Editing Imperial County of Reuss

{{Short description|Principality within the Holy Roman Empire (c. 1010 - 1778/1806)}}
{{Infobox country
|native_name            = {{native name|de|Reichsgrafschaft Reuß}}
|conventional_long_name = Imperial County of Reuss
|common_name            = Reuss
|era                    = [[Middle Ages]]
|status                 = County
|empire                 = Holy Roman Empire
|government_type        = [[Principality]]
|life_span              = {{circa|1010}}–1778/1806
|event_start            = <!--- Default: "Established" --->
|year_start             = {{circa|1010}}
|event1                 = Partitioned to [[Gera|R.-Gera]], <br>{{spaces|4}}[[Plauen|R-Plauen]] and [[Weida, Thuringia|R-Weida]]
|date_event1            = &nbsp;<br>{{circa|1206}}
|event2                 = Partitioned into Elder, <br>{{spaces|4}}Middle and Younger line
|date_event2            = &nbsp;<br>1564
|event3                 = Principality of Reuss <br>{{spaces|4}}[[Reuss Elder Line|Elder Line]]
|date_event3            = &nbsp;<br>1778
|event_end              = Principality of Reuss <br>{{spaces|4}}[[Reuss Junior Line|Junior Line]]
|year_end               = 1806
|p1                     = Vogtland
|flag_p1                = Wappen Gera.svg
|border_p1              = no
|s1                     = Principality of Reuss-Greiz
|flag_s1                = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß ältere Linie.svg
|s2                     = Principality of Reuss-Gera
|flag_s2                = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.svg
|image_flag             = Flag of Reuss-Lobenstein.svg
|image_coat             = Coat of Arms of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, Younger Line.svg
|coa_size               = 100px
|image_map              = Reuss1820.png
|image_map_caption      = Reuss in 1820: Elder (green) and Younger (orange) line
|capital                = [[Weida, Thuringia|Weida]] until 1531, then [[Plauen]], [[Gera]] and [[Greiz]]
|today                  =
}}

'''Reuss''' ({{langx|de|Reuß}} {{IPA|de|ˈʁɔʏs||de-Reuss.ogg}}) was the name of several historical states located in present-day [[Thuringia]], Germany. Several lordships of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] which arose after 1300 and became [[Imperial Count]]ies from 1673 and [[Prince of the Holy Roman Empire|Imperial Principalities]] in the late 18th century were ruled by the '''House of Reuss'''.

A varying number of these counties came into being by partition; they were partially merged and divided again. After the end of the empire in 1806, the principality of the elder line, as well as several of the younger, became sovereign member states of the [[German Confederation]], with the younger ones merging into a unified principality by 1848. The two remaining territories became [[Federal prince|federal principalities]] of the [[German Empire]] in 1871, the [[Principality of Reuss Elder Line]] with the state capital of [[Greiz]] and the [[Principality of Reuss Younger Line]] with the state capital of [[Gera]]. Both states were ruled by the House of Reuss until the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919]]. The head of each branch bore the German title ''[[Fürst]]'' (Prince, as head of a princely house) while their children and all other members of the house bore the title ''Prinz/Prinzessin'' (Prince/Princess, as agnate members of a princely house).

Since the end of the 12th century, all male members of the House of Reuss are named ''Heinrich'' ({{langx|en|Henry}}), in honour of [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] (1190–1197), to whom they owed the dominions of [[Weida, Thuringia|Weida]] and Gera. For the purpose of differentiation, they are given order numbers according to certain systems (see below, section ''Numbering of the Heinrichs''), and in private life they are distinguished by nicknames.

==History of the various states==
Several different principalities of the House of Reuss which had previously existed had by the time of the formation of the [[German Confederation]] become part of the two remaining lines (the '''[[Principality of Reuss Elder Line|Elder]]''' and the '''[[Principality of Reuss Younger Line|Younger]] lines''').  Before then, they had been part first of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], and then the [[Confederation of the Rhine]].

===Origins===
The region including what would become the Principality of Reuss was inhabited in early medieval times by [[Slavic people]] who were converted to Christianity by the [[German Emperor]] [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] (936–973). In church matters the region was under the [[Diocese of Zeitz]] (founded in 968), which became a suffragan of [[Diocese of Magdeburg|Magdeburg]]. On account of the frequent inroads of the Slavs, the residence of the Bishop of [[Zeitz]] was removed to [[Naumburg]] in 1028, after which the [[Episcopal See|See]] was called [[Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz|Naumburg-Zeitz]].<ref name=Catholic/>

Upon its subjection to German authority, the whole province was allotted to the [[March of Zeitz]]. As early as the year 1000, however, Emperor [[Otto III]] permitted the entire part lying on the eastern boundary of [[Thuringia]], a wooded area, sparsely populated by the [[West Slavs|West Slavic]] people of the [[Sorbs]], to be cleared for farmland and settled by German settlers. Emperor [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]] appointed Henry the Pious of [[Wünschendorf/Elster|Gleissberg]] (c. 1040−1120) imperial [[vogt]], or [[bailiff]] (''advocatus imperii'') of this settlement area, under the rule of the imperial [[Quedlinburg Abbey]]. He was a son of Erkenbert I of Weida, the oldest known ancestor of the family, who is mentioned in 1122 in the entourage of Count Adalbert of [[Burgberg (ridge)|Everstein]] at the consecration of St John's church in Plauen. The name of the area Heinrich controlled derives from his office: [[Vogtland]] (''Terra advocatorum'', Land of the Bailiff). This designation has remained to this day a geographical summary for a region of 3,467&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (comparable roughly to the county of [[Essex]]) which is located in [[Saxony]], Thuringia and, to a lesser extent, in northern [[Bavaria]].

=== The House of the ''Vogts'' (Bailiffs) ===

[[File:Plauen Scheibler101.jpg|thumb|upright|Coat-of-arms of the ''Vogts'' of Gera (1370), since the mid 15th century also of the ''Vogts'' of Plauen and the Lords Reuss of Plauen]]
The position of ''vogt'' soon became hereditary. While the dominions of Heinrich von Gleissberg included the towns [[Gera]] and [[Weida, Thuringia|Weida]], his grandson Henry II the Rich (d. before 1209) also acquired [[Plauen]]. When his three sons divided their inheritance, three independent areas emerged, ruled by the branches of the bailiffs of Weida-Ronneburg, Plauen-Gera and Greiz-Reichenbach. The bailiffs, initially unfree nobles ''([[Ministerialis]])'', quickly rose to the rank of lords. After the division, the official title ''Vogt'' was carried on by all branches and passed on like a hereditary imperial fiefdom. When the bailiffs negotiated a treaty with [[Henry III, Margrave of Meissen]] in 1254, they acted as equal partners. In 1329 Emperor [[Ludwig the Bavarian]] confirmed the bailiffs a rank equal to [[Prince of the Holy Roman Empire|Princes of the Holy Roman Empire]], albeit without the title itself, they continued to use the designation ''Vogt''.

In the 12th and 13th centuries, the bailiffs of Weida gradually became independent of the Quedlinburg Abbey on the lands they administered. Their area included what is generally understood today as Vogtland. Over time the dominions of the bailiffs extended beyond the Vogtland into the [[Western Ore Mountains]], with areas extending into what is now the [[Czech Republic]].

The Weida branch was extinct in 1535, the branch of Greiz-Reichenbach was soon inherited by the branch of Plauen-Gera which then divided into Plauen (elder and younger line) and Gera-Schleiz-Lobenstein (extinct in 1550). The elder Plauen line of the vogts was extinct in 1380, the founder of the younger Plauen line was Henry (d. about 1300), who on account of his stay in Eastern European regions and his marriage with a granddaughter of King [[Daniel of Galicia]] received the surname of "''der Reusse''" ([[Ruthenus]], a term for the [[Kievan Rus']]), whence the name later passed to his country.<ref name=Catholic/> His descendants were styled ''Lords Reuss of Plauen, Greiz and Gera''. The House of Reuss is thus descended from the vogts of Plauen from whom they inherited the cities and lordships of Gera, Greiz, [[Schleiz]] and [[Bad Lobenstein|Lobenstein]]. However, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the vogts had lost the greater part of their possessions, most of which fell to the [[Electorate of Saxony]], including Weida in 1427 and Plauen in 1482.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
Album der Schlösser und Rittergüter im Königreiche Sachsen V 129.jpg|[[Plauen]] city and castle (1859)
Osterburg Weida.jpg|[[Osterburg (Weida)|Osterburg Castle]] at Weida
Gera, Thüringen - Schloss Osterstein (Zeno Ansichtskarten).jpg|Osterstein Castle at Gera (until 1918 state capital of the Principality of Reuss Younger Line) 
Greiz Schlösser Unteres und Oberes Schloss oberhalb der Weißen Elster Foto 2009 Wolfgang Pehlemann Wiesbaden IMG 0796.jpg|[[Greiz]] with Upper and Lower Castle (until 1918 state capital of the Principality of Reuss Elder Line)
</gallery>

===House of Reuss===

[[File:Wappen Deutsches Reich - Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.png|thumb|upright|Coat-of-arms of the princely House of Reuss (younger line)]]
In 1306 the Plauen branch of the vogts was subdivided into an elder line (at Plauen) that died out around 1380, and a younger line (at [[Greiz]] and [[Reichenbach im Vogtland|Reichenbach]]), called ''Reuss''. In 1564 the latter was subdivided into three branches, the [[Principality of Reuss Elder Line|Elder]] (extinct in 1927), the Middle (extinct in 1616), and the [[Principality of Reuss Younger Line|Younger]] (of which the ruling line became extinct in 1945) and a side line, split off in 1692, Reuss-[[Bad Köstritz|Köstritz]], which had been raised to (however non-ruling) princes in 1806, still exists with about 30 male relatives, all named ''Heinrich'', as the last surviving branch of the family, with the senior of this branch, the Prince Reuss-Köstritz, as head of the entire house, hence now ''The Fürst Reuss'', while the others hold the agnatic title of prince.

In 1673 the Lords Reuss were raised to [[Imperial Count]]s and (depending on the line) from 1778 (1790 or 1802) to [[Prince of the Holy Roman Empire|Imperial Princes]]. The dynasty ruled divided areas in various lines and sub-lines; around 1700 there were ten Reussian counties of both main branches. The lords, counts and princes were never styled ''of'' Reuss, but rather count or ''prince Reuss'', as Reuss was originally not the name of a town or castle, but rather a personal designation for the founder of the branch that indicated his foreign connection through marriage (''Reussen'' is in fact an older German term for ''Russians''), and the family is still referred to today in the plural as ''die Reussen''.

On account of the close relations of Reuss with the neighbouring Saxon states, Lutheranism speedily gained a foothold in Reuss. The rulers joined the [[Schmalkaldic League]] against the German emperor, and forfeited their possessions, but afterwards recovered them.<ref name=Catholic/>

===Numbering of the Heinrichs===

All the males of the House of Reuss are named Heinrich (Henry) plus a number.

In the [[Reuss Elder Line|elder line]] the numbering covers all male children of the elder House, and the numbers increase until 100 is reached and then start again at 1.

In the [[Reuss Younger Line|younger line]] the system is similar but the numbers increase until the end of the century before starting again at 1.

This odd regulation was formulated as a Family Law in 1688, but the tradition of the uniformity of name was in practice as early as 1200.  It was seen as a way of honoring the [[Hohenstaufen]] [[Emperor]] Heinrich/[[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]], who raised Heinrich der Reiche/Henry the Rich (+1209) to the office of provost of the [[Quedlinburg Abbey]], thus taking on the title of ''vogt''.

===Main partition===
[[File:Reuss Karte.jpg|thumb|350px|right|The Reuss territories in the 18th century: {{unbulleted list|style=margin-top:0.5em
| Green: [[Reuss Elder Line|Reuss elder line]] (Greiz, Burgk)
| Red: [[Reuss-Gera]] (with Saalburg)
| Yellow: [[Reuss-Schleiz]]
| Brown: [[Reuss-Lobenstein]]}}]]
In 1564 the sons of Henry XIII of Reuss at Greiz divided the estates into
*Reuss at Lower Greiz, descendants of Henry XIV the Elder
*Reuss at Upper Greiz, descendants of Henry XV the Middle
*Reuss at Gera, descendants of Henry XVI the Younger.
While the Middle Reuss became extinct in 1616, the Older and Younger lines were divided again several times until in 1778 Count Henry XI united the possessions of Upper and Lower Greiz to the [[Reuss Elder Line|Principality of Reuss Elder Line]]. In return the remaining estates of Gera, considerably larger though, became the [[Reuss Younger Line|Principality of Reuss Younger Line]] in 1806. The two remaining Reuss principalities joined the [[German Confederation]] in 1815. Several subdivisions of the Younger Line merged into a unified state by 1848.

[[Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XXII of Reuss Elder line]] is notable among the modern princes of this house for his enmity to [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], which he opposed in the [[Austro-Prussian War]] of 1866, when the Prussian troops occupied his domain. Henry joined the [[North German Confederation]] and the new [[German Empire]] in 1871. He alone of all the confederate princes remained until his death in 1902 an implacable enemy of [[Prince Bismarck]] and of the conditions created in Germany by the foundation of the empire. Despite his views, his daughter [[Hermine Reuss of Greiz]] later became the second wife of the exiled German Emperor [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]. Other daughters of the house also made important marriages: [[Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf]], by marriage the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was the maternal grandmother of [[Queen Victoria]] and the paternal grandmother of [[Albert, Prince Consort]]. [[Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz]] married the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1849 and [[Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz]] became queen consort of Bulgaria in 1908.

[[Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz]] (1878–1927), was incapable of ruling and therefore the regency passed to the ruling prince of the younger line of Reuss.<ref name=Catholic>{{Catholic|wstitle=Reuss|inline=1}}</ref> Since the childless Heinrich XXIV was the last of his line, it was to be expected that the principality of the elder line would fall to the younger line after his death, and that a united state of Reuss would emerge as a result. However, both lines lost their thrones in the [[German Revolution of 1918–19]] and a united, albeit republican state, the [[People's State of Reuss]], emerged in 1919, only to merge with the larger state of [[Thuringia]] in 1920. The unified state of Reuss had a non-contiguous area of 1,143 square kilometers and 211,324 inhabitants (1919).

A (non-governing) side branch of the younger line had emerged in 1692 when [[Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz]], a younger son of the ruling count Heinrich I. Reuss of Schleiz, received a number of landed estates as a [[paréage]] within his eldest brother's county, with his main seat at [[Köstritz]] Castle. This branch connected through marriages with important ruling houses, did however not govern their own territory, but lived as landowners in the county of the Schleiz Line. Henry XLIII., count Reuss of Köstritz, was elevated to hereditary [[Fürst]] (prince) by [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Francis II]] in 1806 (however without governmental power); the paréage of Köstritz remained within the principality of the younger line.

When the elder line died out with Heinrich XXIV in 1927 and the younger one when Heinrich XLV, son of the last ruler, died childless in 1945 as a prisoner of the communists, thus both main branches having become extinct, the dynastic succession (and the theoretical claims to their thrones) passed to the princely House ''Reuss of Köstritz''. This side line of the Younger Line is therefore the only branch of the entire house that still exists today, but has over 30 male members, all named Heinrich. The family council decided on June 5, 1930, that all members of the remaining family should henceforth omit any line addition (Younger Line or Köstritz) from their names and call themselves ''Prince'' or ''Princess Reuss''. This name (as well as the Heinrichs' count) was retained by a court order even in the [[Weimar republic]]. The current head of the family, Heinrich XIV, dynastic actually ''the Fürst (Prince) Reuss of Köstritz'' (b. 1952), is also styled ''The Fürst (Prince) Reuss'', as Köstritz is no longer a side line but the only branch of the house.<ref>See German article: ''[[:de:Reuß-Köstritz|Reuß-Köstritz]]''.</ref>  His main seat is [[Ernstbrunn]] Castle in Austria which his family had inherited in 1822, while Köstritz Castle was expropriated by communist [[East Germany]] in 1945 and demolished in the 1970s. In 1945, the Princes Reuss lost all of their extended possessions and castles in their ancestral homeland through expropriation. Heinrich XIV and some of his relatives regained some properties in the former Reuss states following [[German Reunification]] in 1990.

