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    Principality of Reuss-Gera (German: Fürstentum Reuß-Gera), called the Principality of the Reuss Junior Line (German: Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie) after...
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    Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss (German: Heinrich XIII. Prinz Reuß, pronounced [ˈhaɪnʁɪç deːɐ̯ ˈdʁaɪˌtseːntə pʁɪnts ˈʁɔʏs]; born 4 December 1951) is a German...
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    Reuss are named Heinrich (English: Henry), in honour of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1190–1197), to whom they owed the dominions of Weida and Gera....
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    Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1913 to 1918. Then he became Head of the House of Reuss Younger Line from 1918 to 1928. Heinrich XXVII was born at Gera, into...
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    Reuss-Gera (present-day Thuringia), only surviving son of Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1858–1928), (son of Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger...
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    was Lord of Gera, Lord of Lobenstein and Lord of Oberkranichfeld. Henry II was born posthumously, as the only son of Henry XVI of Reuss-Gera (1530–1572)...
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  • Heinrich Reuss is the name of many male members of the German noble House of Reuss. It may refer to: Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera (1572–1635) Henry X...
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    city during the 13th century, Gera has historical significance as being one of the main residences of the Ducal House of Reuss and subsequently the capital...
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  • was the son of Henry II "the Posthumous" of Reuss-Gera. After his father died in 1635, he was raised by his elder brothers Henry II (1602–1670) and Henry...
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  • Ebersdorf and his wife Marie Sibylle of Reuss-Obergreiz. His paternal grandfather was Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera. When the county was divided in 1678...
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  • II, Duke of Münsterberg (c. 1396–1420) Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels (1507–1548) Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563–1624) Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera...
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    Musikalische Exequien (category Compositions by Heinrich Schütz)
    sacred funeral music that Heinrich Schütz wrote in 1635 or 1636 for the funeral services of Count Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera, who had died on 3 December...
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    Sachlichkeit. Otto Dix was born in Untermhaus, Germany, now a part of the city of Gera, Thuringia. The eldest son of Franz Dix, an iron foundry worker, and Louise...
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    in Gera. Agnes married on 6 February 1858 at Karlsruhe to Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1832–1913), son of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger...
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  • century. Only two lines of the Reuß family survived from that time, with one principality based in Greiz, and the other in Gera and Schleiz. In 1919 both were...
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    the Reuss Junior Line. Reuss-Lobenstein has existed on two occasions, it was firstly created in 1425 as a lordship with Heinrich II, Lord of Reuss-Lobenstein...
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    twice. In Gera on 24 April 1917, he married Princess Viktoria Feodora of Reuss-Schleiz (1889-1918), daughter of Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line...
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    großen Wuntertaten Opus 7: Dresden (1636) for the funeral of de:Heinrich II. (Reuß-Gera) SWV 279 – Nacket bin ich vom Mutterleib gekommen SWV 280 – Herr...
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    of Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss Elder Line in 1927, the titles passed to Heinrich XXVII. Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line Heinrich XLV...
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    Reuss-Ebersdorf, daughter of Count Heinrich XXIV, was the mother of Leopold I of Belgium and Victoria, Duchess of Kent and grandmother of Ernest II,...
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    Gera. It was recognized as a town in the 13th century. Later the House of Reuss, a ruling German dynasty whose male members were all named Heinrich,...
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    "conventional" black-red-gold flag of the Principality of Reuss-Gera (Fürstentum Reuß-Gera) from 1806 to 1918: the Bundesschild is displayed in the centre...
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    Collar, 18 January 1892 Lifesaving Medal Reuss: Cross of Merit, 1st Class Cross of Honour, 1st Class (Reuss-Gera)  Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of...
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  • Similarly for the House of Reuss, where all men were numbered Heinrichs and some were reigning Princes of Reuss-Gera or Reuss-Greiz. Pretenders and rulers...
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  • Heinrich Paul Hermann Voigtsberger (10 February 1903 – 17 March 1959) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was...
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    former leadership by the Vögte ("advocates" or "lords protector") of Weida, Gera and Plauen. The landscape of the Vogtland is sometimes described as idyllic...
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  • Dietrich Peltz (category People from the Principality of Reuss-Gera)
    Munich. Peltz was born on 9 June 1914 in Gera-Reuß, in Thuringia, at the time a Principality of Reuss-Gera. He was the son of a factory director. Aged...
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  • (1824–1848) Reuss-Gera (complete list) – Heinrich XLII, Prince (1806–1818) Heinrich LXII, Prince (1818–1854) Reuss-Greiz (complete list) – Heinrich XIII, Prince...
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  • Thuringian town of Zeulenroda, then part of the sovereign Principality of Reuss within the German Confederation. Seeling upon his apprenticeship received...
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    Henry IV, Burgrave of Plauen (category House of Reuss)
    the Lords Reuss of Plauen at Greiz about who would inherit Gera in case the Lord of Gera would die childless. On 7 August 1550, Henry of Gera died childless...
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