Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf

Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (22 January 1724, in Ebersdorf – 13 May 1779, in Ebersdorf), was ruler of the German county Reuss-Ebersdorf from 1747 until his death in 1779. He succeeded his father as Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf.

Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Thaler from 1766, depicting Heinrich XXIV
Born	(1724-01-22)22 January 1724 Ebersdorf
Died	13 May 1779(1779-05-13) (aged 55) Ebersdorf
Noble family	Reuss
Spouse(s)	Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
Issue	Augusta, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Father	Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Mother	Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen

Family

Heinrich XXIV was the eldest son of the thirteen children of Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf and Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen. On 28 June 1754, Heinrich XXIV married Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg in Thurnau. They had seven children:

1. Heinrich XLVI (b. Ebersdorf, 14 May 1755 — d. Ebersodrf, 18 April 1757).
2. Augusta (b. Ebersdorf, 9 January 1757 — d. Coburg, 16 November 1831), Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Prinzessin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 13 June 1777 to Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Via this marriage, Heinrich XXIV was the grandfather of King Leopold I of Belgium and the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria.
3. Luise (b. Ebersdorf, 2 June 1759 — d. Lobenstein, 5 December 1840), Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Prinzessin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 1 June 1781 to Prince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz.
4. Heinrich LI (b. Ebersdorf, 16 May 1761 — d. Ebersdorf, 10 July 1822), became Prince of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürst Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806.
5. Ernestine Ferdinande (b. Ebersdorf, 28 April 1762 — d. Ebersdorf, 19 May 1763).
6. Heinrich LIII (b. Ebersdorf, 24 May 1765 — d. Ebersdorf, 28 June 1770).
7. Henriette (b. Ebersdorf, 9 May 1767 — d. Coburg, 3 September 1801), married on 4 July 1787 to Prince Karl of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf

8. Heinrich X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein 4. Heinrich X, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf 9. Marie Sibylle of Reuss-Obergreiz 2. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf 10. Johann Friedrich, Count of Solms-Baruth 5. Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach 11. Benigna of Promnitz 1. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf 12. Wolfgang Georg I of Castell-Remlingen 6. Wolfgang, Count of Castell-Remlingen 13. Sophia Juliana of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg 3. Countess Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen 14. Maximilian Erasmus, Count of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf 7. Dorothea Renata of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf 15. Anna Amalia of Dietrichstein

References

• Thomas Gehrlein: "Das Haus Reuss: Älterer und Jüngerer Linie", booklet, August 2006