Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819–1872) explained

Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
Princess Reuss of Greiz
Birth Date:1819 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Death Place:Greiz
House:Hesse
Issue:Christiane, Princess Hugo of Schönburg-Waldenburg
Prince Heinrich XXI
Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
Prince Heinrich XXIII
Marie, Countess Friedrich of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Meerholz
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.

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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