Sophie Renate Reuss of Köstritz

Princess Sofie Renate Reuß (27 June 1884 – 19 January 1968) was the third child and only daughter of Prince Heinrich VII Reuß, J.L., proprietor of the Köstritz paragium, and Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar.[1] Her mother was the daughter of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar by his wife, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands.[2] She was born in Mauer, Vienna in Austria.

Princess Sofie Renate Reuss
Sophie Renate (left), with her mother
Born(1884-06-27)27 June 1884
Died19 January 1968(1968-01-19) (aged 83)
Spouse
Prince Heinrich XXXIV Reuß, J.L.
(m. 1909; died 1956)
IssuePrince Heinrich I Reuss
Felizitas, Princess of Isenburg-Büdingen
Prince Heinrich III Reuss
HouseHouse of Reuss
FatherHeinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
MotherPrincess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

From the accession to the throne of the Netherlands of the ten year-old Princess Wilhelmina of Orange-Nassau in 1890, her grandmother was the heiress presumptive to the Dutch throne, until her own death in 1897.

On 12 December 1909 the princess married her cousin, Prince Heinrich XXXIV Reuß, J.L. (1887–1956). After the death of her husband at Frankfurt am Main, she resided in Gelnhausen in Hesse, and died in Giessen, Germany.

Her three children, all of whom married and left children, were:

Ancestry

References

  1. "Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Royal Family". monarchies.onlinewebshop.net.
  2. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIV. "Haus Reuß". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1991, pp. 162, 164–166. (German). ISBN 3-7980-0700-4
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