.