Heinrich XIV, Prince of Reuss


HSH The Prince of Reuss

Titles	Prince of Reuss
Reign	20 June 2012 - present
Predecessor	Heinrich XIII
Heir	Emma, Hereditary Princess of Reuss
Biographical Information
Born	14 July 1955 (age 71) Ernstbrunn, Austria, Austria-Hungary
Spouse	Johanna von Frentz (m. 1995)
Issue	Emma, Hereditary Princess of Reuss
Name	Heinrich
House	Reuss
Father	Heinrich XIII, Prince of Reuss
Mother	Princess Marie Luise of Salm-Horstmar
Religion	Evangelical Church of Germany

Heinrich XIV, Prince of Reuss (born Prince Heinrich of Reuss on 14 July 1955) is the current reigning Prince of Reuss.

Life[edit | edit source]

Heinrich was born the eldest child and only son of Heinrich XIII, Prince of Reuss and Princess Marie Luise of Salm-Horstmar.

Heinrich became heir to the throne upon his father's ascension in 1962. In 2014, Georg Friedrich, Emperor of Germany approved a change the Reuss House Law that allowed for female succession, making Heinrich's daughter, Emma, heir to the Reuss throne.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 30 April 1995, Heinrich married Johanna von Frentz in Gera. The couple have one daughter, Emma.

Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
	Emma, Hereditary Princess of Reuss	30 April 1996		Archduke Joachim of Modena (m. 2019); has issue

Residences[edit | edit source]

Orangery; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
Osterburg; Summer Residence (June-August)
Burgk Castle; Winter Residence (December-February)

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

1955-1962 Prince Heinrich of Reuss
1962-2012 Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Reuss
2012-present Heinrich XIV, Prince of Reuss

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Princely Honour Cross (1973) (Reuss)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Black Eagle (2013) (Germany)

Order of the Red Eagle (1987) (Germany)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]


Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
Heinrich XIII, Prince of Reuss	Prince Heinrich of Reuss Countess Antonia of Castell-Castell	Heinrich XXIV, Prince of Kostritz Princess Elisabeth of Reuss Friedrich Carl, Prince of Castell-Castell Countess Gertrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode	Heinrich IV, Prince of Kostritz Princess Louise Caroline of Greiz Prince Heinrich of Reuss Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode Carl, Count of Castell-Castell Countess Emma of Solms-Rodelheim-Assenheim Constantin, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode Countess Antonie of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Princess Marie Luise of Salm-Horstmar	Otto II, Prince of Salm-Horstmar Princess Rosa of Solms-Baruth	Otto I, Prince of Salm-Horstmar Countess Emilie of Lippe-Biesterfeld Friedrich II, Prince of Solms-Baruth Countess Luise of Hochberg	Friedrich, Prince of Salm-Horstmar Countess Elisabeth of Solms-Rodelheim-Assenheim Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld Countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell Friedrich I, Prince of Solms-Baruth Countess Rosa of Szek Hans Heinrich XI, Prince of Pless Marie von Kleist

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]


Heinrich XIV, Prince of Reuss House of Reuss Born: 14 July 1995
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Reuss throne	Followed by
Incumbent preceded by Heinrich XIII	Incumbent	Emma, Hereditary Princess of Reuss

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Christoph Waltz