Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line

Heinrich LXII
Prince Reuss Younger Line
Born	31 May 1785 Schleiz, Reuss
Died	19 June 1854 (aged 69) Schleiz, Reuss Younger Line
Full name German: Heinrich
House	House of Reuss Younger Line
Father	Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz
Mother	Princess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg

Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (German: Heinrich LXII Fürst Reuß jüngere Linie; 31 May 1785 – 19 June 1854) was the first Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1848 to 1854.

Early life

Heinrich LXII was born at Schleiz, Reuss, eldest surviving son of Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz (1752–1818), (son of Count Heinrich XII Reuss of Schleiz, and Countess Christine of Erbach-Schönberg) and his wife, Princess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1761–1849), (daughter of Christian Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and Princess Louise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).

Prince Reuss Younger Line

After the abdication of Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf in October 1848, due to civil unrest in connection with the revolutions that spread through Germany, Heinrich LXII unified the principalities of Reuss-Schleiz, Reuss-Gera, Reuss-Lobenstein and Reuss-Ebersdorf, and became part of the Principality of Reuss Younger Line. Under his government, the country received in 1849 a modern constitution. In 1851, the first constitutional parliament and in 1852 was a revised the state constitution, together with a new electoral law adopted by indirect elections.

Heinrich LXII died unmarried and had no children, therefore, at his death, the throne of the Principality passed to his younger brother Heinrich LXVII.

Titles and styles

• 31 May 1785 – 1806: His Serene Highness Count Heinrich LXII Reuss of Schleiz
• 1806 – 17 April 1818: His Serene Highness Prince Heinrich LXII Reuss of Schleiz
• 17 April 1818 – 1848: His Serene Highness The Prince Reuss of Schleiz
• 1848 – 19 June 1854: His Serene Highness The Prince Reuss Younger Line

Ancestry

Ancestors of Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line

16. Heinrich I, Count Reuss of Schleiz               8. Heinrich XI, Count Reuss of Schleiz                       17. Countess Esther of Hardegg               4. Count Heinrich XII Reuss of Schleiz                             18. Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               9. Countess Auguste Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                       19. Countess Juliane Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen               2. Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz                                   20. Georg Albrecht II Posthumus, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau               10. George August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg                       21. Countess Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg               5. Countess Christine of Erbach-Schönberg                             22. Ludwig Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern               11. Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern                       23. Duchess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow               1. Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line                                         24. Friedrich Eberhard, Count of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg               12. Karl August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg                       25. Countess Friederike Albertine of Erbach-Fürstenau               6. Christian Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg                             26. Christian Albert, Count of Wolfstein               13. Countess Charlotta Amalia of Wolfstein                       27. Countess Auguste Friederike of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein               3. Princess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg                                   28. Albert Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               14. Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                       29. Countess Sophie Amalie of Nassau-Saarbrücken               7. Princess Luise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                             30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken               15. Countess Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       31. Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Notes and sources

• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Heinrich LXII, Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz
• Europäische Stammtafeln, Band I, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von, Reference: Page 170
• L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: I 322