Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz
| Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz | |||||
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26 July 1879 Mauer |
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| Died | 15 November 1942 (aged 63) Stonsdorf, Germany |
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Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia Allene Tew Hostetter Burchard |
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| Issue | Princess Marie Luise Reuss zu Köstritz Prince Heinrich II Reuss of Köstritz |
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| House | House of Reuss | ||||
| Father | Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz | ||||
| Mother | Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | ||||
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| German: Heinrich XXXIII Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz |
Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz (26 July 1879 – 15 November 1942) was the son of Prince Heinrich VII Reuss of Köstritz and his wife Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss was the son of the Prince Heinrich VII Reuss of Köstritz and Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Through his mother, Prince Heinrich XXXIII was heir to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands until the birth of the Crown Princess Juliana, daughter of Queen Wilhelmina.
Prince Reuss was trained as a doctor, and passed all his medical examinations; he entered the army subsequently and took a commission in the 2nd Dragoon Guards, and afterwards served in the diplomatic service. It was Prince Reuss before whom the two English doctors, Dr. Elliot and Dr. Austin, who were arrested as spies in Belgium when tried. The question to be decided by the Prince was whether they were doctors or not, and he had to put them through a severe examination in medicine. They were acquitted, and the Prince reportedly said "he thought those two English doctors two of the finest and most honest men he had ever met."
Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss was seen as the most probable heir to the Dutch throne in the event that Queen Wilhelmina remained childless. Thus until 1909 he could be considered as an heir although he had severe competition from the Wied family (Princess Marie zu Wied was a daughter of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands and very popular in the Netherlands). Prince Heinrich XXXIII was the younger son of Marie Alexandrine (daughter of Princess Sophie of the Netherlands) and Prince Heinrich VII Reuss of Köstritz. The firstborn son, prince Prince Heinrich XXXII Reuss of Köstritz was not considered seriously as a candidate for the Dutch throne. He was supposedly ugly and not very intelligent.
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