===Aftermath===
After [[World War I]], the Reuss territories were unified in 1919 as the [[People's State of Reuss]], which was incorporated into the new state of [[Thuringia]] in 1920.

<gallery class="center">
File:Blick zum "Oberen Schloß" vom "Weißen Kreuz".jpg|The Upper Castle at [[Greiz]]
File:Unteres Schloss Greiz.JPG|The Lower Castle at Greiz
File:Gera - Orangerie 01.jpg|Orangery at [[Gera]]
 File:Schloss Burgk vom Saaleturm.jpg|[[Burgk Castle]]
</gallery>

==Rulers of Reuss==

===House of Reuss===

====Partitions of Reuss under Reuss rule====
{|align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;"
|+ 
|- 
| colspan=8 style="background: #fff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Reuss--->
|- 
| rowspan="3" colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" | '''Lordship<br>of Weida'''<ref>Between 1193 and 1427, these lords were also tenants ''(Vögtei)''.</ref><br>(1122–1531)
| colspan=6 style="background: #ffc;" | '''Lordship of Plauen'''<br>(1209–1572)<ref>Mühltroff split off from Plauen between 1317 and 1380.</ref>
| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | '''Lordship<br> of Greiz'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1209–1239)
|- 
| colspan=7 style="background: #ffc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Plauen--->
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #ffc;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Plauen--->
| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #fde;" | '''Lordship<br> of Greiz'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1274–1547)
| colspan=5 rowspan="2" style="background: #fdc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Gera--->
|- 
| rowspan="3" colspan=2 style="background: #ffc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Plauen--->
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #aed;" | '''Lordship of<br>Lobenstein'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1425–1489)
| colspan=1 style="background: #dfc;" | '''Lordship<br> of Schleiz'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1425–1547)
| colspan=3 style="background: #fdc;" | '''Lordship of Gera'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1238–1502)
|- 
| colspan=5 style="background: #dfc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Schleiz--->
|- 
| colspan=8 style="background: #ffc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Plauen--->
|- 
| colspan=2 style="background: #ffc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Plauen--->
| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Greiz--->
| colspan=5 rowspan="2" style="background: #fdc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Gera--->
|- 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fde;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Greiz--->
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #ade;" | '''Lordship of<br>Burgk'''<br>(1578–1697)<ref>Burgk, partitioned from the Lower Greiz Elder Line, was briefly reattached to Lower Greiz between 1640 and 1667. It is important to note that Dolau, a smaller lordship briefly partitioned from Burgk, was annexed to Upper Greiz.</ref>
| colspan=2 style="background: #fde;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Greiz--->
| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #fdc;" | '''Lordship of<br>Gera'''<ref>While the Elder and Middle Line (I) divided Greiz between themselves, Gera was retained exclusively by the Younger Line, and further divided.</ref><br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1547–1673)<br><br><small>Promoted to:</small><br>'''County of<br>Gera'''<br>(1673–1802)
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="background: #aed;" | '''Lordship of Lobenstein'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1635–1673)
| colspan=2 rowspan="3" style="background: #dfc;" | '''Lordship of Schleiz'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1635–1673)
|- 
| colspan=3 rowspan="7" style="background: #fde;" | '''Lordship of Greiz'''<br>(1562–1673)<ref>Greiz was divided between the Elder and Middle Lines. The Middle Line (I) was extinct in 1616, after which a new Middle Line (II) was created from the remaining Elder Line. The Elder Line kept Lower Greiz, and the new Middle Line (II) retained Upper Greiz. Both lines were promoted in 1673. In 1768, after the extinction of the Elder Line, the Middle Line (II) reunited all of Greiz.</ref><br><br><small>Promoted to:</small><br>'''County of Greiz'''<br>(1673–1778)<br><br><small>Middle Line II promoted to:</small><br>'''Principality of Greiz'''<br>(1778–1918)
|- 
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fbd;" | '''Lordship of<br> Ebersdorf'''<br>(1671–1673)<br><br><small>Promoted to:</small><br>'''County of<br> Ebersdorf'''<br>(1673–1806)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #aed;" |<small>Promoted to:</small><br>'''County of<br>Lobenstein'''<br>(1673–1806)<ref>Selbitz split off from Lobenstein between 1710 and 1778.</ref><br><br><small>Promoted to:</small><br>'''Principality of<br>Lobenstein'''<br>(1806–1824)
|- 
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #dfc;" | <small>Promoted to:</small><br>'''County of<br> Schleiz'''<br>(1673–1848)
| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #dce;" | '''County of<br> Kostritz'''<br>(1692–1806)<ref>From 1748, Kostritz divided itself in three separate branches, also called Elder, Middle and Younger Lines. All of them were elevated to princely status in 1806. In 1848 the Elder Line was extinguished, and their possessions were inherited by the Middle Line.</ref><br><br><small>Promoted to:</small><br> '''Principality of<br> Kostritz'''<br>(1806–1918)
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Gera divided<br>between the<br>remnant<br>Younger Line<br>territories''</small>
| colspan=2 style="background: #fbd;" | <small>Promoted to:</small><br>'''Principality of<br> Ebersdorf'''<br>(1806–1848)
|- 
| colspan=4 style="background: #fdc;" | '''Principality of Gera'''<ref>Albeit more commonly known as ''Principality of Reuss Younger Line'', the capital in fact returned to Gera.</ref><br><small>(Reuss-Schleiz line)</small><br>(1848–1918)
|}

