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.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

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

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Reuss principalities → predecessor → County of Reuss ⓘ
Principality of Reuss Elder Line → predecessor → County of Reuss Elder Line ⓘ
linked to: County of Reuss
House of Reuss → predecessorState → County of Reuss ⓘ
Reuss-Ebersdorf → partOf → States of the House of Reuss ⓘ
linked to: County of Reuss
Reuss → historicalTerritory → County of Reuss ⓘ
Thuringian states → hasPart → County of Reuss ⓘ
Thuringian states → hasPart → County of Greiz (Reuss influence) ⓘ
linked to: County of Reuss