back the Hohenzollern claim. This led Prince John of Saxony for instance to remark that "If the nine Electors of the old German Empire were restored, the Prince of Reuss-Greiz would have a better chance of being Emperor than the King of Prussia". Marriage and issue On 8 October 1872, he married Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe, a daughter of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. They had the following children: Henry XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1878–1927) Princess Emma (1881–1961) ∞ (1903) Count Erich Künigl von Ehrenburg (1880–1930) Princess Marie (1882–1942) ∞ (1904) Baron Ferdinand von Gnagnoni (1878–1955) Princess Caroline (1884–1905) ∞ (1903) Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876–1923) Princess Hermine (1887–1947) ∞ I. (1907) Prince Johann Georg of Schoenaich-Carolath (1873–1920); ∞ II. (1922) Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859–1941) Princess Ida (1891–1977) ∞ (1911) Fürst Christoph Martin III. zu Stolberg-Roßla (1888–1949) Death and succession Prince Heinrich died of heart trouble on 19 April 1902. His death meant his mentally and physically disabled only son Prince Heinrich became reigning prince of Reuss. As the prince was clearly unable to fulfill these duties, arrangements for a regency were made. A younger branch of the Reuss family was next-in-line to the title, but there was some concern that Heinrich might choose another for the regency, as he disliked them. In the end, Heinrich's distant cousin Prince Heinrich XXVII of Reuss zu Schleiz was chosen; his wife, Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was a cousin of both Kaiser and his wife Empress Augusta Viktoria, and the prince himself had served alongside Emperor Wilhelm in the regiment of the Hussars of the Guard, thus repairing relations between the houses of Hohenzollern and Reuss. Ancestry References Sources 1846 births 1902 deaths Princes of Reuss 19th-century German people Protestant monarchs Generals of Infantry (Prussia) Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Military personnel from Thuringia