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County (Principality) of Reuss-EbersdorfGrafschaft (Fürstentum) Reuß-Ebersdorf
1678–1824
Flag Coat of arms
The Reuss Junior Line within Thuringia
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire, then State of the Confederation of the Rhine
Capital	Ebersdorf
Government	Principality
Historical era	Modern era
• Partitioned from Reuß-Lobenstein	1678
• Raised to principality	1806
• Inherited R-Lobenstein	7 May 1824
Preceded by Succeeded by Reuß-Lobenstein Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf

Reuss-Ebersdorf was a county and from 1806 a principality located in Germany. The Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf belonged to the Reuss Junior Line. Reuss was successively a part of the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederation, North German Confederation, German Empire and Weimar Republic before becoming a part of Thuringia in 1920.

History

Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-EbersdorfFürstentum Reuß-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf
1824–1848
Status	State of the Confederation of the Rhine, then State of the German Confederation
Capital	Gera
Government	Principality
Historical era	Modern era
• Reuss-Ebersdorf inherited Reuss-Lobenstein	7 May 1824
• Revolutions of 1848	1848
Preceded by Succeeded by Reuss-Ebersdorf Reuss-Lobenstein Reuss Junior Line

Following the death of Count Heinrich X of Reuss-Lobenstein in 1671, Reuss-Lobenstein was ruled jointly by his three sons Heinrich III, Heinrich VIII and Heinrich X. In 1678 Reuss-Lobenstein was partitioned with Heinrich III remaining Count of Reuss-Lobenstein, Heinrich VIII becoming Count of Reuss-Hirschberg and Heinrich X becoming the Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf.

In 1806 the title of the ruler of Reuss-Ebersdorf was upgraded to that of Prince. In 1824, on the death of Prince Heinrich LIV of Reuss-Lobenstein, Count Heinrich LXXII of Reuss-Ebersdorf succeeded him and took the title Prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf. Prince Heinrich LXXII remained prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf until his abdication in 1848 in favour of the prince of Reuss-Schleiz.

Count Heinrich XXIV was the father of Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, maternal grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Rulers of Reuss-Ebersdorf

Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1678–1806)

• Heinrich X, 1678–1711
• Heinrich XXIX, 1711–47
• Heinrich XXIV, 1747–79
• Heinrich LI, 1779–1806

Raised to principality, 1806

Princes of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1806–24)

• Heinrich LI, 1806–22
• Heinrich LXXII, 1822–24

Succeeded as Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf, 1824

Princes of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf (1824–48)

• Heinrich LXXII, 1824–48

To Reuss-Schleiz, 1848

v t e Upper Saxon Circle (1512–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire
Electorates	Brandenburg Saxony
Ecclesiastical	Cammin
Secular	Anhalt Bernburg Dessau Köthen Zerbst Barby Hatzfeld-Gleichen Pomerania Further Hither Querfurt Reuss Elder Junior Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Coburg Saxe-Eisenach Saxe-Gotha Saxe-Weimar Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen
Prelates	Gernrode Quedlinburg Abbey Walkenried Abbey
Counts / Lords	Hohnstein Lohra / Klettenberg Mansfeld Schönburg (Saale) Stolberg Stolberg Wernigerode Rossla
Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish     ·     Unencircled territories See also: Ernestine duchies

v t e States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)
Rank elevated by Napoleon	Kingdoms Bavaria Saxony Württemberg Grand Duchies Baden Hesse Duchies Nassau
States created	Kingdoms Westphalia Grand Duchies Berg Frankfurt Würzburg Principalities Aschaffenburg Leyen Regensburg
Pre-existing states	Saxon duchies Coburg-Saalfeld Gotha-Altenburg Hildburghausen Meiningen Weimar Eisenach Weimar-Eisenach Other duchies Anhalt Bernburg Dessau Köthen Arenberg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg Principalities Hohenzollern Hechingen Sigmaringen Isenburg Liechtenstein Lippe-Detmold Reuss Ebersdorf Greiz Lobenstein Schleiz Salm Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen Waldeck
from 1810 until 1810 until 1809 from 1809 until 1811

v t e States of the German Confederation (1815–1866)
Empires	Austria
Kingdoms	Prussia Bavaria Saxony Hanover Württemberg
Electorates	Hesse-Kassel
Grand duchies	Baden Hesse-Darmstadt Luxembourg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Brunswick Holstein Limburg (from 1839) Nassau Lauenburg Anhalt (Ascania) Anhalt (from 1863) Bernburg (until 1863) Dessau (until 1863) Köthen (until 1847) Ernestine duchies Altenburg (from 1826) Coburg-Saalfeld (until 1826) Coburg-Gotha (from 1826) Gotha-Altenburg (until 1826) Hildburghausen (until 1826) Meiningen
Principalities	Hesse-Homburg Liechtenstein Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe Waldeck and Pyrmont Reuss Reuss-Ebersdorf (until 1824) Reuss-Lobenstein (until 1824) Reuß-Lobenstein und Ebersdorf (1824-1848) Reuss-Gera (Junior Line) (from 1848) Reuss-Greiz (Elder Line) Reuss-Schleiz (until 1848) Hohenzollern Hechingen (until 1850) Sigmaringen (until 1850) Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen
Free cities	Bremen Frankfurt Hamburg Lübeck
partially

• 1678 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
• 1824 disestablishments in the German Confederation
• States and territories established in 1678
• Imperial County of Reuss
• States of the German Confederation
• Upper Saxon Circle