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 | |
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 Sophie Renate (left), with her mother | |
| Born | 27 June 1884 |
| Died | 19 January 1968 (aged 83) |
| Spouse | Prince Heinrich XXXIV Reuß, J.L.
(m. 1909; died 1956) |
| Issue | Prince Heinrich I Reuss Felizitas, Princess of Isenburg-Büdingen Prince Heinrich III Reuss |
| House | House of Reuss |
| Father | Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz |
| Mother | Princess 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:
- Prince Heinrich I Reuß (1910–1982), wed 1939 Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg, (1918–2019)
- Princess Felizitas Reuß (1914–1989), wed 1935 Otto Friedrich, Prince of Isenburg-Büdingen, (1904–1990)
- Prince Heinrich III Reuß (born 1919), wed firstly in 1944 to Baroness Franziska Mayr von Melnhoff (1919–1964), divorced 1955; wed secondly in 1964, Countess Odylia zu Castell-Castell, born 1939.
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References
- "Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Royal Family". monarchies.onlinewebshop.net.
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIV. "Haus Reuß". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1991, pp. 162, 164–166. (German). ISBN 3-7980-0700-4