====Table of rulers====
{{smalldiv|1=
Notes:
* The feudal table above was simplified: there were many other divisions which were omitted, but they will appear below, as short-lived separations from the more important ones.
* The consistent use of the name ''Henry'' is a tribute to [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor]]. Every male member of the family has this name since the third generation of the family.
* The numbering of the rulers explained above, are as follows:
** Prior to the annexation of Greiz and Gera to Plauen (1547-62), the numberings attributed are sequential. Please bear in mind that there are other sequences besides the one proposed.
** After the liberation of Plauen control (1547-62), the Reuss states divided between Elder, Middle and Younger Lines. While the Middle Line followed the sequence pre-annexation (and was the first of the three to be extinct), the other two started a very odd sequence and tradition, as follows:
*** The ''Elder Line'' numbers ''every male member'' of the family (even the stillborn sons) in sequential order of birth until 100; the numbering restarts from there.
*** The ''Younger Line'' numbers ''every male member'' of the family (even the stillborn sons) in sequential order of birth until the end of the century; the numbering restarts from the first child born in the new century.
}}
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{| class="wikitable sticky-header" 
! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Death!!Notes
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:et:Erkenbert I|Erkenbert I]]|| 
|align="center"|c.1090<br><small>Son of ?</small>
|align="center"|1122 – 1 August 1163||[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||Jordana of Gleissberg<br><small>(c.1100-27 April 1167/73)</small><br>1120<br>three children
|align="center"|1 August 1163<br><small>aged 72-73</small>||Founder of the family.
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Erkenbert II, Lord of Weida|Erkenbert II]]||
|align="center"|1124<br><small>Second son of [[:et:Erkenbert I|Erkenbert I]] and Jordana of Gleissberg</small>
|align="center"|1 August 1163 – c.1175
|rowspan="2"|[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||Jutta of Saxony<br>two children
|align="center"|c.1175<br><small>aged 50-51</small>
|rowspan="3"|Children of Erkenbert I. The elder two ruled jointly.
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:de:Heinrich der Fromme vom Gleißberg|Henry I ''the Just'']]|| 
|align="center"|1122<br><small>First son of [[:et:Erkenbert I|Erkenbert I]] and Jordana of Gleissberg</small>
|align="center"|1 August 1163 – 1193
||Lukardis of Lautenberg<br><small>(1126–1162)</small><br>1143/55<br>two children<br><br>[[Juliane of Schwarzburg]]<br><small>(1127-?)</small><br>1163<br>one child
|align="center"|1193<br><small>aged 70-71</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Otto, Lord of Osterode|Otto]]|| 
|align="center"|c.1125<br><small>Third son of [[:et:Erkenbert I|Erkenbert I]] and Jordana of Gleissberg</small>
|align="center"|1 August 1163 – 1171||[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]<br><small>(in [[Osterode (district)|Osterode]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1171<br><small>aged 46/7</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Henry II, Lord of Weida|Henry II ''the Rich'']]|| 
|align="center"|1164<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich der Fromme vom Gleißberg|Henry I]] and [[Juliane of Schwarzburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1193 – 3 August 1209||[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||[[Bertha of Vohburg]]<br><small>(c.1160-bef. 24 September 1209)</small><br>1187<br>five children
|align="center"|3 August 1209<ref>Weida Urkundenbuch, 33, p. 12. </ref><br><small>aged 44-45</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Henry III, Lord of Weida|Henry III ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|c.1180<br><small>First son of [[Henry II, Lord of Weida|Henry II]] and [[Bertha of Vohburg]]</small>
|align="center"|3 August 1209 – 1219||[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||''Unknown''<br>three children
|align="center"|9 July 1224
|rowspan="3"|Children of Henry II, divided the Reuss lands for the first time. Henry III abdicated to his own son to join the [[Teutonic Order]].
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих IV фон Вайда|Henry IV ''the Middle'']]|| 
|align="center"|1182<br><small>Second son of [[Henry II, Lord of Weida|Henry II]] and [[Bertha of Vohburg]]</small>
|align="center"|3 August 1209 – 1249||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]||[[Jutta of Altenburg]]<br><small>(1186-Aft. 1 May 1268)</small><br>1225<br><small>(annulled 8 September 1238)</small><br>three children
|align="center"|1249<br><small>aged 66-67</small>
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| [[Henry V, Lord of Weida-Greiz|Henry V ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1184<br><small>Third son of [[Henry II, Lord of Weida|Henry II]] and [[Bertha of Vohburg]]</small>
|align="center"|3 August 1209 – 1239||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]||Isengard of Waldenburg<br><small>(d.13 March 12??)</small><br>no children
|align="center"|1239<br><small>aged 54-55</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Greiz annexed to Plauen''
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency'' (1219–1224)</small>
|rowspan="2"|
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих VI фон Вайда|Henry VI ''the Peppersack'']]|| 
|align="center"|1210<br><small>Son of [[Henry III, Lord of Weida|Henry III]]</small>
|align="center"|1219 – 23 September 1258||[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||Heilika of Hardegg<br><small>(1214-?)</small><br>1235<br>two children
|align="center"|23 September 1258<br><small>aged 47-48</small>
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| [[:de:Heinrich I. (Plauen)|Henry I]]<ref name="Henry01">The two brothers restarted their numberings, either possibly asserting a semi-independence for their respective feuds, or indicating the possession of new centers of power around Plauen and Gera, respectively.  The same happened to Henry the Russian (son of Henry I of Plauen), lord in Greiz.</ref> || 
|align="center"|1226<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV фон Вайда|Henry IV]] and [[Jutta of Altenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1249–1303
|rowspan="2"|[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]||Adelaide of Lobdeburg-Lichtenburg<br><small>(1228–1253)</small><br>1247<br>[[Leuchtenburg]]<br>two children<br><br>? of Everstein<br><small>(1230-bef.1253)</small><br>1250<br>no children<br><br>Kunigunde of Lützelstein<br><small>(1234-Bef.23 April 1302)</small><br>1253<br>[[Lützelstein]]<br>five children
|align="center"|1303<br><small>aged 76-77</small>
|rowspan="4"| Henry of Plauen and Henry of Gera were sons of Henry IV. Henry I of Plauen associated his eldest son (Henry the Bohemian) to the government, and gave Greiz to his second son, Henry the Russian. The lord of Greiz's surname, ''the Russian'' is said to have originated the family's surname, ''Reuss''.
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| [[:de:Heinrich II. (Plauen)|Henry II ''the Bohemian'']]|| 
|align="center"|1254<br><small>First son of [[:de:Heinrich I. (Plauen)|Henry I]] and Adelaide of Lobdeburg-Lichtenburg</small>
|align="center"|1274–1302||Catherine of Riesenburg<br>[[Duchcov]]<br>three children 
|align="center"|1302<br><small>aged 47-48</small>
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| [[:de:Heinrich Ruthenus|Henry I ''the Russian'']]<ref name="Henry01"/>|| 
|align="center"|1256<br><small>Second son of [[:de:Heinrich I. (Plauen)|Henry I]] and Adelaide of Lobdeburg-Lichtenburg</small>
|align="center"|1274 – 12 December 1295||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]||[[Jutta of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]<br><small>(1277-Aft.10 May 1329)</small><br>30 March 1289<br>three children
|align="center"|12 December 1295<br><small>aged 38-39</small>
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих I фон Гера|Henry I ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1227<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV фон Вайда|Henry IV]] and [[Jutta of Altenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1249 – 1 June 1274||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]||Luitgard-Irmgard of Helmerungen<br><small>(1231-Aft.31 August 1279)</small><br>eight children
|align="center"|1 June 1274<br><small>aged 46-47</small>
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| [[Henry VII, Lord of Weida|Henry VII ''the Red'']]|| 
|align="center"|1236<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VI фон Вайда|Henry VI ]] and Heilika of Hardegg</small>
|align="center"|23 September 1258 – 1260
|rowspan="2"|[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1260<br><small>aged 23-24</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry VI, ruled jointly.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих VIII фон Вайда|Henry VIII ''of Orlamünde'']]|| 
|align="center"|1238<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VI фон Вайда|Henry VI]] and Heilika of Hardegg</small>
|align="center"|23 September 1258 – 17 September 1280|| Irmgard of Dewin<br><small>(c.1240-?)</small><br>1248<br>two children<br><br>[[:de:Sophie von Weimar-Orlamünde|Sophie of Weimar-Orlamünde]]<br>19 July 1258<br>three children
|align="center"|17 September 1280<br><small>aged 41-42</small>
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих II фон Гера|Henry II ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1254<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих I фон Гера|Henry I]] and Luitgard-Irmgard of Helmerungen</small>
|align="center"|1 June 1274 – 1310
|rowspan="2"|[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]||[[Irmgard of Weimar-Orlamünde]]<br><small>(1264–1318)</small><br>27 March 1276<br>eight children
|align="center"|c.1310<br><small>aged 55-56</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry I, ruled jointly.
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| [[Henry III, Lord of Gera|Henry III ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1256<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих I фон Гера|Henry I]] and Luitgard-Irmgard of Helmerungen</small>
|align="center"|1 June 1274 – 3 August 1311||''Unknown''<br>three children
|align="center"|3 August 1311<br><small>aged 54-55</small>
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Вайда|Henry IX ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1260<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VIII фон Вайда|Henry VIII]] and [[:de:Sophie von Weimar-Orlamünde|Sophie of Weimar-Orlamünde]]</small>
|align="center"|17 September 1280 – 1320
|rowspan="2"|[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||? of Lobdeburg<br>eight children
|align="center"|1320<br><small>aged 59-60</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry VIII, ruled jointly.
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| [[Henry X, Lord of Weida|Henry X ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1264<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VIII фон Вайда|Henry VIII]] and [[:de:Sophie von Weimar-Orlamünde|Sophie of Weimar-Orlamünde]]</small>
|align="center"|17 September 1280 – 1293||Hedwig<br>two children
|align="center"|1293<br><small>aged 28-29</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Jutta of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]] (1295–1306)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
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| [[:de:Heinrich II. Reuß von Plauen|Henry II]]|| 
|align="center"|1289<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich Ruthenus|Henry I]] and [[Jutta of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|12 December 1295 – 18 December 1350||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]||Sophie of Beichlingen<br><small>(1288–1335)</small><br>1306<br>two children<br><br>[[Salomea of Żagań]]<br><small>(1319-Aft.12 June 1359)</small><br>1335<br>ten children
|align="center"|18 December 1350<br><small>aged 60-61</small>
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| [[:de:Heinrich III. (Plauen)|Henry III ''the Tall'']]|| 
|align="center"|1284<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich II. (Plauen)|Henry II]] and Catherine of Riesenburg</small>
|align="center"|1303–1348||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]||Margaret of Seberg<br><small>(1288-bef.20 February 1322)</small><br>Bef. 1302<br>six children
|align="center"|1348<br><small>aged 63-64</small>
|rowspan="2"| Father and son. Henry IV received from his father the lordship of Mühltroff. They either died in the same year, or Henry IV predeceased his father.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих IV фон Плауен|Henry IV ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1308<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich III. (Plauen)|Henry III]] and Margaret of Seberg</small>
|align="center"|1317–1348||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]<br><small>(at [[Mühltroff]])</small>||Agnes of Schlüsselberg<br><small>(1312–17 August 1354)</small><br>two children
|align="center"|1348<br><small>aged 39-40</small>
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Irmgard of Weimar-Orlamünde]]'' (1311–1314)</small>
|rowspan="2"|Had no heirs, and was succeeded by his brother Henry V.
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| [[Henry IV, Lord of Gera|Henry IV ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1305<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II фон Гера|Henry II]] and [[Irmgard of Weimar-Orlamünde]]</small>
|align="center"|1310 – 14 September 1343||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]||Sophia Schenk of Dornburg<br><small>(d. Aft. 1331)</small><br>24 June 1324<br>no children
|align="center"|14 September 1343<br><small>aged 37-38</small>
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих X фон Вайда|Henry XI ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1289<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Вайда|Henry IX ''the Elder'']] and ? of Lobdeburg</small>
|align="center"|1320–1366
|rowspan="2"|[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||[[Catherine Reuss of Plauen]]<br><small>(1310-Bef.1 March 1336)</small><br>Bef.16 September 1323<br>four children
|align="center"|1366<br><small>aged 76-77</small>
|rowspan="2"| Cousins, ruled jointly. Henry XII abdicated in 1324.
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| [[Henry XII, Lord of Weida|Henry XII ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1288<br><small>Son of [[Henry X, Lord of Weida|Henry X]] and Hedwig</small>
|align="center"|1320–1324||''Unknown''<br>two children
|align="center"|c.1350<br><small>aged c.61-62</small>
|- bgcolor=#ffc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих V фон Плауен|Henry V ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1322<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV фон Плауен|Henry IV]] and Agnes of Schlüsselberg</small>
|align="center"|1348–1357||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]<br><small>(at [[Mühltroff]])</small>||[[Irmgard of Orlamünde]]<br><small>(1326-Aft.5 May 1388)</small><br>1345<br>five children
|align="center"|1364<br><small>aged 41-42</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry IV, divided their inheritance: Henry V inherited the property of his father at Mühltroff, and Henry VI received the main lands of his grandfather in Plauen. In 1357 Henry V abdicated to his son, Henry VII.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих VI фон Плауен|Henry VI ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1324<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV фон Плауен|Henry IV]] and Agnes of Schlüsselberg</small>
|align="center"|1348–1370||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]||[[Luitgard of Kranichfeld]]<br><small>(1334-Aft.30 March 1376)</small><br>1353<br>three children
|align="center"|c.1370<br><small>aged 45-46</small>
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих V фон Гера|Henry V]]|| 
|align="center"|1308<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II фон Гера|Henry II]] and [[Irmgard of Weimar-Orlamünde]]</small>
|align="center"|14 September 1343 – 8 December 1377
|rowspan="2"|[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]||[[Matilda of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg]]<br><small>(1313–1375/76)</small><br>Bef. 20 July 1328<br>seven children
|align="center"|8 December 1377<br><small>aged 68-69</small>
|rowspan="2"| Henry V associated his eldest son, Henry VI, to the co-rulership, but he predeceased him.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих Vl Ройс-Гера|Henry VI]]|| 
|align="center"|1322<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>First son of [[Henry V, Lord of Gera|Henry V]] and [[Matilda of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg]]</small>
|align="center"|14 September 1343 – 1350||[[Jutta Reuss of Plauen]]<br><small>(1331-Aft. 1344)</small><br>1344<br>no children
|align="center"|c.1350<br><small>aged c.27-28?</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих III Ройс фон Плауен|Henry III ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1333<br>[[Plauen]]<br><small>First son of [[:de:Heinrich II. Reuß von Plauen|Henry II]] and [[Salomea of Żagań]]</small>
|align="center"|18 December 1350 – 1368||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]||Jutta of Hackeborn<br><small>(1343-?)</small><br>three children<br><br>Agnes of Leisnig-Penig<br><small>(d.Aft.6 December 1359)</small><br>Bf. 4 March 1355<br>three children
|align="center"|1368<br><small>aged 34-35</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry II. Henry IV and Henry V, the younger brothers, co-ruled at [[Ronneburg, Thuringia|Ronneburg]]. After their deaths, Ronneburg was reabsorbed by Greiz.
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| [[Henry IV, Lord of Greiz|Henry IV ''the Middle'']]|| 
|align="center"|1335<br>[[Plauen]]<br><small>Second son of [[:de:Heinrich II. Reuß von Plauen|Henry II]] and [[Salomea of Żagań]]</small>
|align="center"|18 December 1350 – 1370
|rowspan="2"|[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]<br><small>(at [[Ronneburg, Thuringia|Ronneburg]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1370<br><small>aged 34-35</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих V фон Плауен-Ройс|Henry V ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1337<br>[[Plauen]]<br><small>Third son of [[:de:Heinrich II. Reuß von Plauen|Henry II]] and [[Salomea of Żagań]]</small>
|align="center"|18 December 1350 – 1398||[[Dorothea Reuss of Gera]]<br><small>(1377-Bef.12 February 1410)</small><br>Bef.20 December 1387<br>no children<br><br>[[Sophie Reuss of Gera]]<br><small>(1339-Bef.12 February 1411)</small><br>no children
|align="center"|1398<br><small>aged 60-61</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Ronneburg annexed to Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Irmgard of Orlamünde]] (1357–1364)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Inherited his father's part of the inheritance in Mühltroff, but, despite having heirs, Mühltroff was recovered by Plauen after his death. [[Heinrich von Plauen|Henry of Plauen I, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order]], was his son.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих VII фон Плауен|Henry VII]]|| 
|align="center"|1348<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих V фон Плауен|Henry V ''the Elder'']] and [[Irmgard of Orlamünde]]</small>
|align="center"|1357–1380||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]<br><small>(at [[Mühltroff]])</small>||? Reuss of Weida<br><small>(Aft.1346–1363/66)</small><br>Bef.28 Jul 1362<br>three children
|align="center"|1380<br><small>aged 31-32</small>
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Mühltroff annexed to Plauen''
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XIII фон Вайда|Henry XIII ''the Knight'']]|| 
|align="center"|1338<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих X фон Вайда|Henry XI]] and [[Catherine Reuss of Plauen]]</small>
|align="center"|1366 – 1 June 1373
|rowspan="2"|[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]|| [[Elsa Reuss of Gera]]<br><small>(1335-Aft.3 June 1371)</small><br>no children
|align="center"|1 June 1373<br><small>aged 34-35</small>
|rowspan="2"| Sons of Henry XI, ruled jointly, after a period of co-rulership with their father (since 1351).
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XIV фон Вайда|Henry XIV ''the Red'']]|| 
|align="center"|1342<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих X фон Вайда|Henry XI]] and [[Catherine Reuss of Plauen]]</small>
|align="center"|1366 – 13 March 1389||Margaret of Uttenhofen<br><small>(1346-Bef.7 September 1376)</small><br>two children
|align="center"|13 March 1389<br><small>aged 46-47</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих VI Ройс фон Плауен|Henry VI ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1355<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих III Ройс фон Плауен|Henry III]] and Jutta of Hackeborn</small>
|align="center"|1368–1445
|rowspan="2"|[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]<br><small>(at '''Inner Greiz''')</small>||[[Gaudentia of Lobdeburg-Elsterburg]]<br><small>(1359-Aft. 28 November 1395)</small><br>Aft.14 February 1375<br>three children
|align="center"|c.1445<br><small>aged 89-90</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry III, Henry VI and Henry VII divided Greiz: Henry VI took Inner Greiz (''Hintergreiz''), and Henry VII took Outer Greiz (Vordergreiz). Henry VI associated his son, Henry VIII, to his rule, but he predeceased him.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Henry VIII, Lord of Greiz|Henry VIII]]|| 
|align="center"|1382<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VI Ройс фон Плауен|Henry VI]] and [[Gaudentia of Lobdeburg-Elsterburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1398–1436||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1436<br><small>aged 53-54</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих VII Ройс фон Плауен|Henry VII ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|c.1360<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих III Ройс фон Плауен|Henry III]] and Jutta of Hackeborn</small>
|align="center"|1368 – 16 June 1426||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]<br><small>(at '''Outer Greiz''')</small>||Matilda of Schönburg-Crimmitschau<br><small>(1380-?)</small><br>Bef. 14 March 1398<br>two children<br><br>Irmgard of Kirchberg-Kranichfeld<br><small>(d.aft.18 June 1462)</small><br>Bef.3 June 1414<br>five children
|align="center"|16 June 1426<br>[[Ústí nad Labem]]<br><small>aged 65-66</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Inner Greiz annexed to Outer Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Luitgard of Kranichfeld]] (1370–1387)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Also Lord of [[Königswart]]. In 1357 absorbed [[Mühltroff]].
|- bgcolor=#ffc
| [[:de:Heinrich IX. (Plauen)|Henry VIII ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1362<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VI фон Плауен|Henry VI]] and [[Luitgard of Kranichfeld]]</small>
|align="center"|1370–1413||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]||Anna of Riesenburg<br><small>(1366-Aft.1411)</small><br>1383/86<br>two children
|align="center"|1413<br><small>aged 50-51</small>
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих VII фон Гера|Henry VII]]|| 
|align="center"|3 May 1341<br><small>First son of [[Henry V, Lord of Gera|Henry V]] and [[Matilda of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg]]</small>
|align="center"|8 December 1377 – 1420||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]||[[Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]<br><small>(1341–1399/1401)</small><br>4 December 1367<br>two children<br><br>[[Lutrud of Hohnstein-Heringen]]<br><small>(1372-24 April 1446)</small><br>23 October 1401<br>[[Eltville]]<br>six children
|align="center"|1420<br><small>aged 78-79</small>|| Brother of Henry VI, succeeded his father.
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XV фон Вайда|Henry XV]]<ref>Sometimes called ''Henry XVI'', as Henry XII had a son who was also numbered Henry XV.</ref> || 
|align="center"|1366<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIV фон Вайда|Henry XIV]] and Margaret of Uttenhofen</small>
|align="center"|13 March 1389 – 1404||[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]||Anna<br><small>(d.c.1415)</small><br>four children
|align="center"|1404<br><small>aged 37-38</small>||Son of Henry XIV, co-ruled with his father since his uncle's death in 1373.
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XVI фон Вайда|Henry XVI ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1390<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XV фон Вайда|Henry XV]] and Anna</small>
|align="center"|1404–1454
|rowspan="3"|[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]|| Anna<br><small>(1396-Aft.14 April 1442)</small><br>Bef.1415<br>no children
|align="center"|1454<br><small>aged 63-64</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry XV, ruled jointly. 
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Henry XVII, Lord of Weida|Henry XVII ''the Middle'']]|| 
|align="center"|c.1395<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XV фон Вайда|Henry XV]] and Anna</small>
|align="center"|1404–1426|| Anna of Dahme<br><small>(1396-3 October 1414)</small><br>1405/06<br>no children
|align="center"|1426<br><small>aged 30-31</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XIX фон Вайда|Henry XVIII ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1396<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XV фон Вайда|Henry XV]] and Anna</small>
|align="center"|1404 – 27 June 1462|| Elisabeth of Dahme<br><small>(1410-?)</small><br>four children
|align="center"|27 June 1462<br><small>aged 65-66</small>
|- bgcolor=#ffc
| [[:de:Heinrich I. von Plauen|Henry I]]<ref>Restarted his numbering after receiving the title of ''Burgrave of Meissen''</ref>|| 
|align="center"|c.1380<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich IX. (Plauen)|Henry VIII]] and Anna of Riesenburg</small>
|align="center"|1413 – 28 December 1446||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]<br><small>(with [[List of the burgraves of Meissen|Burgraviate of Meissen]])</small>||Margaret of Dahme<br><small>(1390-Aft.2 September 1412)</small><br>Bef.3 July 1410<br>four children<br><br>Katharina of Sternberg<br><small>(1400-?)</small><br>no children<br><br>Anna Holitz of Sternberg<br><small>(1413-?)</small><br>8 January 1441<br>no children
|align="center"|28 December 1446<br>[[Eger]]<br><small>aged 65-66</small>||Received the title of ''Burgrave of Meissen'', which motivated a new restart on the Plauen line numbering of rulers. 
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|| [[:bg:Хайнрих VIII фон Гера|Henry VIII ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|2 March 1404<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VII фон Гера|Henry VII]] and [[Lutrud of Hohnstein-Heringen]]</small>
|align="center"|1420–1426||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]<br><small>(at [[Burgk]] from 1425)</small>||[[Margaret of Wertheim]]<br><small>(d. Bef. 23 October 1424)</small><br>30 August 1412<br>[[Kronach]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Williburg of Schwarzburg-Leutenberg]]<br><small>(d. Aft. 1426)</small><br>Bef.2 May 1426<br>no children
|align="center"|16 June 1426<br>[[Ústí nad Labem]]<br><small>aged 22</small>
|rowspan="4"| Children of Henry VII, ruled jointly until 1425, dividing then the land, but it was quickly reunited under Henry IX. His sons would officially divide the land.
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|rowspan="2"| [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Гера|Henry IX ''the Middle'']]
|rowspan="2"| 
|rowspan="2" align="center"|14 January 1406<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VII фон Гера|Henry VII]] and [[Lutrud of Hohnstein-Heringen]]</small>
|bgcolor=#aed align="center"|1420–1452
|bgcolor=#aed|[[Bad Lobenstein|Lordship of Lobenstein]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Matilda of Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg]]<br><small>(1409-Aft.4 August 1456)</small><br>1435/39<br>eight children
|rowspan="2" align="center"|1482<br><small>aged 75-76</small>
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|align="center"|1452–1482||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих X фон Гера-Шлайц|Henry X ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|11 October 1415<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VII фон Гера|Henry VII]] and [[Lutrud of Hohnstein-Heringen]]</small>
|align="center"|1420–1452||[[Schleiz|Lordship of Schleiz]]||[[Anna of Henneberg-Römhild]]<br><small>(1424-Aft.16 November 1467)</small><br>1439/40<br>five children
|align="center"|1452<br>[[Prague]]<br><small>aged 36-37</small>
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|colspan="8" align=center| ''Lobenstein and Schleiz briefly annexed to Gera''
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Ройс-Грайц|Henry IX ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1410<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VII Ройс фон Плауен|Henry VII]] and Matilda of Schönburg-Crimmitschau</small>
|align="center"|1455–1476||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]||[[Magdalena of Schwarzenberg]]<br><small>(1277-Aft.10 May 1329)</small><br>1443<br>ten children
|align="center"|1476<br><small>aged 65-66</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Henry VII, ruled jointly.
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| [[Henry X, Lord of Greiz|Henry X ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1424<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих VII Ройс фон Плауен|Henry VII]] and Irmgard of Kirchberg-Kranichfeld</small>
|align="center"|1455 – 17 March 1462||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]<br><small>(at [[Kranichfeld]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|17 March 1462<br><small>aged 37-38</small>
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|colspan="8" align=center| ''Kranichfeld reabsorbed into Greiz''
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| [[:de:Heinrich II. von Plauen|Henry II]]|| 
|align="center"|1417<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich I. von Plauen|Henry I]] and Margaret of Dahme</small>
|align="center"|28 December 1446 – 1484||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]<br><small>(with [[List of the burgraves of Meissen|Burgraviate of Meissen]])</small>||[[Anna-Agnes of Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br><small>(1433-8 April 1492)</small><br>1456/61<br><small>(annulled bef.1467)</small><br>no children<br><br>Anna of Bünau<br><small>(1430-Aft.1480)</small><br>seven children
|align="center"|1484<br><small>aged 66-67</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Henry I, divided their inheritance. In 1466, part of lordship of Plauen (the part over the Ämter of Plauen and [[Oelsnitz/Vogtl.#Voigtsberg Castle|Voigtsberg]]), was given to the Saxon elector, [[Ernest of Saxony|Ernest]] as a Bohemian [[enfeoffment]]. However, Henry II still retained a part of Plauen.
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| [[Margaret Reuss of Plauen|Margaret]]|| 
|align="center"|1419<br><small>Daughter of [[:de:Heinrich I. von Plauen|Henry I]] and Margaret of Dahme</small>
|align="center"|28 December 1446 – 1466||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]<br><small>(in [[Königswart]])</small>||[[Heinrich Kruschina of Schwamberg]]<br><small>(d.1479)</small><br>c.1435<br>no children
|align="center"|1466<br><small>aged 46-47</small>
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Königswart inherited by the Schwamberg family''
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих XXI фон Вайда|Henry XIX]]<ref>Sometimes called ''Henry XXI'', as he had a elder brother numbered Henry XX.</ref> || 
|align="center"|c.1440?<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIX фон Вайда|Henry XVIII]] and Elisabeth of Dahme</small>
|align="center"|27 June 1462 – 1512
|rowspan="3"|[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]|| Agnes Schenk of Landsberg<br><small>(d.1512)</small><br>five children
|align="center"|1512<br><small>aged 71-72?</small>
|rowspan="3"| From 1480, Henry XIX associated his sons in a co-rulership. 
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| [[Henry XX, Lord of Weida|Henry XX ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1466<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXI фон Вайда|Henry XIX]] and Agnes Schenk of Landsberg</small>
|align="center"|1480 – 2 May 1507
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|2 May 1507<br><small>aged 40-41</small>
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| [[Henry XXI, Lord of Weida|Henry XXI ''the Middle'']]|| 
|align="center"|1468<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXI фон Вайда|Henry XIX]] and Agnes Schenk of Landsberg</small>
|align="center"|1480–1510
|align="center"|1510<br><small>aged 41-42</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XI фон Ройс-Грайц|Henry XI ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1455<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Ройс-Грайц|Henry IX]] and [[Magdalena of Schwarzenberg]]</small>
|align="center"|1476–1502||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]||[[Catherine of Gera]]<br><small>(1475-Aft.23 May 1505)</small><br>2 July 1496<br>two children
|align="center"|1502<br><small>aged 46-47</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry IX, ruled jointly. Henry XIII dropped the co-rulership in 1485, but returned to rule alone in 1529, after the death of Henry XI and abdication of Henry XII.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих XIII Ройс фон Плауен|Henry XII ''the Middle'']]|| 
|align="center"|1459<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Ройс-Грайц|Henry IX]] and [[Magdalena of Schwarzenberg]]</small>
|align="center"|1476–1529||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]<br><small>(at [[Kranichfeld]] until 1502)</small>||Catherine of Gleichen-Remda<br><small>(d. Aft.1509)</small><br>5 February 1488<br>two children
|align="center"|1539<br><small>aged 79-80</small>
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих XIII Ройс цу Грайц|Henry XIII ''the Silent'']]|| 
|align="center"|1464<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Ройс-Грайц|Henry IX]] and [[Magdalena of Schwarzenberg]]</small>
|align="center"|1476–1485<br><br>1529 – 8 June 1535||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]||Anna Dorothea of Colditz<br><small>(1484-?)</small><br>Bef.14 February 1506<br>two children<br><br>[[Amalia of Mansfeld-Vorderort|Amalia of Outer Mansfeld]]<br><small>(1506-Aft.1557)</small><br>seven children
|align="center"|8 June 1535<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 70-71</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Kranichfeld reabsorbed in Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[Henry XI, Lord of Gera|Henry XI ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1436<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Гера|Henry IX]] and [[Matilda of Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1482–1502||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|25 September 1508<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 71-72</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry IX, divided the land. However, Henry XIII died soon after and Henry XII acquired his land. Henry XI would sell his part to his nephews Henry XIV and Henry XV in 1502.
|- bgcolor=#dfc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XII фон Гера-Шлайц|Henry XII ''the Middle'']]|| 
|align="center"|1438<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Гера|Henry IX]] and [[Matilda of Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1482 – 26 August 1500||[[Schleiz|Lordship of Schleiz]]||[[:bg:Хедвиг фон Мансфелд|Hedwig of Mansfeld-Rammelburg]]<br>five children
|align="center"|26 August 1500<br><small>aged 61-62</small>
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[Henry XIII, Lord of Gera|Henry XIII ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1439<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IX фон Гера|Henry IX]] and [[Matilda of Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1482 – 1489||[[Bad Lobenstein|Lordship of Lobenstein]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1489<br><small>aged 49-50</small>
|- bgcolor=#dfc
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Gera and Lobenstein annexed to Schleiz''
|- bgcolor=#ffc
| [[:de:Heinrich III. von Plauen|Henry III]]|| 
|align="center"|1453<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich II. von Plauen|Henry II]] and Anna of Bünau</small>
|align="center"|1484 – 28 August 1519||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]<br><small>(with [[List of the burgraves of Meissen|Burgraviate of Meissen]] in 1484)</small>||[[Matilda of Schwarzburg-Leutenberg]]<br><small>(1457–1492)</small><br>18 February 1478<br>[[Königswart]]<br>two children<br><br>[[Barbara of Anhalt-Köthen]]<br><small>(1485–1532/33)</small><br>25 November 1503<br>[[Waldmünchen]]<br>three children
|align="center"|28 August 1519<br><small>aged 34-35</small>||Finally renounced his claims in favour of the [[House of Wettin]], but still retained the right for himself and his descendants to bear the title of Burgrave of Meissen, which conferred on him a voice at the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]]. This was confirmed to him by [[Frederick III (HRR)|Emperor Frederick III]] in a 1490 document. 
|- bgcolor=#dfc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XIV фон Гера|Henry XIV ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|1471<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XII фон Гера-Шлайц|Henry XII]] and [[:bg:Хедвиг фон Мансфелд|Hedwig of Mansfeld-Rammelburg]]</small>
|align="center"|26 August 1500 – 12 April 1538
|rowspan="2"|[[Schleiz|Lordship of Schleiz]]||Magdalena of Minitz-Lischkow<br><small>(1469/74–1510/15)</small><br>Bef. 19 September 1502<br>three children<br><br>Anna of Beichlingen<br><small>(d. 30 July 1571)</small><br>1515<br>no children
|align="center"|12 April 1538<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>aged 66-67</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry XII, ruled jointly. They bought Gera from his uncle in 1502, but lost it in 1547 to Plauen. Both left no heirs, and their remaining domains were also absorbed by Plauen.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих XV фон Гера|Henry XV ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1476<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XII фон Гера-Шлайц|Henry XII]] and [[:bg:Хедвиг фон Мансфелд|Hedwig of Mansfeld-Rammelburg]]</small>
|align="center"|26 August 1500 – 17 August 1550|| Ludmilla of Lobkowicz-Hassenstein<br><small>(d.1532)</small><br>24 October 1510<br>no children<br><br>Margaret<br><small>(d.Bef. 11 September 1549)</small><br>no children<br><br> [[Margaret of Schwarzburg-Leutenberg]]<br><small>(1530–18 March 1559)</small><br>6 May 1550<br>no children
|align="center"|17 August 1550<br>[[Burgk]]<br><small>aged 73-74</small>
|- bgcolor=#dfc
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Schleiz annexed to Plauen (1550–1562)''
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XXIII фон Вайда|Henry XXII ''the Younger'']]|| 
|align="center"|1470<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXI фон Вайда|Henry XIX]] and Agnes Schenk of Landsberg</small>
|align="center"|1512 – 5 March 1531||[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]|| [[Margaret, Countess of Mansfeld-Aseleben]]<br><small>(1458-20 February 1531)</small><br>bef.1493<br>one child
|align="center"|5 March 1531<br>[[Wildenfels]]<br><small>aged 60-61</small>||Co-ruled with his father and brothers since 1480.
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Weida (with exceptions) annexed to Plauen'' 
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regencies of [[Barbara of Anhalt-Köthen]] (1519-21) and [[Zdenko Leo Rosenthal]], High Burgrave of Bohemia (1521-24)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| 
|- bgcolor=#ffc
| [[Henry IV, Burgrave of Plauen|Henry IV]] ||[[File:HeinrichIVHof.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|24 August 1510<br>[[:de:Burg Hartenštejn|Burg Hartenštejn]]<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich III. von Plauen|Henry III]] and [[Barbara of Anhalt-Köthen]]</small>
|align="center"|28 August 1519 – 19 May 1554||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]||[[Margaret of Salm-Neuburg]]<br><small>(1517–19 March 1573)</small><br>29 August 1532<br>two children
|align="center"|19 May 1554<br>[[Stadtsteinach]]<br><small>aged 43</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Margaret Reuss of Weida|Margaret]]|| 
|align="center"|c.1500<br><small>Daughter of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXIII фон Вайда|Henry XXII]] and [[Margaret, Countess of Mansfeld-Aseleben]]</small>
|align="center"|5 March 1531 – 1569||[[Weida, Thuringia|Lordship of Weida]]<br><small>(at [[Wildenfels]])</small>|| [[:bg:Йохан Хайнрих (Шварцбург-Лойтенберг)|John Henry, Count of Schwarzburg-Leutenberg]]<br>13 January 1527<br>nine children
|align="center"|1569<br><small>aged 60-61</small>||Inherited Wildenfels from her father, which passed through her inheritance to the [[House of Schwarzburg]].
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Wildenfels annexed to Schwarzburg-Leutenberg'' 
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XIV Ройс цу Грайц-Кранихфелд|Henry XIV / I ''the Elder'']]|| [[File:Heinrich XIV Reuss Lord of Greiz (d.1572).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1506<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIII Ройс цу Грайц|Henry XIII]] and Anna Dorothea of Colditz</small>
|align="center"|8 June 1535 – 1547<br><br>1562 – 22 March 1572||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]<br><br>[[Greiz|Lordship of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||Barbara of Matsch<br><small>(1507-April 1580)</small><br>10 June 1524<br>eleven children
|align="center"|22 March 1572<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 65-66</small>
|rowspan="4"| Children of Henry XIII, ruled jointly. After recovering the Reuss territories from their cousins from Plauen (who would eventually annex in 1572), the brothers divided the land. Henry XIV became the progenitor of the '''Reuss Elder Line''', Henry XV the forefather the '''Reuss Middle Line''' and Henry XVI as founder of the '''Reuss Younger Line'''. The Elder and Younger Lines restarted their numberings.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XVI Ройс-Плауен-Оберграйц|Henry XV ''the Middle'']]|| 
|align="center"|8 November 1525<br>[[Plauen]]<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIII Ройс цу Грайц|Henry XIII]] and [[Amalia of Mansfeld-Vorderort|Amalia of Outer Mansfeld]]</small>
|align="center"|8 June 1535 – 1547<br><br>1562 – 22 June 1578||[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]<br><br>[[Greiz|Lordship of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line I)'''</small>||[[:bg:Мария Салома фон Йотинген-Йотинген|Maria Salomea of Oettingen-Oettingen]]<br>27 October 1560<br>[[Weimar]]<br>four children
|align="center"|22 June 1578<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|rowspan="2"| [[:bg:Хайнрих XVI Ройс-Гера|Henry XVI / I ''the Younger'']]
|rowspan="2"| 
|rowspan="2" align="center"|29 November 1530<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIII Ройс цу Грайц|Henry XIII]] and [[Amalia of Mansfeld-Vorderort|Amalia of Outer Mansfeld]]</small>
|bgcolor=#fde align="center"|8 June 1535 – 1547
|bgcolor=#fde|[[Greiz|Lordship of Greiz]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Elisabeth Brigitte of Schwarzburg-Leutenberg]]<br><small>(1534-23 June 1564)</small><br>1556<br>three children<br><br>[[:bg:Доротея фон Золмс-Лаубах|Dorothea of Solms-Laubach]]<br>6 January 1566<br>[[Zeitz]]<br>three children
|rowspan="2" align="center"|6 April 1572<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 41</small>
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|align="center"|1562 – 6 April 1572||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Greiz annexed to Plauen (1547–1562)''
|- bgcolor=#ffc
| [[Henry V, Burgrave of Plauen|Henry V ''the Elder'']] || 
|align="center"|9 October 1533<br>[[Andělská Hora (Karlovy Vary District)|Andělská Hora]]<br><small>First son of [[Henry IV, Burgrave of Plauen|Henry IV]] and [[Margaret of Salm-Neuburg]]</small>
|align="center"|19 May 1554 – 24 December 1568||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]||[[Dorothy Catherine of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Dorothea Catherine of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]<br>2 February 1556<br>[[Gera]] or [[Ansbach]]<br>four children
|align="center"|24 December 1568<br>[[Hof, Bavaria|Hof]]<br><small>aged 35</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry IV, ruled jointly. After Henry VI's death, the Plauen line went extinct, as the children of Henry V died all in infancy. The land of Plauen was annexed to Greiz.
|- bgcolor=#ffc
| [[Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen|Henry VI ''the Younger'']] || 
|align="center"|29 December 1536<br>[[Meissen]]<br><small>Second son of [[Henry IV, Burgrave of Plauen|Henry IV]] and [[Margaret of Salm-Neuburg]]</small>
|align="center"|19 May 1554 – 22 January 1572||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]||[[:bg:Катарина фон Брауншвайг-Гифхорн|Catherine of Brunswick-Gifhorn]]<br>9 April 1564<br>[[Fallersleben]]<br>no children<br><br>[[:pl:Anna pomorska (1531–1592)|Anna of Pomerania-Stettin]]<br>27 August 1566<br>[[Stettin]]<br>no children
|align="center"|22 January 1572<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 36</small>
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Plauen (with exceptions) annexed to Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#ffc
| [[:pl:Anna pomorska (1531–1592)|Anna of Pomerania-Stettin]] || 
|align="center"|5 February 1531<br>[[Stettin]]<br><small>Daughter of [[Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania|Barnim IX, Duke of Pomerania.Stettin]] and [[Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1502–1568)|Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]</small>
|align="center"|22 January 1572 – 1590||[[Plauen|Lordship of Plauen]]<br><small>(at [[Schleiz]], [[Saalburg]] and [[Burgk]])</small>||[[Karl I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br>16 May 1557<br>[[Zerbst]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen|Henry VI]]<br>27 August 1566<br>[[Stettin]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Jobst III, Count of Barby-Mühlingen]]<br><small>(8 May 1544 - 9 August 1609)</small><br>23 September 1576<br>[[Schleiz]]<br>no children
|align="center"|13 October 1592<br>[[Groß Rosenburg]]<br><small>aged 61</small>|| Widow of Henry VI, got involved in a conflict with her husband's family concerning her widow lands. The dispute lasted until 1590, when she finally agreed in returning the properties, in exchange of a sum of 42 250 guilders.
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Schleiz, Saalburg and Burgk redivided between Reuss lines''
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="8" align=center|{{smalldiv|1=From this point on, numerals are no longer sequential (if we exclude the Middle Line I, the first to be extinct). Remember the numberings once more:
* The ''Elder Line'' numbers ''every male member'' of the family (even the stillborn sons) in sequential order of birth until 100; the numbering restarts from there.
* The ''Younger Line'' numbers ''every male member'' of the family (even the stillborn sons) in sequential order of birth until the end of the century; the numbering restarts from the first child born in the new century.

Given these implications, a male ruler that succeeds his father and wasn't the first son skips numerals; that's why numerals are not sequential from this point on.}}
|- bgcolor=#fde
|rowspan="2"| [[:bg:Хайнрих II Ройс-Бургк|Henry II ''the Tall'']]
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Heinrich II Reuss Lord of Burgk (d.1608).jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|12 December 1543<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIV Ройс цу Грайц-Кранихфелд|Henry XIV / I]] and Barbara of Matsch</small>
|align="center"|22 March 1572 – 1596||[[Greiz|Lordship of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Judith of Oettingen-Oettingen]]<br><small>(3 October 1544 – 4 November 1600)</small><br>21 September 1573<br>[[Oettingen in Bayern|Oettingen]]<br>eight children<br><br>[[Anna of Mansfeld|Anna of Middle Mansfeld]]<br><small>(1563-21 December 1636)</small><br>7 November 1601<br>[[Burgk]]<br>no children
|align="center" rowspan="2"|24 May 1608<br>[[Burgk]]<br><small>aged 64</small>
|rowspan="4" bgcolor=#fde|Children of Henry XIV/I, divided the land. The younger two ruled jointly.
|- bgcolor=#ade
|align="center"|1596 – 24 May 1608||[[Burgk|Lordship of Burgk]]
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Henry III, Lord of Lower Greiz|Henry III]]|| 
|align="center"|1546<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIV Ройс цу Грайц-Кранихфелд|Henry XIV / I]] and Barbara of Matsch</small>
|align="center"|22 March 1572 – 1582||[[Greiz|Lordship of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)''', (at [[Kranichfeld]] and [[Bad Lobenstein]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1582<br><small>aged 35-36</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих V Роус-Грайц|Henry V]]|| [[File:Heinrich V Reuss Lord of Greiz (d.1604).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|4 November 1549<br>[[Zwickau]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIV Ройс цу Грайц-Кранихфелд|Henry XIV / I]] and Barbara of Matsch</small>
|align="center"|22 March 1572 – 9 October 1604||[[Greiz|Lordship of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||[[Maria of Schönburg-Waldenburg]]<br><small>(29 August 1565 – 9 March 1628)</small><br>25 November 1583<br>[[Waldenburg, Saxony|Waldenburg]]<br>eleven children
|align="center"|9 October 1604<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 54</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Kranichfeld and Lobenstein returned to Lower Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[:bg:Доротея фон Золмс-Лаубах|Dorothea of Solms-Laubach]] (1572–1586)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| Born two months after his father's death.
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera|Henry II ''the Posthumous'']]||[[File:Heinrich Posthumus Reuß.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|10 June 1572<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XVI Ройс-Гера|Henry XVI / I]] and [[:bg:Доротея фон Золмс-Лаубах|Dorothea of Solms-Laubach]]</small>
|align="center"|10 June 1572 – 23 December 1635||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Magdalena of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim-Langenburg]]<br><small>(28 December 1572 – 2 April 1596)</small><br>7 February 1594<br>[[Weikersheim]]<br>one child<br><br>[[:fr:Madeleine de Schwarzbourg-Rudolstadt|Magdalena of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]<br>22 May 1597<br>[[Rudolstadt]]<br>seventeen children
|align="center"|23 December 1635<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 63</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XVII Ройс-Обергайц|Henry XVII ''the Elder'']]|| 
|align="center"|25 July 1561<br>[[Glauchau]]<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XVI Ройс-Плауен-Оберграйц|Henry XV]] and [[:bg:Мария Салома фон Йотинген-Йотинген|Maria Salomea of Oettingen-Oettingen]]</small>
|align="center"|22 June 1578 – 8 February 1607
|rowspan="2"|[[Greiz|Lordship of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line I)'''</small>||[[Jutta of Waldeck-Eisenberg]]<br><small>(12 November 1560 – 23 May 1621)</small><br>28 May 1583<br>[[Eisenberg, Thuringia|Eisenberg]]<br>no children
|align="center"|8 February 1607<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 45</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry XV, ruled jointly. Henry XVIII dropped the co-rulership, but returned to government after the death of his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XVIII Ройс-Шлайц-Оберграйц|Henry XVIII ''the Middle'']]|| [[File:Heinrich XVIII Reuss Lord of Greiz (d.1616).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|28 February 1563<br>[[Weida, Thuringia|Weida]]<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XVI Ройс-Плауен-Оберграйц|Henry XV]] and [[:bg:Мария Салома фон Йотинген-Йотинген|Maria Salomea of Oettingen-Oettingen]]</small>
|align="center"|22 June 1578 – 1597<br><br>8 February 1607 – 16 January 1616||[[:bg:Агнес Мария фон Ербах|Agnes Maria of Erbach]]<br>5 May 1593<br>[[Greiz]]<br>no children
|align="center"|16 January 1616<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Upper Greiz (Middle Line I) annexed to Lower Greiz (Elder Line)''
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Maria of Schönburg-Waldenburg]] (1604–1616)''</small>
|rowspan="4"| Children of Henry V, divided their inheritance. Henry IV took the land of Upper Greiz (which was ruled by the original Middle Line (I) descended from Henry XV) and founded a new Reuss Middle Line (II). Henry V took over the entire Upper Greiz following is elder brother Henry III's death in 1609.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Henry III, Lord of Lower Greiz|Henry III]]|| [[File:Heinrich III Reuss Count of Greiz (d.1609).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|12 December 1594<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих V Роус-Грайц|Henry V]] and [[Maria of Schönburg-Waldenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1604 – 12 September 1609||[[Greiz|Lordship of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|12 September 1609<br>[[Jena]]<br><small>aged 14</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих IV Роус-Оберграйц|Henry IV ''the Middle'']]|| 
|align="center"|11 March 1597<br>[[Dolau]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[:bg:Хайнрих V Роус-Грайц|Henry V]] and [[Maria of Schönburg-Waldenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1604 – 25 August 1629||[[Greiz|Lordship of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''<ref>Henry IV and his descendants formed the second Middle Line, after the extinction of the first one in 1616, after Henry XVIII's death.</ref></small>||[[Elisabeth Juliane of Salm-Neufville]]<br><small>(1602–14 May 1653)</small><br>May 1624<br>[[Bad Arolsen|Arolsen]]<br>four children
|align="center"|25 August 1629<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 32</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих V Ройс-Унтерграйц|Henry V]]|| 
|align="center"|4 December 1602<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[:bg:Хайнрих V Роус-Грайц|Henry V]] and [[Maria of Schönburg-Waldenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1604 – 7 March 1667||[[Greiz|Lordship of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||[[Anna Marie of Salm-Neufville]]<br><small>(10 August 1606 – 20 November 1651)</small><br>28 November 1630<br>[[Greiz]]<br>eight children
|align="center"|7 March 1667<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 64</small>
|- bgcolor=#ade
| [[:bg:Хайнрих II Ройс-Хоф-Бургк|Henry II]]|| [[File:Heinrich II Reuss Lord of Burgk (d.1639).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|30 December 1575<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II Ройс-Бургк|Henry II]] and [[Judith of Oettingen-Oettingen]]</small>
|align="center"|24 May 1608 – 6 September 1639
|rowspan="2"|[[Burgk|Lordship of Burgk]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||Magdalene of Putbus<br><small>(21 February 1590 – 12 January 1665)</small><br>29 September 1609<br>[[Burgk]]<br>nine children
|align="center"|6 September 1639<br>[[Burgk]]<br><small>aged 63</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry II ''the Tall'', divided the land. Henry III joined Henry II in a co-rulership, while Henry IV ruled from Dolau.
|- bgcolor=#ade
| [[:bg:Хайнрих III Ройс-Бургк|Henry III]]|| [[File:Heinrich III Reuss Lord of Burgk (d.1616).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|22 December 1578<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II Ройс-Бургк|Henry II]] and [[Judith of Oettingen-Oettingen]]</small>
|align="center"|24 May 1608 – 24 January 1616||[[Anna Magdalena von Schönburg-Waldenburg]]<br><small>(1 February 1582 – 7 January 1615)</small><br>21 February 1602<br>[[Gera]]<br>three children
|align="center"|24 January 1616<br>[[Gefel]]<br><small>aged 37</small>
|- bgcolor=#ade
| [[:bg:Хайнрих IV Ройс-Дьолау|Henry IV]]|| 
|align="center"|9 December 1580<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II Ройс-Бургк|Henry II]] and [[Judith of Oettingen-Oettingen]]</small>
|align="center"|24 May 1608 – 3 January 1636||[[Burgk|Lordship of Burgk]]<br><small>(at [[Dolau]])<br>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||[[Anna Genoveva of Stolberg-Stolberg]]<br><small>(3 February 1580 – 18 December 1635)</small><br>1626<br>no children
|align="center"|3 January 1636<br>[[Dolau]]<br><small>aged 55</small>
|- bgcolor=#ade
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Dolau annexed to Upper Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Elisabeth Juliane of Salm-Neufville]] (1629–1641)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| In 1673 he was elevated to Count.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих I Роус-Оберграйц|Henry I ''the Elder'']]|| [[File:Heinrich I Reuss Count of Greiz (d.1681).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|3 May 1627<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV Роус-Оберграйц|Henry IV]] and [[Elisabeth Juliane of Salm-Neufville]]</small>
|align="center"|25 August 1629 – 8 March 1681||[[Greiz|Lordship of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>(1629–73)</small><br><br>[[Greiz|County of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>(1673–81)<br>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||[[Sibylle Magdalene of Kirchberg]]<br><small>(24 July 1624 – 24 February 1667)</small><br>10 August 1648<br>[[Schleiz]]<br>eleven children<br><br>[[Sibylle Juliane of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt]]<br><small>(20 July 1646 – 5 April 1698)</small><br>2 April 1688<br>[[Greiz]]<br>eight children
|align="center"|8 March 1681<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 53</small>
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих II (Ройс-Гера-Залбург)|Henry II ''the Other'']]|| ´
|align="center"|14 August 1602<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Second son of [[Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera|Henry II]] and [[:fr:Madeleine de Schwarzbourg-Rudolstadt|Magdalena of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]</small>
|align="center"|23 December 1635 – 28 May 1670||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Catherine Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]<br><small>(28 August 1617 – 17 January 1701)</small><br>23 November 1642<br>[[Gera]]<br>eight children
|align="center"|28 May 1670<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 67</small>
|rowspan="4"| Children of Henry II ''the Posthumous'', ruled jointly until 1647, and then divided the land. Henry IX left no heirs and was succeeded by Henry III's sons.
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[:fr:Henri III de Reuss-Schleiz|Henry III]]|| 
|align="center"|31 October 1603<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Third son of [[Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera|Henry II]] and [[:fr:Madeleine de Schwarzbourg-Rudolstadt|Magdalena of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]</small>
|align="center"|23 December 1635 – 12 July 1640||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]<br><small>(at [[Saalburg]])<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Elisabeth Juliane of Salm-Neufville]]<br><small>(1602 - 14 May 1653)</small><br>23 November 1642<br>[[Gera]]<br>eight children
|align="center"|12 July 1640<br>[[Karlovy Vary|Karlsbad]]<br><small>aged 36</small>
|- bgcolor=#dfc
| [[Henry IX, Lord of Lobenstein|Henry IX]]|| 
|align="center"|22 May 1616<br>[[Schraplau]]<br><small>Ninth son of [[Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera|Henry II]] and [[:fr:Madeleine de Schwarzbourg-Rudolstadt|Magdalena of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]</small>
|align="center"|23 December 1635 – 9 January 1666||[[Schleiz|Lordship of Schleiz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|9 January 1666<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 49</small>
|-bgcolor=#aed
| [[Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry X]]|| 
|align="center"|9 September 1621<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Tenth son of [[Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera|Henry II]] and [[:fr:Madeleine de Schwarzbourg-Rudolstadt|Magdalena of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]</small>
|align="center"|23 December 1635 – 25 January 1671||[[Bad Lobenstein|Lordship of Lobenstein]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[:fr:Marie-Sibylle de Reuss-Obergreiz|Maria Sibylle Reuss of Upper Greiz]]<br>24 October 1647<br>[[Schleiz]]<br>four children
|align="center"|25 January 1671<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>aged 49</small>
|- bgcolor=#dfc
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Schleiz absorbed into Saalburg''
|- bgcolor=#ade
| [[Henry III, Lord Reuss of Burgk|Henry III]]|| 
|align="center"|15 September 1616<br>[[Hof, Bavaria|Hof]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II Ройс-Хоф-Бургк|Henry II]] and Magdalene of Putbus</small>
|align="center"|6 September 1639 – 7 June 1640||[[Burgk|Lordship of Burgk]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|7 June 1640<br>[[Burgk]]<br><small>aged 23</small>|| Left no heirs. Burgk returned briefly to Lower Greiz.
|- bgcolor=#ade
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Burgk annexed to Lower Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#dfc
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Elisabeth Juliane of Salm-Neufville]] and [[:bg:Хайнрих II (Ройс-Гера-Залбург)|Henry II, Lord of Gera]] (1640–1653)''</small>
|rowspan="3"|Received Saalburg from his father, and inherited Schleiz in 1666. In 1673 he was elevated to Count.
|- bgcolor=#dfc
|rowspan="2"| [[:fr:Henri Ier de Reuss-Schleiz (1639-1692)|Henry I]]
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Heinrich I Reuss Count of Schleiz (d.1692).jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|26 March 1639<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>Son of [[:fr:Henri III de Reuss-Schleiz|Henry III]] and [[Elisabeth Juliane of Salm-Neufville]]</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fdc|12 July 1640 – 9 January 1666
|bgcolor=#fdc|[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]<br><small>(at [[Saalburg]])<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Esther of Hardegg-Glatz-Machlande<br><small>(6 December 1634 – 21 September 1676)</small><br>9 February 1662<br>[[Vienna]]<br>eight children<br><br>Maximiliane of Hardegg-Glatz-Machlande<br><small>(16 March 1644 – 27 August 1678)</small><br>22 October 1677<br>[[Regensburg]]<br>one child<br><br>Anna Elisabeth of Sinzendorf<br><small>(12 May 1659 – 8 October 1683)</small><br>16 May 1680<br>[[Aš|Asch]]<br>three children
|align="center" rowspan="2"|18 March 1692<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|- bgcolor=#dfc
|align="center"|9 January 1666 –18 March 1692||[[Schleiz|Lordship of Schleiz]]<br><small>(1666–73)</small><br><br>[[Schleiz|County of Schleiz]]<br><small>(1673-92)<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>
|- bgcolor=#ade
| [[:bg:Хайнрих II Ройс-Унтерграйц|Henry II]]|| [[File:Heinrich II Reuss Count of Burgk (d.1697).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|8 January 1634<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих V Ройс-Унтерграйц|Henry V]] and [[Anna Marie of Salm-Neufville]]</small>
|align="center"|7 March 1667 – 5 October 1697||[[Burgk|Lordship of Burgk]]<br>(1667–73)<br><br>[[Burgk|County of Burgk]]<br>(1673–97)<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||[[Elisabeth Sibylle Reuss of Burgk]]<br><small>(15 September 1627 – 9 January 1703)</small><br>8 January 1655<br>[[Greiz]]<br>three children
|align="center"|5 October 1697<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 63</small>
|rowspan="3" bgcolor=#fde| Children of Henry V, divided the land. This division saw a brief reappearance of Burgk, before being definitively annexed to Greiz.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих IV (Ройс-Унтерграйц)|Henry IV]]|| [[File:Heinrich IV Reuss Count of Greiz (d.1675).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|5 August 1638<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[:bg:Хайнрих V Ройс-Унтерграйц|Henry V]] and [[Anna Marie of Salm-Neufville]]</small>
|align="center"|7 March 1667 – 21 February 1675||[[Greiz|Lordship of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>(1667–73)</small><br><br>[[Greiz|County of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>(1673–75)<br>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||[[Anna Dorothea of Ruppa]]<br><small>(3 October 1651 – 17 June 1698)</small><br>31 October 1671<br>[[Greiz]]<br>eleven children
|align="center"|21 February 1675<br>[[Hechingen]]<br><small>aged 36</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих V Ройс (Ройс-Унтерграйц-Ротентал)|Henry V]]|| [[File:Heinrich V Reuss Count of Greiz (d.1698).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|19 April 1645<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[:bg:Хайнрих V Ройс-Унтерграйц|Henry V]] and [[Anna Marie of Salm-Neufville]]</small>
|align="center"|7 March 1667 – 12 February 1698||[[Greiz|Lordship of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>(at [[Rothenthal]])</small><br>(1667–73)<br><br>[[Greiz|County of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>(at [[Rothenthal]])</small><br>(1673–98)<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||[[Angelique Desmier d'Olbreuse]]<br><small>(1637-5 October 1688)</small><br>15 February 1678<br>[[Celle]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Christiane of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg]]<br><small>(10 January 1680 – 17 September 1724)</small><br>5 June 1697<br>[[Frankfurt am Main]]<br>no children
|align="center"|12 February 1698<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Burgk and Rothenthal annexed to Lower Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих IV (Ройс-Гера)|Henry IV]]|| [[File:Heinrich IV Reuss Count of Gera (d.1686).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|13 March 1650<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II (Ройс-Гера-Залбург)|Henry II]] and [[Catherine Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]</small>
|align="center"|28 May 1670 – 13 March 1686||[[Gera|Lordship of Gera]]<br><small>(1670–73)</small><br><br>[[Gera|County of Gera]]<br><small>(1673–86)<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Anna Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]<br><small>(18 August 1645 – 1 July 1716)</small><br>20 June 1672<br>[[Gera]]<br>eight children
|align="center"|13 March 1686<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 36</small>||
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[:bg:Хайнрих III (Ройс-Лобенщайн)|Henry III]]|| 
|align="center"|16 December 1648<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>First son of [[Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry X]] and [[:fr:Marie-Sibylle de Reuss-Obergreiz|Maria Sibylle Reuss of Upper Greiz]]</small>
|align="center"|5 January 1671 – 24 May 1710
|rowspan="2"|[[Bad Lobenstein|Lordship of Lobenstein]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[:bg:Мария Кристиана фон Лайнинген-Вестербург|Marie Christiane of Leiningen-Westerburg]]<br>22 October 1673<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br>fourteen children
|align="center"|24 May 1710<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 61</small>
|rowspan="4"| Children of Henry X, divided once more the land.
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[Henry V, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry V]]|| 
|align="center"|18 May 1650<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>Second son of [[Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry X]] and [[:fr:Marie-Sibylle de Reuss-Obergreiz|Maria Sibylle Reuss of Upper Greiz]]</small>
|align="center"|5 January 1671 – 31 May 1672||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|31 May 1672<br>[[Wechselburg]]<br><small>aged 22</small>
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[:bg:Хайнрих VIII (Ройс-Хиршберг)|Henry VIII]]|| 
|align="center"|20 May 1652<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry X]] and [[:fr:Marie-Sibylle de Reuss-Obergreiz|Maria Sibylle Reuss of Upper Greiz]]</small>
|align="center"|5 January 1671 – 29 October 1711||[[Bad Lobenstein|Lordship of Lobenstein]]<br><small>(at [[Hirschberg, Thuringia|Hirschberg]])<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||Elisabeth of Bodenhausen<br><small>(27 June 1650 – 7 May 1687)</small><br>3 March 1679<br>[[Muhldorf]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Sophia Juliane Reuss of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>(25 December 1670 – 23 August 1696)</small><br>19/26 July 1688<br>[[Schleiz]]<br>no children
|align="center"|29 October 1711<br>[[Hirschberg, Thuringia|Hirschberg]]<br><small>aged 59</small>
|- bgcolor=#fbd
| [[Heinrich X, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf|Henry X]]|| [[File:Heinrich X Reuss Count of Ebersdorf (d.1711).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|29 November 1662<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>Sixth son of [[Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry X]] and [[:fr:Marie-Sibylle de Reuss-Obergreiz|Maria Sibylle Reuss of Upper Greiz]]</small>
|align="center"|25 January 1671 – 10 June 1711||[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|Lordship of Ebersdorf]]<br><small>(1671–73)</small><br><br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|County of Ebersdorf]]<br><small>(1673–1711)<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[:de:Erdmuthe Benigna Reuß zu Ebersdorf|Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach]]<br>20 November 1694<br>[[Laubach]]<br>eight children
|align="center"|10 June 1711<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>aged 48</small>
|- bgcolor=#aed
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Hirschberg reabsorbed into Lobenstein''
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Anna Dorothea of Ruppa]] (1675–1686)''</small>
|rowspan="3"|Children of Henry IV, ruled jointly.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XIII (Ройс-Унтерграйц)|Henry XIII]]|| [[File:Heinrich XIII Reuss Count of Greiz (d.1733).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|29 September 1672<br>[[Oppurg]]<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV (Ройс-Унтерграйц)|Henry IV]] and [[Anna Dorothea of Ruppa]]</small>
|align="center"|21 February 1675 – 14 April 1733
|rowspan="2"|[[Greiz|County of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||[[Sophie Elisabeth of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br><small>(6 February 1676 – 14 November 1729)</small><br>14 August 1697<br>[[Ilsenburg]]<br>thirteen children
|align="center"|14 April 1733<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 60</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Henry XIV, Lord of Lower Greiz|Henry XIV]]|| 
|align="center"|14 January 1674<br>[[Burgk]]<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV (Ройс-Унтерграйц)|Henry IV]] and [[Anna Dorothea of Ruppa]]</small>
|align="center"|21 February 1675 – 20 January 1682||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|20 January 1682<br>[[Lüneburg]]<br><small>aged 8</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:de:Heinrich VI. (Reuß-Obergreiz)|Henry VI]]||[[File:Heinrich VI. Graf Reuß zu Obergreiz (1649-1697).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|7 August 1649<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих I Роус-Оберграйц|Henry I]] and [[Sibylle Magdalene of Kirchberg]]</small>
|align="center"|8 March 1681 – 11 October 1697
|rowspan="2"|[[Greiz|County of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||[[Amalie Juliane Reuss of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>(4 October 1636 – 25 December 1688)</small><br>29 July 1674<br>[[Forst (Lausitz)|Forst]]<br>one child<br><br>[[:de:Henriette Amalie von Friesen|Henriette Amalie of Friesen]]<br>3 May 1691<br>[[Leipzig]]<br>three children
|align="center"|11 October 1697<br>[[Szeged]]<br><small>aged 48</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry I, divided their inheritance; Henry VI and Henry XV formed a co-rulership in Greiz, while Henry XVI ruled from Dolau. The latter left no heirs, and Dolau was reabsorbed in Greiz.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Henry XV, Count of Upper Greiz|Henry XV]]|| 
|align="center"|2 January 1676<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих I Роус-Оберграйц|Henry I]] and [[Sibylle Juliane of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt]]</small>
|align="center"|8 March 1681 – 29 September 1690
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|29 September 1690<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 14</small>
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| [[Henry XVI, Count of Dolau|Henry XVI]]|| [[File:Heinrich XVI Reuss Count of Greiz (d.1698).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|3 November 1678<br>[[Arnstadt]]<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих I Роус-Оберграйц|Henry I]] and [[Sibylle Juliane of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt]]</small>
|align="center"|8 March 1681 – 24 April 1698||[[Greiz|County of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>(at [[Dolau]])<br>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>
|align="center"|24 April 1698<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 19</small>
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|colspan="8" align=center| ''Dolau annexed to Upper Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Anna Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] and [[Henry I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz]] (1686-91)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| Left no heirs. He was succeeded by his brother.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих XVIII (Ройс-Гера)|Henry XVIII]]|| [[File:Heinrich XVIII Reuss Count of Gera (d.1735).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|21 March 1677<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV (Ройс-Гера)|Henry IV]] and [[Anna Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]</small>
|align="center"|13 March 1686 – 25 November 1735||[[Gera|County of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|25 November 1735<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 58</small>
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих XI (Ройс-Шлайц)|Henry XI]]||[[File:HeinrichXIReussSchleiz.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|12/29 April 1669<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>Son of [[:fr:Henri Ier de Reuss-Schleiz (1639–1692)|Henry I]] and Esther of Hardegg-Glatz-Machlande</small>
|align="center"|18 March 1692 – 28 July 1726||[[Schleiz|County of Schleiz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||Johanna Dorothea of Tattenbach-Geilsdorf<br><small>(13 March 1675 – 26 October 1714)</small><br>1 September 1692<br>[[Geilsdorf]]<br>one child<br><br>[[Augusta Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]<br><small>(2/3 January 1678 – 9 May 1740)</small><br>8 May 1715<br>[[Langenburg]]<br>two children
|align="center"|28 July 1726<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 57</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Henry I of Schleiz, divided their inheritance.
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| [[Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXIV]]||[[File:HeinrichGrafReussKöstritz.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|26 July 1681<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>Son of [[:fr:Henri Ier de Reuss-Schleiz (1639–1692)|Henry I]] and Anna Elisabeth of Sinzendorf</small>
|align="center"|18 March 1692 – 24 July 1748||[[Bad Köstritz|County of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[:fr:Emma-Éléonore de Promnitz-Dittersbach|Emilia Eleonora of Promnitz-Dittersbach]]<br>6 May 1704<br>[[Wrocław]]<br>twelve children
|align="center"|24 July 1748<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 66</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[:de:Henriette Amalie von Friesen|Henriette Amalie of Friesen]] (1697–1707)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| Left no heirs, and died young. He was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Henry I, Count of Upper Greiz|Henry I]]|| [[File:Heinrich I Reuss Count of Greiz (d.1714).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|29 December 1693<br>[[Dresden]]<br><small>First son of [[:de:Heinrich VI. (Reuß-Obergreiz)|Henry VI]] and [[:de:Henriette Amalie von Friesen|Henriette Amalie of Friesen]]</small>
|align="center"|11 October 1697 – 7 September 1714||[[Greiz|County of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|7 September 1714<br>[[Paris]]<br><small>aged 20</small>
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XV Ройс-Лобенщайн|Henry XV]]|| 
|align="center"|24 September 1674<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих III (Ройс-Лобенщайн)|Henry III]] and [[:bg:Мария Кристиана фон Лайнинген-Вестербург|Marie Christiane of Leiningen-Westerburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 May 1710 – 12 May 1739||[[Bad Lobenstein|County of Lobenstein]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Ernestine Eleonore von Schönburg-Waldenburg]]<br><small>(2 November 1677 – 2 August 1741)</small><br>21 July 1701<br>[[Waldenburg, Saxony|Waldenburg]]<br>fourteen children
|align="center"|12 May 1739<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>aged 64</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry III of Lobenstein, divided the land.
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих XXVI Ройс-Лобенщайн-Зелбиц|Henry XXVI]]|| 
|align="center"|16 September 1681<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[:bg:Хайнрих III (Ройс-Лобенщайн)|Henry III]] and [[:bg:Мария Кристиана фон Лайнинген-Вестербург|Marie Christiane of Leiningen-Westerburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 May 1710 – 21 June 1730||[[Bad Lobenstein|County of Lobenstein]]<br><small>(at [[Selbitz]])<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Juliane Rebecca of Tattenbach-Selbitz]]<br><small>(31 August 1692 – 10 September 1739)</small><br>31 March 1715<br>[[Selbitz]]<br>twelve children
|align="center"|21 June 1730<br>[[Selbitz]]<br><small>aged 48</small>
|- bgcolor=#fbd
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[:de:Erdmuthe Benigna Reuß zu Ebersdorf|Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach]] (1711–1713)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| 
|- bgcolor=#fbd
| [[Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf|Henry XXIX]]||[[File:Heinrich29.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|21 July 1699<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich X, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf|Henry X]] and [[:de:Erdmuthe Benigna Reuß zu Ebersdorf|Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach]]</small>
|align="center"|10 June 1711 – 22 May 1747||[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|County of Ebersdorf]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Countess Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen|Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen]]<br>7 September 1721<br>[[Castell, Bavaria|Castell]]<br>thirteen children
|align="center"|22 May 1747<br>[[Herrnhaag]]<br><small>aged 47</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:fr:Henri II de Reuss-Obergreiz|Henry II]]||[[File:Heinrich II Reuss Count of Greiz (d.1722).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|4 February 1696<br>[[Dresden]]<br><small>Second son of [[:de:Heinrich VI. (Reuß-Obergreiz)|Henry VI]] and [[:de:Henriette Amalie von Friesen|Henriette Amalie of Friesen]]</small>
|align="center"|7 September 1714 – 17 November 1722||[[Greiz|County of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||[[:fr:Charlotte-Sophie de Bothmer|Charlotte Sophie of Bothmer]]<br>22 October 1715<br>[[Dresden]]<br>five children
|align="center"|17 November 1722<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 26</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[:fr:Charlotte-Sophie de Bothmer|Charlotte Sophie of Bothmer]] (1722–1723)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| Died as a child, and left no heirs. He was succeeded by his brother.
