# Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz (German: Heinrich XI Fürst Reuß zu Greiz; 18 March 1722 – 28 June 1800) was the first Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1778 to 1800.

## Early life

Heinrich XI was born at Greiz, Reuss, youngest child of Count Heinrich II Reuss-Obergreiz (1696–1722), (son of Heinrich VI, Count Reuss-Greiz and Baroness Henriette Amalie von Friesen) and his wife, Countess Sophie Charlotte von Bothmer (1697–1748), (daughter of Count Hans Kaspar von Bothmer and Gisela Erdmuth von Hoym).

## Succession to Obergreiz and Untergreiz

Heinrich succeeded his brother Henry IX as Count of Reuss-Obergreiz 17 March 1723. After the death of Count Henry III Reuss-Untergreiz, in 1768, including the city of Untergreiz passed to the domains of the Heinrich XI and he was able to gather these possessions and guaranteed the line of succession.

## Prince Reuss of Greiz

On 12 May 1778 Heinrich was elevated to Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (German: Fürst) by the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. He received the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary as well.

## First marriage and issue

Heinrich XI married on 4 April 1743 in Köstritz to Countess Conradine Reuss-Köstritz (1719–1770), youngest daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz, and his wife, Baroness Marie Eleonore Emma von Promnitz-Dittersbach.
They had eleven children:
* Count Heinrich XII of Reuss-Greiz (25 April 1744 – 30 December 1745)
* Countess Amalie of Reuss-Greiz (25 October 1745 – 3 October 1748)
* Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss-Greiz (16 February 1747 – 29 January 1817), married in 1786 to Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg, had issue.
* Princess Friederike of Reuss-Greiz (9 July 1748 – 14 June 1816), married firstly in 1767 to Friedrich Ludwig, Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen, no issue, divorced in 1769; Married secondly in 1770 to Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, no issue.
* Prince Heinrich XIV of Reuss-Greiz (6 November 1749 – 12 February 1799), married morganatically in 1797 to Marie Anne Meyer, no issue.
* Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Greiz (22 February 1751 – 30 August 1825)
* Princess Isabelle Auguste of Reuss-Greiz (7 August 1752 – 10 October 1824), married in 1771 to Burgrave Wilhelm Georg of Kirchberg-Hachenburg, had issue.
* Countess Marie of Reuss-Greiz (1 November 1754 – 28 September 1759)
* Princess Viktoria of Reuss-Greiz (20 January 1756 – 2 December 1819), married in 1783 to Wolfgang Ernst II, Prince of Isenburg und Büdingen zu Birstein, no issue.
* Count Heinrich XVI of Reuss-Greiz (30 August 1759 – 13 December 1763)
* Prince Heinrich XVII of Reuss-Greiz (25 May 1761 – 27 February 1807), married morganatically in 1805 to Babette von Wenz, issue: Isabelle von Wenz zum Lahnstein (1806-1886).

## Second marriage

Heinrich married secondly on 25 October 1770 in Frankfurt am Main to Countess Alexandrine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim (1732–1809), second daughter of Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim, and his wife, Countess Catharine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim; they had no issue.

## Ancestry

Ancestors of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz :

## Notes and sources

* Ancestors of Queen Juliana, Jaarboek Centraal Bureau Genealogie, Den Haag, Reference: 246
* L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: 309
* Les 256 quartiers genealogiques de Jacques Henri VI, chef de la maison de France, 1980., Vollet, Charles, Reference: 174
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| New title | Prince Reuss of Greiz 1778 – 1800 | Succeeded byHeinrich XIII |