County of Reuss

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The County of Reuss was a small historical state in what is now Germany, ruled by the Reuss family and later elevated into the Reuss principalities within the Holy Roman Empire and its successor states.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
County of Reuss Elder Line 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county
former state
imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire
capital Gera NERFINISHED
Greiz NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionReason elevation to principalities of Reuss
dynasty Reuss dynasty NERFINISHED
elevationToPrincipality 18th century
feudalAllegiance Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
governmentType feudal state
monarchy
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages
historicalRegion Thuringian states NERFINISHED
language German
locatedIn Thuringia NERFINISHED
modern Germany
modernTerritoryPartOf Free State of Thuringia NERFINISHED
namedAfter House of Reuss NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Count of Reuss NERFINISHED
partOf Reuss territories NERFINISHED
Upper Saxon Circle NERFINISHED
politicalStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
predecessor Reuss family lordships NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism
rulerTitle Count
rulingFamily House of Reuss NERFINISHED
status dissolved
successor Principality of Reuss-Ebersdorf NERFINISHED
Principality of Reuss-Gera NERFINISHED
Principality of Reuss-Greiz NERFINISHED
Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein NERFINISHED
Reuss principalities NERFINISHED
successorState German Confederation member states
German Empire constituent states
North German Confederation member states
typeOfState small territorial state

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Principality of Reuss Elder Line predecessor County of Reuss
this entity surface form: County of Reuss Elder Line
Reuss principalities predecessor County of Reuss