Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera

Henry II was born posthumously, as the only son of Henry XVI of Reuss-Gera (1530–1572), the founder of the Younger Line, and his wife, Countess Dorothea of Solms-Sonnewalde (1547–1595), daughter of Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach.Against the advice of his theological councillor, he granted asylum to Calvinist refugees from Flanders and housed them in his capital city Gera.In 2011, it was displayed in an exhibition about funeral practices in the early modern age in the city museum of Gera.In Weikersheim on 7 February 1594, Henry II married firstly Magdalena (28 December 1572 – 2 April 1596), daughter of Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim-Langenburg.They had seventeen children:[citation needed] Since 2008, the motor car of one of the trams in Gera bears his name.
Noble familyHouse of ReussLobensteinOberkranichfeldYounger LineFrederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-LaubachGymnasiumCalvinistFlandersHeinrich SchützMusikalische Exequienearly modern ageKasselAlbert VIIHenry Xtrams in GeraGerman National LibraryAllgemeine Deutsche Biographie