Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
| Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |
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| Princess Reuss Younger Line | |
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| Born |
4 September 1864 Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg Germany |
| Died | 18 March 1929 (aged 64) Gera, Reuss Younger Line Germany |
| Spouse | Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line |
| Issue | Princess Viktoria Princess Luise Adelheid Prince Heinrich XL Prince Heinrich XLIII Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line |
| Father | Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
| Mother | Princess Leopoldine of Baden |
Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Prinzessin Elise Victoria Feodora Sophie Adelheid zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; 4 September 1864 - 18 March 1929) was Princess Reuss Younger Line as the wife of Heinrich XXVII. She was the eldest daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Leopoldine of Baden.
Elise was born in Langenburg as the second child and first daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden. She was a grand-niece of Queen Victoria, as Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who was also the mother of Queen Victoria, had been previously married to Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen with whom she had two children, one of whom was Elise's paternal grandmother.
Elise had one elder brother Ernst who, at their father death, succeeded to the title of 7th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg), and one younger sister Princess Feodora, who in 1894, married Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen.
On 11 November 1884, Elise married in Langenburg, Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line eldest child of Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1832–1913) and his wife, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835–1886). They had five children:
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