Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819–1872)

Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1819–1872), was a Princess consort of Reuss of Greiz by marriage to Henry XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz.Caroline was eldest child of Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and his wife, Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau.On 1 October 1839 in Homburg vor der Höhe, she married Henry XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz.When her spouse died in 1859, she was made regent of the Principality during the minority of her son.When the Austro-Prussian War started in 1866, she chose the side of Austria, which was the reason to why the principality was occupied by Prussia and she was forced to resign.
Reuss-GreizBad Homburg vor der HöheHenry XX, Prince Reuss of GreizHeinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of GreizGustav, Landgrave of Hesse-HomburgPrincess Louise of Anhalt-DessauPrincipality of Reuss-GreizHomburg vor der HöheAustro-Prussian WarSchönburg-WaldenburgYsenburg and Büdingen in MeerholzErnst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen