princeheinrichofprussia

Prince Heinrich and Princess Victoria Margarete (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Pixel Wrangler said:

  @ nudecowboy and Richard Arthur Norton

  "the photo is inscribed Prince Heinrich 23rd of Reuss ...
  "The number 23 is a fascinating detail-"

  The photograph is inscribed "Prince Henry XXXIII of Reuss and his bride"
  
  Where "33" is:

  "Prince Henry XXXIII ... married Mrs. Allene Tew Hostetter Burchard of New York in 1929. He is a member of the second limb of the younger branch of the House of Reuss, and his son, born 1916, is Henry II. If possible he is not to be confused with the head of his branch of the house, his cousin, Prince Henry XXXIX who married the Countess of Castell-Castell (at Castell) and whose sons are Henry IV, Henry VI and Henry VII." --Time Magazine, 1931

  I agree that his bride is Victoria Margaret daughter of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia and Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. She was born in 1890 and died in 1923 (age 33). She married Henry XXXIII Reuss of Kostritz (and not Prince Heinrich of Prussia), May 17,1913, and they divorced on July 14, 1922.
  
  "Heinrich XXXIII Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz was born on July 26, 1879, in Austria. He was the son of Heinrich VII Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz and Marie Alexandrine Anne Sophie Auguste Helene Prinzessin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach.
  
  "He married, secondly, Allene Tew, daughter of Charles Henry Tew and Janet Smith, on April 10, 1929, at Paris, France. He and Allene Tew were divorced on 31 October 31, 1935, at Paris, France. He died on November 15, 1942, at age 63 at Stonsdorf. "-- the Peerage
  
  There are other photographs on Flicka of Prince Heinrich XXXIII with his (first) wife, and family:
  
  "Prinz Heinrich XXXIII. Reuss mit Familie" by mrsfujita
  
  
  "The Children Of Prince Heinrich XXXIII. Reuss " by mrsfujita
  

• Kilted Cowboy said:

  oops missed an X, all those roman numerals!! I edited my comment slightly to reflect that.

• BobMeade said:

  This is a photograph of a picture postcard. Gustav Liersch & Co. was a big postcard maker based in Berlin for the views trade, and also a large line in Royalty of all sorts. "The Children Of Prince Heinrich XXXIII. Reuss " by mrsfujita is also an example of that house's work.

• Barbara (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for the added details. We'll supplement our description and reload it to Flickr.

• Art Siegel said:

  Here is Victoria Margarete's Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Viktoria_Margarethe_of_Pru...