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| [[Henry IX, Count of Upper Greiz|Henry IX]]|| 
|align="center"|31 December 1718<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Second son of [[:fr:Henri II de Reuss-Obergreiz|Henry II]] and [[:fr:Charlotte-Sophie de Bothmer|Charlotte Sophie of Bothmer]]</small>
|align="center"|17 November 1722 – 17 November 1723||[[Greiz|County of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|17 March 1723<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 5</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[:fr:Charlotte-Sophie de Bothmer|Charlotte Sophie of Bothmer]] (1723–1734)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| He was elevated to princely status in 1778.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XI]]||[[File:Heinrichxireussgreiz.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|18 March 1722<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[:fr:Henri II de Reuss-Obergreiz|Henry II]] and [[:fr:Charlotte-Sophie de Bothmer|Charlotte Sophie of Bothmer]]</small>
|align="center"|17 November 1723 – 28 June 1800||[[Greiz|County of Upper Greiz]]<br><small>(1723–78)</small><br><br>[[Greiz|Principality of Greiz]]<br><small>(1778–1800)<br>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||[[:fr:Conradine de Reuss-Kostritz|Conradine Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz]]<br><small>(22 December 1719 – 2 February 1770)</small><br>4 April 1743<br>[[Bad Köstritz|Köstritz]]<br>eleven children<br><br>[[Christine Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg]]<br><small>(25 November 1732 – 4 October 1809)</small><br>25 October 1770<br>[[Frankfurt am Main]]<br>no children
|align="center"|28 June 1800<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 78</small>
|- bgcolor=#dfc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих I Ройс-Шлайц|Henry I]]|| 
|align="center"|10 March 1695<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XI (Ройс-Шлайц)|Henry XI]] and Johanna Dorothea of Tattenbach-Geilsdorf</small>
|align="center"|28 July 1726 – 6 December 1744||[[Schleiz|County of Schleiz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Juliane Dorothea of Löwenstein-Virneburg]]<br><small>(8 July 1694 – 15 February 1734)</small><br>7 March 1721<br>[[Gaildorf]]<br>three children
|align="center"|6 December 1744<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 49</small>|| Left no heirs. He was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[Henry XI, Count of Reuss-Selbitz|Henry XI]]|| 
|align="center"|31 December 1715<br>[[Selbitz]]<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXVI Ройс-Лобенщайн-Зелбиц|Henry XXVI]] and [[Juliane Rebecca of Tattenbach-Selbitz]]</small>
|align="center"|21 June 1730 – 22 August 1745||[[Bad Lobenstein|County of Lobenstein]]<br><small>(at [[Selbitz]])<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|22 August 1745<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>aged 29</small>|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[:bg:Хайнрих III (Ройс-Унтерграйц)|Henry III]]|| 
|align="center"|26 January 1701<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XIII (Ройс-Унтерграйц)|Henry XIII]] and [[Sophie Elisabeth of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]</small>
|align="center"|14 April 1733 – 17 March 1768||[[Greiz|County of Lower Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Elder Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|17 March 1768<br>[[Greiz]]||Left no descendants. After his death, the Lower Greiz Elder line went extinct.
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Lower Greiz annexed to Upper Greiz''
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[:de:Heinrich XXV. (Reuß-Gera)|Henry XXV]]||[[File:Heinrich XXV. (Reuß-Gera) Miniatur.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|27 August 1681<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Seventh son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV (Ройс-Гера)|Henry IV]] and [[Anna Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]</small>
|align="center"|25 November 1735 – 13 March 1748||[[Gera|County of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||Justine Eleonore Sophie of Giech-Thurnau<br><small>(12 December 1698 - 1 February 1718)</small><br>21 February 1717<br>[[Thurnau]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Sophia Marie of the Palatinate-Gelnhausen]]<br><small>(5 April 1702 – 13 November 1761)</small><br>24 August 1722<br>[[Sondershausen]]<br>four children
|align="center"|13 March 1748<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 66</small>||
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[Henry II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry II]]|| 
|align="center"|19 July 1702<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XV Ройс-Лобенщайн|Henry XV]] and [[Ernestine Eleonore von Schönburg-Waldenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|12 May 1739 – 6 May 1782||[[Bad Lobenstein|County of Lobenstein]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Juliane Dorothea Charlotte of Hochberg-Fürstenstein]]<br><small>(10 June 1713 – 22 May 1757)</small><br>23 November 1735<br>[[Fürstenstein]]<br>two children
|align="center"|6 May 1782<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>aged 79</small>||
|- bgcolor=#dfc
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XII (Ройс-Шлайц)|Henry XII]]|| [[File:Heinrich XII Reuss Count of Schleiz (d.1784).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|15 May 1716<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XI (Ройс-Шлайц)|Henry XI]] and [[Augusta Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1744 – 25 January 1784||[[Schleiz|County of Schleiz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||Christine of Erbach-Schönberg<br><small>(5 May 1721 – 26 November 1769)</small><br>2 October 1742<br>[[Schönberg (Bensheim)|Schönberg]]<br>five children<br><br>[[Christiane Ferdinandine of Isenburg-Philippseich]]<br><small>(24 August 1740 – 7 December 1822)</small><br>13 July 1770<br>[[Philippseich]]<br>two children
|align="center"|25 January 1784<br>[[Kirschkau]]<br><small>aged 67</small>||
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[Henry XIX, Count of Reuss-Selbitz|Henry XIX]]|| 
|align="center"|16 October 1720<br>[[Selbitz]]<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXVI Ройс-Лобенщайн-Зелбиц|Henry XXVI]] and [[Juliane Rebecca of Tattenbach-Selbitz]]</small>
|align="center"|22 August 1745 – 1778||[[Bad Lobenstein|County of Lobenstein]]<br><small>(at [[Selbitz]])<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|30 November 1783<br>[[Selbitz]]<br><small>aged 53</small>|| Abdicated of Selbitz, giving it to his nephew Henry LIV, who became ruler of Lobenstein.
|- bgcolor=#aed
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Selbitz annexed to Lobenstein''
|- bgcolor=#fbd
| [[Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf|Henry XXIV]]||[[File:Konventionsthaler 70217.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|22 January 1724<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf|Henry XXIX]] and [[Countess Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen|Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen]]</small>
|align="center"|22 May 1747 – 13 May 1779||[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|County of Ebersdorf]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg|Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg]]<br>28 June 1754<br>[[Thurnau]]<br>seven children
|align="center"|13 May 1779<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>aged 55</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[:de:Heinrich XXX. (Reuß-Gera)|Henry XXX]]||[[File:Johann Friedrich Leberecht Reinhold - Graf Heinrich XXX von Reuß-Gera.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|24 April 1727<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich XXV. (Reuß-Gera)|Henry XXV]] and [[Sophia Marie of the Palatinate-Gelnhausen]]</small>
|align="center"|13 March 1748 – 26 April 1802||[[Gera|County of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[:de:Luise Christiane von Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen|Louise Christiane of the Palatinate-Gelnhausen]]<br>28 October 1773<br>[[Hungen]]<br>no children
|align="center"|26 April 1802<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 75</small>|| Left no descendants. His property got divided between the other territories of the Younger Reuss line.
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Gera divided between the other ''Younger Line'' territories''
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[Heinrich von Reuss|Henry VI]]||[[File:Heinrich VI., Graf von Reuß-Köstritz (1707-1783).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|1 July 1707<br>[[Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach]]<br><small>Second son of [[Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXIV]] and [[:fr:Emma-Éléonore de Promnitz-Dittersbach|Emilia Eleonora of Promnitz-Dittersbach]]</small>
|align="center"|24 July 1748 – 1 May 1783||[[Bad Köstritz|Elder County of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||Henrietta Juana Francisca Susanna Casado y Huguetan<br><small>(2 May 1725 – 6 January 1761)</small><br>16 September 1746<br>[[Copenhagen]]<br>seven children
|align="center"|1 May 1783<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>aged 75</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry XXIV, divided their inheritance and founded new lines: Henry VI founded the Elder County; Henry IX the Middle County and Henry XXIII the Younger County.
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[Heinrich IX, Count Reuss of Köstritz|Henry IX]]|| 
|align="center"|15 September 1711<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXIV]] and [[:fr:Emma-Éléonore de Promnitz-Dittersbach|Emilia Eleonora of Promnitz-Dittersbach]]</small>
|align="center"|24 July 1748 – 16 September 1780||[[Bad Köstritz|Middle County of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>|| Amalie Esperance of Wartensleben-Flodroff<br><small>(17 March 1715 – 22 April 1787)</small><br>7 June 1743<br>[[Dorth]] (near [[Deventer]])<br>nine children
|align="center"|16 September 1780<br>[[Berlin]]<br><small>aged 69</small>
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:bg:Хайнрих XXIII (Ройс-Кьостриц)|Henry XXIII]]||[[File:Heinrich XXIII von Reuß-Köstritz jL.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|9 December 1722<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>Ninth son of [[Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXIV]] and [[:fr:Emma-Éléonore de Promnitz-Dittersbach|Emilia Eleonora of Promnitz-Dittersbach]]</small>
|align="center"|24 July 1748 – 3 September 1787||[[Bad Köstritz|Younger County of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||Ernestine Henriette of Schönburg-Forderglauchau<br><small>(2 December 1736 – 10 December 1768)</small><br>13 February 1754<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br>five children<br><br>Friederike Dorothea of Brandenstein<br><small>(7 December 1727 – 6 July 1807)</small><br>5 February 1780<br>[[Pölzig]]<br>no children
|align="center"|3 September 1787<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>aged 64</small>
|- bgcolor=#fbd
| [[:de:Heinrich LI. (Reuß-Ebersdorf)|Henry LI]]|| 
|align="center"|16 May 1761<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf|Henry XXIV]] and [[Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg|Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg]]</small>
|align="center"|13 May 1779 – 10 July 1822||[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|County of Ebersdorf]]<br><small>(1779–1806)</small><br><br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|Principality of Ebersdorf]]<br><small>(1806–22)<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Louise Henriette of Hoym]]<br><small>(30 March 1772 – 19 April 1832)</small><br>16 August 1791<br>[[Gera]]<br>three children
|align="center"|10 July 1822<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>aged 61</small>|| In 1806 he was elevateed to princely status.
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[Heinrich XXXVIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXXVIII]]|| 
|align="center"|9 October 1748<br>[[Berlin]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich IX, Count Reuss of Köstritz|Henry IX]] and Amalie Esperance of Wartensleben-Flodroff</small>
|align="center"|16 September 1780 – 10 April 1835||[[Bad Köstritz|Middle County of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''<br>(until 1806)</small><br><br>[[Bad Köstritz|Middle Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''<br>(from 1806)</small>|| Henriette Friederike Ottilie of Schmettow-Stonsdorf<br><small>(23 July 1753 – 19 August 1786)</small><br>17 July 1784<br>[[Wolfshagen]]<br>one child<br><br>Johanne Friederike Fletscher<br><small>(24 March 1756 – 28 June 1815)</small><br>13 February 1792<br>[[Schloss Baruth]]<br>no children
|align="center"|10 April 1835<br>[[Jänkendorf]]<br><small>aged 86</small>|| Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his nephew.
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[Henry XXXV, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry XXXV]]|| 
|align="center"|19 November 1738<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]<br><small>Son of [[Henry II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry II]] and [[Juliane Dorothea Charlotte of Hochberg-Fürstenstein]]</small>
|align="center"|6 May 1782 – 30 March 1805||[[Bad Lobenstein|County of Lobenstein]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|30 March 1805<br>[[Paris]]<br><small>aged 66</small>||After his death the county fell to the dispossessed Selbitz line (since the loss of Selbitz in 1778).
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich XLIII. (Reuß-Köstritz)|Henry XLIII]]|| 
|align="center"|12 April 1752<br>[[Copenhagen]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich von Reuss|Henry VI]] and Henrietta Juana Francisca Susanna Casado y Huguetan</small>
|align="center"|1 May 1783 – 22 September 1814||[[Bad Köstritz|Elder County of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''<br>(until 1806)</small><br><br>[[Bad Köstritz|Elder Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''<br>(from 1806)</small>||[[Louise Christine Reuss of Ebersdorf]]<br><small>(2 June 1759 – 5 December 1840)</small><br>1 June 1781<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|Ebersdorf]]<br>five children
|align="center"|22 September 1814<br>[[Mannheim]]<br><small>aged 62</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|rowspan="2"| [[Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss-Schleiz und Gera|Henry XLII]]
|rowspan="2"| 
|rowspan="2" align="center"|27 February 1752<br>[[Löhma]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XII (Ройс-Шлайц)|Henry XII]] and Christine of Erbach-Schönberg</small>
|bgcolor=#dfc align="center"|25 January 1784 – 1806
|bgcolor=#dfc|[[Schleiz|County of Schleiz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Caroline Henriette of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg]]<br><small>(11 June 1761 – 22 December 1849)</small><br>10 June 1779<br>[[Kirchberg an der Jagst]]<br>eight children
|rowspan="2" align="center"|17 April 1818<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 66</small>
|rowspan="2"| One of the inheritors of Gera, in 1806 moved his capital there, and founded the Principality of Gera, being given the princely status in 1806.
|- bgcolor=#fdc
|align="center"|1806 – 17 April 1818||[[Principality of Reuss-Gera|Principality of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich XLVII. Reuß zu Köstritz|Henry XLVII]]|| 
|align="center"|27 February 1756<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXIII (Ройс-Кьостриц)|Henry XXIII]]| and Ernestine Henriette of Schönburg-Forderglauchau</small>
|align="center"|3 September 1787 – 7 March 1833||[[Bad Köstritz|Younger County of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''<br>(until 1806)</small><br><br>[[Bad Köstritz|Younger Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''<br>(from 1806)</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|7 March 1833<br>[[Lichtenstein, Saxony|Lichtenstein]]<br><small>aged 77</small>|| Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XIII]]||[[File:Anton Graff - Porträt des Erbprinzen Heinrich XIII.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|16 February 1747<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XI]] and [[:fr:Conradine de Reuss-Kostritz|Conradine Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz]]</small>
|align="center"|28 June 1800 – 29 January 1817||[[Greiz|Principality of Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||[[Louise, Princess Reuss of Greiz|Louise Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg]]<br>9 January 1786<br>[[Kirchheimbolanden]]<br>four children
|align="center"|29 January 1817<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 69</small>||
|- bgcolor=#aed
| [[Henry LIV, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein|Henry LIV]]|| 
|align=center|8 October 1767<br>[[Herrnhut]]<br><small>Son of [[Henry XXV Reuss of Selbitz|Prince Henry (XXV) Reuss of Selbitz]] and [[Maria Elisabeth Reuss of Ebersdorf]]</small>
|align=center|30 March 1805 – 17 May 1824||[[Bad Lobenstein|County of Lobenstein]]<br><small>(1805–06)</small><br><br>[[Bad Lobenstein|Principality of Lobenstein]]<br><small>(1806–22)<br>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Marie of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br><small>(4 May 1774 – 16 June 1810)</small><br>20 June 1803<br>[[Wernigerode]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Franziska Reuss of Köstritz]]<br><small>(7 December 1788 – 17 June 1843)</small><br>31 May 1811<br>[[Mannheim]]<br>no children
|align=center|17 May 1824<br>[[Bad Lobenstein]]|| Nephew of Henry XIX of Selbitz, became the heir of the main Lobenstein branch. He was elevated to princely status in 1806. Left no heirs.
|- bgcolor=#aed
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Lobenstein annexed to Ebersdorf''
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich LXIV. (Reuß-Köstritz)|Henry LXIV]]||[[File:Heinrich LXIV Reuss-Köstnitz Litho.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|31 March 1787<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich XLIII. (Reuß-Köstritz)|Henry XLIII]] and [[Louise Christine Reuss of Ebersdorf]]</small>
|align="center"|22 September 1814 – 15 September 1856||[[Bad Köstritz|Elder Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|15 September 1856<br>[[Ernstbrunn]]<br><small>aged 69</small>|| Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his cousin.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XIX]]|| [[File:Heinrich XIX Reuss of Greiz (cropped).png|100px]]
|align="center"|1 March 1790<br>[[Offenbach am Main|Offenbach]]<br><small>Second son of [[Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XIII]] and [[Louise, Princess Reuss of Greiz|Louise Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg]]</small>
|align="center"|29 January 1817 – 31 October 1836||[[Greiz|Principality of Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||[[:fr:Gasparine de Rohan-Rochefort|Gasparine of Rohan-Rochefort]]<br>7 January 1822<br>[[Prague]]<br>two children
|align="center"|31 October 1836<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 46</small>|| Left no male heirs, and was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Henry LXII]]||[[File:HeinrichLXIIReussSchleiz.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|31 May 1785<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>First son of [[Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss-Schleiz und Gera|Henry XLII]] and [[Caroline Henriette of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg]]</small>
|align="center"|17 April 1818 – 19 June 1854||[[Principality of Reuss-Gera|Principality of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Reuss Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|19 June 1854<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 69</small>|| From 1848 onwards the Principality would be alternatively called ''Principality of the Reuss Younger Line'', as it reunited most of the Reuss Younger Line lands. Left no heirs. He was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fbd
| [[Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf|Henry LXXII]]||[[File:Heinrich LXXII. (Reuß-Ebersdorf).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|27 March 1797<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich LI. (Reuß-Ebersdorf)|Henry LI]] and [[Louise Henriette of Hoym]]</small>
|align="center"|10 July 1822 – 1848||[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|Principality of Ebersdorf]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|17 February 1853<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf]]<br><small>aged 55</small>
|| Abdicated in 1848, due to civil unrest in connection with the [[Revolutions of 1848|revolutions]] that spread through Germany and elsewhere in Europe that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thueringen.de/de/lzt/thueringen/blaetter/threv/content.html|title=A German page describing the crisis which led to his abdication|author=|date=|website=thueringen.de|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#fbd
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Ebersdorf annexed to Schleiz''
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[Heinrich XLIX, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XLIX]]|| 
|align="center"|16 October 1759<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXIII (Ройс-Кьостриц)|Henry XXIII]] and Ernestine Henriette of Schönburg-Forderglauchau</small>
|align="center"|7 March 1833 – 29 February 1840||[[Bad Köstritz|Younger Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|29 February 1840<br>[[Ichtershausen]]|| Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Henry LXIII]]||[[File:Heinrich LXIII Reuß.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|18 June 1786<br>[[Berlin]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XLIV Ройс-Кьостриц|Prince Henry (XLIV) Reuss of Middle Köstritz]] and </small>
|align="center"|10 April 1835 – 27 September 1841||[[Bad Köstritz|Middle Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br><small>(26 September 1801 – 14 March 1827)</small><br>21 February 1819<br>[[Wernigerode Castle]]<br>six children<br><br>[[Caroline of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br><small>(16 December 1806 – 26 August 1896)</small><br>11 May 1828<br>[[Wernigerode Castle]]<br>six children
|align="center"|27 September 1841<br>[[Stonsdorf]]<br><small>aged 55</small>|| Nephew of Henry XXXVIII.
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XX]]||[[File:Heinrich XX. Litho.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|29 June 1794<br>[[Offenbach am Main|Offenbach]]<br><small>Third son of [[Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XIII]] and [[Louise, Princess Reuss of Greiz|Louise Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg]]</small>
|align="center"|32 October 1836 – 8 November 1859||[[Greiz|Principality of Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||[[Sophia Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]<br><small>(18 September 1809 – 21 July 1838)</small><br>25 November 1834<br>[[Prague]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819–1872)|Caroline of Hesse-Homburg]]<br>1 October 1839<br>[[Bad Homburg]]<br>five children
|align="center"|8 November 1859<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 65</small>||
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich LII. Reuß zu Köstritz|Henry LII]]|| 
|align="center"|21 September 1763<br>[[Bad Köstritz]]<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XXIII (Ройс-Кьостриц)|Henry XXIII]] and Ernestine Henriette of Schönburg-Forderglauchau</small>
|align="center"|29 February 1840 – 23 February 1851||[[Bad Köstritz|Younger Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|23 February 1851<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 87</small>|| Left no heirs and was succeeded by his nephew.
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich IV. (Reuß-Köstritz)|Henry IV]]|| 
|align="center"|26 April 1821<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Henry LXIII]] and [[Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]</small>
|align="center"|27 September 1841 – 25 July 1894||[[Bad Köstritz|Middle Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>|| [[:fr:Louise Reuss de Greiz|Louise Caroline Reuss of Greiz]]<br>27 December 1854<br>[[Greiz]]<br>nine children
|align="center"|25 July 1894<br><small>aged 73</small>||
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[Heinrich LXXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Henry LXXIII]]|| 
|align="center"|31 July 1798<br>[[London]]<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих LV (Ройс-Кьостриц)|Prince Henry (LV) Reuss of Younger Köstritz]] and Marie Justine of Watteville</small>
|align="center"|23 February 1851 – 16 January 1855||[[Bad Köstritz|Younger Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|16 January 1855<br>[[London]]<br><small>aged 56</small>
|| Nephew of Henry LII; Left no heirs and was succeeded by his nephew.
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Henry LXVII]]||[[File:ReussLXVII1789.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|20 October 1789<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>Second son of [[Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss-Schleiz und Gera|Henry XLII]] and [[Caroline Henriette of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg]]</small>
|align="center"|19 June 1854 – 11 July 1867||[[Principality of Reuss-Gera|Principality of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Reuss Younger Line)'''</small>||[[:de:Adelheid Reuß zu Ebersdorf|Sophie Adelaide Reuss of Ebersdorf]]<br>18 April 1820<br>[[Saalburg-Ebersdorf|Ebersdorf]]<br>eight children|| Brother of Henry LXII.
|align="center"|11 July 1867<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>aged 77</small>
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich XVIII. Reuß zu Köstritz|Henry XVIII]]||[[File:Prinz Heinrich XVIII Reuss-Köstritz.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|14 May 1847<br>[[Leipzig]]<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich II. Reuß zu Köstritz|Prince Henry (II) Reuss of Younger Köstritz]] and Clothilde Charlotte Sophie of Castell-Castell</small>
|align="center"|18 January 1855 – 15 August 1911||[[Bad Köstritz|Younger Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||[[:es:Carlota de Mecklenburgo-Schwerin|Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]<br>17 November 1886<br>[[Schwerin]]<br>three children
|align="center"|15 August 1911<br>between [[Schweinfurt]] and [[Würzburg]]<br><small>aged 64</small>||Nephew of Henry LXXIII.
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich LXIX. (Reuß-Köstritz)|Henry LXIX]]|| 
|align="center"|19 May 1792<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих XLVIII Ройс-Кьостриц|Prince Henry Reuss of Elder Köstritz]] and Henrietta Antonia of Schönburg-Forderglauchau</small>
|align="center"|15 September 1856 – 1 February 1878||[[Bad Köstritz|Elder Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||Matilda Harriet Elizabeth Locke<br><small>(12 May 1804 – 29 December 1877)</small><br>5 November 1834<br>[[Florence]]<br>no children
|align="center"|1 February 1878<br><small>aged 85</small>|| Nephew of Henry XLIII and cousin of Henry LXIV. The line went extinct after his death.
|- bgcolor=#dce
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Elder Principality of Köstritz annexed to the Middle Principality of Köstritz''
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819–1872)|Caroline of Hesse-Homburg]] (1859–1867)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| 
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XXII]]||[[File:Heinrich XXII Reuß ältere Linie.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|28 March 1846<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XX]] and [[Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819–1872)|Caroline of Hesse-Homburg]]</small>
|align="center"|8 November 1859 – 19 April 1902||[[Greiz|Principality of Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||[[Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe|Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe]]<br>8 October 1872<br>[[Bückeburg]]<br>six children
|align="center"|19 April 1902<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 56</small>
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Henry XIV]]|| 
|align="center"|28 May 1832<br>[[Coburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Henry LXVII]] and [[:de:Adelheid Reuß zu Ebersdorf|Sophie Adelaide Reuss of Ebersdorf]]</small>
|align="center"|11 July 1867 – 29 March 1913||[[Principality of Reuss-Gera|Principality of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Reuss Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Duchess Agnes of Württemberg|Agnes of Württemberg]]<br>6 February 1858<br>[[Karlsruhe]]<br>two children<br><br>''Friederike Gratz''<br><small>(28 February 1851 – 22 May 1907)</small><br>14 February 1890<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>one child
|align="center"|29 March 1913<br>[[Schleiz]]<br><small>aged 80</small>||
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXIV]]||[[File:Heinrich XXIV, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|8 December 1855<br>[[Schloss Trebschen|Trebschen]]<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich IV. (Reuß-Köstritz)|Henry IV]] and [[:fr:Louise Reuss de Greiz|Louise Caroline Reuss of Greiz]]</small>
|align="center"|25 July 1894 – 2 October 1910||[[Bad Köstritz|Middle Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>|| [[Emma Elisabeth Reuss of Middle Köstritz]]<br><small>(10 July 1860 – 2 December 1931)</small><br>27 May 1884<br>[[Jänkendorf]]<br>five children||
|align="center"|2 October 1910<br>[[Ernstbrunn]]<br><small>aged 54</small>
|- bgcolor=#fde
| [[Henry XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XXIV]]|| [[File:Heinrich XXIV RäL.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|20 March 1878<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Henry XXII]] and [[Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe|Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe]]</small>
|align="center"|19 April 1902 – 22 November 1918||[[Greiz|Principality of Greiz]]<br><small>'''(Middle Line II)'''</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|13 October 1927<br>[[Greiz]]<br><small>aged 49</small>|| Abolition of the monarchy in 1918. He remained as head of his branch of the family until his death. As he left no heirs, his titles passed to the Prince of Gera, Henry XXVII.
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich XXXIX. (Reuß-Köstritz)|Henry XXXIX]]|| [[File:Prinz Heinrich XXXIX Reuss.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|23 July 1891<br>[[Ernstbrunn]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz|Henry XXIV]] and [[Emma Elisabeth Reuss of Middle Köstritz]]</small>
|align="center"|2 October 1910 – 22 November 1918||[[Bad Köstritz|Middle Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>|| Antonia Emma Elisabeth of Castell-Castell<br><small>(18 April 1896 – 4 May 1971)</small><br>7 August 1918<br>[[Castell, Bavaria|Castell]]<br>six children
|align="center"|24 February 1946<br>[[Salzburg]]<br><small>aged 54</small>|| Abolition of the monarchy in 1918. He remained as head of his branch of the family until his death.
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:de:Heinrich XXXVII. Reuß zu Köstritz|Henry XXXVII]]|| 
|align="center"|1 November 1888<br>[[Ludwigslust]]<br><small>Son of [[:de:Heinrich XVIII. Reuß zu Köstritz|Henry XVIII]] and [[:es:Carlota de Mecklenburgo-Schwerin|Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]</small>
|align="center"|15 August 1911 – 22 November 1918||[[Bad Köstritz|Younger Principality of Köstritz]]<br><small>'''(Younger Line)'''</small>||''Frieda Mijotki''<br><small>(25 September 1891 – 2 October 1957)</small><br>14 November 1922<br>[[Berlin]]<br><small>(morganatic,<br>annulled 21 February 1930)</small><br>no children<br><br>Stephanie Clemm of Hohenberg<br><small>(25 December 1900 – 10 February 1990)</small><br>7 August 1933<br>[[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]<br>two children
|align="center"|9 February 1964<br>[[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]<br>|| Abolition of the monarchy in 1918. He remained as head of his branch of the family until his death.
|- bgcolor=#fdc
| [[Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Henry XXVII]]||[[File:Heinrich XXVII RjL 03.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|10 November 1858<br>[[Gera]]<br><small>Son of [[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Henry XIV]] and [[Duchess Agnes of Württemberg|Agnes of Württemberg]]</small>
|align="center"|29 March 1913 – 22 November 1918||[[Principality of Reuss-Gera|Principality of Gera]]<br><small>'''(Reuss Younger Line)'''</small>||[[Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]<br>11 November 1884<br>[[Langenburg]]<br>five children
|align="center"|21 November 1928<br>[[Gera]]<br><small></small>|| Abolition of the monarchy in 1918. He remained as head of his branch of the family until his death.
|}

