Anna Reuss of Köstritz

Anna Reuss of Köstritz
Spouse(s)	Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Noble family	House of Reuss
Father	Henry LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
Mother	Countess Caroline of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Born	(1837-01-09)9 January 1837 Dresden
Died	Wernigerode

Princess Anna Elizabeth Reuss of Köstritz (9 January 1837 in Dresden – 2 February 1907 in Wernigerode), was a princess of Reuss by birth and by marriage countess, and after 1890 princess, of Stolberg-Wernigerode.

Life

Anna was the daughter of Prince Henry LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (1786–1841) and his second wife Countess Caroline of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1806–1896).

Anna spent her childhood at Staniszów Castle in Silesia. She was artistically talented and in 1862 she went to Berlin, where she received painting and music lessons and met Count Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode, whom she married on 22 August 1863 at Staniszów Castle.

In 1890 her husband was raise to Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode. His political rise allowed a major expansion of Wernigerode Castle, which lasted from 1862 to 1893. The castle was restructured in a historicistic style; Anna was creatively involved in this endeavour. She and her daughters and daughters-in-law created the eight large tapestries in the Castle Church.

Anna also wrote numerous plays and poems. The best known among these are "Jagd am Hubertustag" and "Holtemme".

Issue

From her marriage to Otto, Anna had 7 children:

• Christian Ernest (1864–1940), Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode

married in 1891 Countess Marie of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1864-1942)

• Elizabeth (1866–1928)

married in 1885 Count Constantin of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1843-1905)

• Hermann (1867–1913)

married in 1910 princess Dorothea of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1883-1942), daughter of Hermann of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich

• William (1870–1932)

married in 1910 Princess Elizabeth of Erbach-Schönberg (1883-1966)

• Henry (1871–1874)
• Marie (1872–1950)

married in 1902 Count William of Solms-Laubach (1861-1936)

• Emma (1875–1956)

married in 1894 Prince Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1866-1920)

Ancestry

Family of Anna Reuss of Köstritz

16. Count Heinrich XXIV Reuss Köstritz               8. Heinrich IX, Count Reuss of Köstritz                       17. Baroness Eleonore von Promnitz-Dittersbach               4. Prince Heinrich XLIV Reuss of Köstritz                             18. Count Karl von Wartensleben und Flodroff               9. Countess Amalie von Wartensleben-Flodroff                       19. Johanna Margaretha Huyssen van Kattendijke               2. Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz                                   20. Baron Johann von Geuder genannt Rabensteiner               10. Baron Friedrich Christian von Geuder genannt Rabensteiner                       22. Baroness Sophia von Lettmath               5. Baroness Wilhelmine von Geuder genannt Rabensteiner                             22. Johann von Bredow               11. Johanna von Bredow                       23. Sophie von Borcke               1. Princes Anna Reuss of Köstritz                                         24. Count Heinrich Ernst of Stolberg-Wernigerode               12. Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode                       25. Princess Christiane of Anhalt-Köthen               6. Count Heinrich of Stolberg-Wernigerode                             26. Christoph Ludwig, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg               13. Countess Auguste of Stolberg-Stolberg                       27. Countess Luise of Stolberg-Rossla               3. Countess Caroline of Stolberg-Wernigerode                                   28. Count Albrecht of Schönburg-Waldenburg               14. Prince Otto Karl Friedrich of Schonburg-Waldenburg                       29. Friederike von der Marwitz               7. Princess Johanna of Schonburg-Waldenburg                             30. Count Heinrich XXIII Reuss-Köstritz               15. Countess Henriette Eleonore Elisabeth Reuss-Köstritz                       31. Countess Ernestine of Schönburg-Wechselburg

References

• Konrad Breitenborn: Graf Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode: Deutscher Standesherr und Politiker der Bismarckzeit. Ausgewählte Dokumente, Jüttners Buchhandlung, Wernigerode, 1993, ISBN 3-910157-01-7
• Konrad Breitenborn (eds.): Die Lebenserinnerungen des Fürsten Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1837-1896), Jüttners Buchhandlung, Wernigerode 1996, ISBN 3-910157-03-3
• Sunhild Minkner: Bemerkenswerte Frauen, paperback, Wernigerode 1999