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On November 11, 1884, Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1864-1929) married Heinrich XXVII, Prince of Reuss zu Schleiz (1858-1929), who ceased to rule on November 11, 1918.
The couple had five children: Viktoria-Feodora (1889-1918), who married Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Luise-Adelheid (1890-1951); Heinrich XL (b-d 1891); Heinrich XLIII (1893-1912); and Heinrich XLV, Prince Reuss zu Schleiz (1895-1945?). He went missing in the Second World War and was declared dead in 1962.
Elise was the second child of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Leopoldine of Baden. She was named for her paternal aunt, Elise (1830-1850). Her older brother, Ernst, succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and married Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Elise's first daughter, Viktoria-Feodora, was named for Queen Victoria (her great aunt) and her grandmother, Princess Feodora, who was Queen Victoria's half-sister. Elise's younger sister, Feodore, married Emich, Prince of Leiningen.
Unlike her siblings' marriages, Queen Victoria's letters and the Court Circular do not mention Elise's engagement and marriage.
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