== Side branch member's links to Reichsbürger movement ==
On 7 December 2022, German police conducted an operation which resulted in the arrest of 25 alleged members of the far-right group [[Reichsbürger movement|Reichsbürger]], including a member of the Köstritz branch of the House of Reuss, identified as [[Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss|Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss]]. The suspects arrested in the operation were allegedly planning to overturn the existing German government, and instate Heinrich XIII as the new German ''de facto'' leader. His distant cousin Heinrich XIV Prince Reuss, the head and speaker of the House of Reuss and its family association, had previously referred to Heinrich XIII as "a confused old man who had been radicalised through disappointments". On behalf of the family association, which Heinrich XIII had left years ago, Heinrich XIV sharply distanced himself from him again after he was arrested, saying that "30 years ago he was a modern businessman, but nowadays he is fooled by all sorts of conspiracy theories". In the line of succession to the House of Reuss, Heinrich XIII only ranked 17th, and the head of the house called him "a marginal figure". He said his behaviour was a "catastrophe" for the family, whose heritage as tolerant and cosmopolitan rulers was now associated with "terrorists and reactionaries".<ref>{{cite news |access-date=10 December 2022 |url=https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/thueringen/ost-thueringen/saale-orla/heinrich-xiv-fuerst-reuss-interview-razzia-100.html |language=de |publisher=Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk | date=8 December 2022 |title=Haus Reuß schockiert über Vorgänge um Heinrich XIII}}</ref> He believes Reuss' anti-government views derive from his resentment at the German judicial system for its failure to recognize his claims to family properties expropriated at the end of World War II.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fürstenhaus Reuss distanziert sich von Weigelt-Gast Prinz Heinrich XIII. |url=https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/thueringen/ost-thueringen/saale-orla/bad-lobenstein-prinz-heinrich-reuss-xiii-distanziert-100.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.mdr.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/prince-putsch-and-his-gang-the-motley-crew-that-wanted-to-topple-the-german-government-a-07a32d7c-96e6-4b61-a282-9e9ab2ffa288 |title=The Motley Crew that Wanted to Topple the German Government |newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=10 December 2022 |last1=Baumgärtner |first1=Maik |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref>

