Peerage Record – 11133

     Friederike Graetz was born on 28 February 1851 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany^G.¹ She was the daughter of Johannes Phillipp Graetz.¹ She married Heinrich XIV Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz, son of Heinrich LXVII Prinz Reuss zu Schleiz and Adelheid Prinzessin Reuss zu Ebersdorff, on 14 February 1890 at Leipzig, Brandenburg, Germany^G.¹ She died on 22 May 1907 at age 56 at Dresden, Sachsen, Germany^G.¹
     After her marriage, Friederike Graetz was styled as Frau von Saalburg on 28 May 1890.¹

     Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz was born on 10 November 1858. He was the son of Heinrich XIV Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz and Agnes Herzogin von Württemberg.¹ He married Elise Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard VI Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Leopoldine Wilhelmine Pauline Amalie Maximiliane Prinzessin von Baden, on 11 November 1884 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.¹ He died on 21 November 1928 at age 70.
     He gained the title of Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz.¹

     Elise Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born on 4 September 1864 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.¹ She was the daughter of Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard VI Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Leopoldine Wilhelmine Pauline Amalie Maximiliane Prinzessin von Baden.¹ She married Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz, son of Heinrich XIV Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz and Agnes Herzogin von Württemberg, on 11 November 1884 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.¹ She died on 18 March 1929 at age 64 at Gera, Austria^G.¹
     She gained the title of Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.¹

     Viktoria Prinzessin Reuss zu Schleiz was born on 21 April 1889 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G.² She was the daughter of Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz and Elise Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.¹ She married Adolf Friedrich Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Friedrich Franz II Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Marie Prinzessin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, on 24 April 1917.² She died on 18 December 1918 at age 29 at Rostock, Poland^G.²

     Adolf Friedrich Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 10 October 1873 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.² He was the son of Friedrich Franz II Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Marie Prinzessin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.³ He married, firstly, Viktoria Prinzessin Reuss zu Schleiz, daughter of Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz and Elise Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 24 April 1917.² He married, secondly, Elisabeth Prinzessin zu Stolberg-Rossla, daughter of Botho Fürst zu Stolberg-Rossla and Hedwig Prinzessin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen, on 15 October 1924 at Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.² He died on 5 August 1969 at age 95.²
     He gained the title of Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (styled as Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.¹)

     Luise Adelheid Prinzessin Reuss zu Schleiz was born on 17 July 1890.¹ She was the daughter of Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz and Elise Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.¹ She died on 12 August 1951 at age 61.¹

     Heinrich XL Prinz Reuss zu Schleiz was born on 17 September 1891.¹ He was the son of Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz and Elise Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.¹ He died on 4 November 1891.¹

     Heinrich XLIII Prinz Reuss zu Schleiz was born on 25 June 1893.¹ He was the son of Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz and Elise Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.¹ He was also reported to have been born on 25 July 1893. He died on 13 May 1915 at age 21.¹

     Heinrich XLV Prinz Reuss zu Schleiz was born on 13 May 1895.¹ He was the son of Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuss zu Schleiz and Elise Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.¹ He died in 1945, arrested by the Russians, and ‘disappered’.¹