Princely Houses of Reuss

[Her_Majesty]

Anni-Frid attended the Premiere of MammaMia!-the Movie

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She looks great! Hard to belive she's 62 already.

[Her_Majesty]

Frida attended the premiere of MM!the movie in Sweden today. Together with the other members of ABBA.

You can find a few pictures in this thread: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...tml#post794928 .

[Her_Majesty]

According to some articles Frida has fallen in love with multi-millionaire W H Smith heir Henry Smith.
"According to friends it was a coup de foudre for Henry, who has fallen madly in love with the striking, thrice-married brunette despite a ten-year age gap - Frida is 62 and Smith 52."
The couple have rarely been out of each other's company since meeting seven months ago, and Smith now spends most of his time in Switzerland where Frida has a home in the exclusive ski resort of Zermatt.

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[sgl]

Excuse my ignorance on this topic, but is Frida still married? I have only just discovered that she became a princess (I have always been an ABBA fan).

[R_Bee]

Her husband died from lymphoma in 1999.

[Jason R Maier esq]

Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but doesn't the House of Reuss use a numbering system (roughly lasting a century or so) when naming all the male members of the family?

And also, who is the overall head of the House of Reuss?

[Marengo]

True, they are all called Heinrich, to honour Heinrich VI, Holy Roman Emperor. At some point they stop counting and start again with no I, II etc. but I am not sure when that happened. They counted well over 50 when they did.

There are various branches, the head of the branch Reuss-Kostritz is Fuerst Henrich IV.

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by Marengo

True, they are all called Heinrich, to honour Heinrich VI, Holy Roman Emperor. At some point they stop counting and start again with no I, II etc. but I am not sure when that happened. They counted well over 50 when they did.

There are various branches, the head of the branch Reuss-Kostritz is Fuerst Henrich IV.

And one branch started to number new each century: Originally there where the Houses Reuß older line and younger line. The older line died out in 1927 with Heinrich XXIV. the last Fürst Reuß zu greiz. He reigned never because he was mentally il. The line reuß tzu Schleiz died out when Heinrich XLV was missed in the Second World War. The remaining line Reuß zu Köstiritz is a junior line of the House Reuß younger line to whom also the Schleiz line belonged. See Genealogy here: Reuss

[Jason R Maier esq]

Originally Posted by Stefan

And one branch started to number new each century: Originally there where the Houses Reuß older line and younger line. The older line died out in 1927 with Heinrich XXIV. the last Fürst Reuß zu greiz. He reigned never because he was mentally il. The line reuß tzu Schleiz died out when Heinrich XLV was missed in the Second World War. The remaining line Reuß zu Köstiritz is a junior line of the House Reuß younger line to whom also the Schleiz line belonged. See Genealogy here: Reuss

Thanks for that genealogy page . . . . interesting to note that some of the numbers got really high

Yeah I saw that Heinrich XLV wasn't declared dead until 1962 . . . .

[Warren]

There are some more details about the House of Reuss at post #9 on the previous page.

[HMTLove23]

any word on the wedding of Princess Maximiliana Reuss and Klaus Ita, which was supposed to take place today 30-5-2008

[Avicenna]

Originally Posted by HMTLove23

any word on the wedding of Princess Maximiliana Reuss and Klaus Ita, which was supposed to take place today 30-5-2008

No, but if you would like to send them a gift ... here is their wish-list, obviously the couple loves Asterix ... Amazon.de: Hochzeitsliste

[Marengo]

12 June 2008

According to the Osthuringer Zeiting the process that princess Woizlawa-Feodora and Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss tried to start to get 8 houses back in Gera not been accepted by the court, the case won't be re-opened.

Shortly after WWII the real estate of prince Heinrich XLV was confiscated by the Soviets, something which was illigal according to some, as he was a British citizen and foreigners were exemted from these confications. A court in 2005 already denied the princess and prince their claim.

A new document should however prove that the British nationality of Prince Heinrich XLV was ignored on purpose by the soviets and they hidden documents to prove that he was. The court re-opened the case but did not come to another verdict.

Article in Dutch here, from Monarchen.nl - de Europese vorstenhuizen

[MBGGfvB]

Does anyone know who is the current head of the Reuss Princely family?

[Jason R Maier esq]

Originally Posted by MBGGfvB

Does anyone know who is the current head of the Reuss Princely family?

Reuss

The current head of the Reuss family is HEINRICH IV Pr Reuss, Fürst Reuss zu Köstritz (b. 10-26-1919) married to Marie Luise Pss zu Salm-Horstmar (b. 8-18-1918). Heinrich IV became the head of the Reuss family in 1962 when Heinrich XLV Furst Reuss zu Schleiz was declared dead (he had gone missing in 1945).

[Her_Majesty]

Frida at "Swedish Heroes"

YouTube - Anni frid Reuss - Svenska Hjältar (Swedish Heroes)

[Her_Majesty]

More about "Svenska Hjältar"
Mikory's ABBA-blog: Frida joins the jury of "Svenska Hjältar"
http://www.tv4.se/1.1225189/2009/09/...venska_hjaltar
http://www.aftonbladet.se/svenskahja...icle5910281.ab

Bew Pictures
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[Her_Majesty]

The Princess Reuss attending the Polar Music Prize 2008 (August 26th 2008)

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[MBGGfvB]

Warren, I'm happy to see persistence in the attempts to re-establishing her, and her family's, rights. I hope it go well.

[Boris]

Thank you very much for your effort in setting the record straight regarding the very strange post # 46, Warren. After having read it before, I just returned to this thread to copy the key 'information' about the allegations and try to cross-check, as I did not believe it.
Thanks again that you resolved it instead.