==In fiction==
A young Reuss count, sent to the 1815 [[Congress of Vienna]], is the protagonist of the 1899 operetta ''[[Wiener Blut (operetta)|Wiener Blut]]'' and [[Vienna Blood (film)|the 1942 film]] based on it.  Much of the hilarity of the film centers around his impossible name of "Reuss-Schleiz-Greiz".{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

== See also ==
* [[List of the burgraves of Meissen|Burgraves of Meissen]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* Thomas Gehrlein: ''Das Haus Reuß'' (The House of Reuss), volumes I-IV. Publisher: Börde-Verlag, Werl 2015, ISBN 978-3-9815864-6-6 or ISBN 978-3-9815864-7-3.
* Friedrich Majer: ''Chronik des Fürstlichen Hauses der Reussen von Plauen.'' (Chronicle of the Princely House Reuss of Plauen), Weimar and Leipzig 1811 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=gXYAAAAAcAAJ online version]).
* Sigismund Stucke: ''Die Reußen und ihr Land. Die Geschichte einer süddeutschen Dynastie.'' (The Reuss and their country. The history of a southern German dynasty), St.&nbsp;Michael 1984, ISBN 3-7053-1954-X. reissue: publisher Arnshaugk Verlag, Neustadt 2022, ISBN 978-3-95930-252-4.
* [[Almanach de Gotha]]:
** Gothaischer Hofkalender 1781, Gotha 1780 (first publication).
** ''Gothaischer Hofkalender zum Nutzen und Vergnügen auf das Jahr 1792'', C. W. Ettinger, Gotha 1791. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rAdnAAAAcAAJ&dq=Reu%C3%9F+Hofkalender&pg=RA3-PA81 online version]
** Gothaischer Hofkalender 1877, Gotha 1876. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SUdXJI81ovQC&dq=Reu%C3%9F+Hofkalender&pg=PA62 online version] 
** Gothaischer Hofkalender 1894, Gotha 1893. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WjtlAAAAMAAJ&dq=Reu%C3%9F+Hofkalender&pg=PA67 online version]
* Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Fürstliche Häuser ''([[Gotha Genealogical Handbook]] −[[:de:Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch|german article]]−, Princely Houses)'', 2015, 1. Abteilung ''(first department)'', vol 1 of the complete series of the GGH books, publisher: Verlag des Deutschen Adelsarchivs ''(Publisher of the German Nobility Archive)'', Marburg 2015, pp.&nbsp;227–247; 628–634. ISBN 978-3-9817243-0-1.

==External links==
{{commons category|House of Reuss}}
* {{Cite NIE|wstitle=Reuss |short=x}}
* Family tree in German Wikipedia: ''[[:de:Stammliste des Hauses Reu%C3%9F|Stammliste des Hauses Reuß]]''

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