Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf

Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
	Thaler from 1766, depicting Heinrich XXIV
Born	22 January 1724; Ebersdorf
Died	13 May 1779 (aged 55); Ebersdorf
Noble family	Reuss
Spouse(s)	Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
Issue	Augusta, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Father	Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Mother	Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen

Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (22 January 1724, in Ebersdorf – 13 May 1779, in Ebersdorf), was ruler of the German county Reuss-Ebersdorf from 1747 until his death in 1779. He succeeded his father as Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf.

Family

Heinrich XXIV was the eldest son of the thirteen children of Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf and Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen. On 28 June 1754, Heinrich XXIV married Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg in Thurnau. They had seven children:

Heinrich XLVI (b. Ebersdorf, 14 May 1755 — d. Ebersodrf, 18 April 1757).
Augusta (b. Ebersdorf, 9 January 1757 — d. Coburg, 16 November 1831), Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Prinzessin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 13 June 1777 to Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Via this marriage, Heinrich XXIV was the grandfather of King Leopold I of Belgium and the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria.
Luise (b. Ebersdorf, 2 June 1759 — d. Lobenstein, 5 December 1840), Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Prinzessin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 1 June 1781 to Prince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz.
Heinrich LI (b. Ebersdorf, 16 May 1761 — d. Ebersdorf, 10 July 1822), became Prince of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürst Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806.
Ernestine Ferdinande (b. Ebersdorf, 28 April 1762 — d. Ebersdorf, 19 May 1763).
Heinrich LIII (b. Ebersdorf, 24 May 1765 — d. Ebersdorf, 28 June 1770).
Henriette (b. Ebersdorf, 9 May 1767 — d. Coburg, 3 September 1801), married on 4 July 1787 to Prince Karl of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg.