Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819-1872)

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Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
Princess Reuss of Greiz
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Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, Regent of Reuss-Greiz.
Born1819
Died1872 (aged 5253)
Spouse
(m. 1839;died 1859)
House Hesse
Father Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Mother Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau

Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819-1872), was a Princess consort of Reuss of Greiz by marriage to Henry XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz. She was the regent of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz during the minority of her minor son Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, from 1859 until 1867.

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Life

Caroline was eldest child of Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and his wife, Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau.

On 1 October 1839 in Homburg vor der Höhe, she married Henry XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz.

When her spouse died in 1859, she was made regent of the Principality during the minority of her son. When the Austro-Prussian War started in 1866, she chose the side of Austria, which was the reason to why the principality was occupied by Prussia and she was forced to resign.

Marriage and issue

She had five children:

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