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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reuss
Reuss and the neighbouring tracts of land were inhabited in early medieval times by Slavonian races who were civilized and converted to Christianity by the
Reuss, especially that part on the Saxon borders.
Reuss are descended from the vogts of Weida.
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  Reuss - LoveToKnow Watches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The land under their rule gradually increased in size, and it is said that the name of Reuss was applied to it owing to the fact that one of its princes married a Russian princess, their son being called " der Russe," or the Russian.
The district thus called Reuss was at one time much more extensive than it is at present, and for some years its rulers were margraves of Meissen.
The lords of Reuss took the title of count in 1673; and the head of the elder line became a prince of the Empire in 1778, and the head of the younger line in 1806.
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 Reuss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its rulers, the Reuss family, named every male born within it Heinrich (Henry) since the end of the twelfth century in honour of the Emperor Henry VI of Germany (1190-7), to whom they were under great obligations.
The present Principality of Reuss and the neighbouring tracts of land were inhabited in early medieval times by Slavonian races who were civilized and converted to Christianity by the German Emperor Otto I (936-73).
The princes of Reuss are descended from the vogts of Weida.
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 Decorations of the Principalities of Reuss
The Reuss dynasty is generally traced back to the 11th Century, when Henry the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) was appointed Vogt by Emperor Heinrich VI ("Vogt" was a imperial title, a German corruption of the Latin phrase "advocatus imperii," or Imperial Advocate).
Reuss was then united, perhaps ironically, as a People's Republic; the communists were soon defeated, however, and Reuss entered the Weimar Republic as a part of the new state of Thuringia.
The primary contribution of the Reuss principalities was the 2nd battalion of the 7.
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 Reuss River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The River Reuss is one of the larger rivers in Switzerland.
The Reuss, the Aar, and the Limmat come together in Brugg at the "Watercastle of Europe".
The Reuss continues through the Schöllenen Gorge and under the legendary Devil's Bridge at St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reuss_River   (123 words)

  
 Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick | Theodor Reuss
Theodor Reuss (1855 - 1923 e.v.) Theodor Reuss was an Anglo-German tantric occultist, utopian socialist, journalist, singer, and promoter of Women's Liberation; and the successor to Carl Kellner as head of O.T.O. Reuss was born the son of an innkeeper at Augsburg on June 28, 1855 e.v.
At this conference, Reuss issued to Encausse a warrant to establish a "Supreme Grand Council General of the Unified Rites of Antient and Primitive Masonry for the Grand Orient of France and its Dependencies at Paris," and possibly received authority in Église Catholique Gnostique.
Reuss, with Bricaud's support, advocated the adoption of the religion of Crowley's Gnostic Mass as the "official religion for all members of the World Federation of Universal Freemasonry in possession of the 18° of the Scottish Rite." Reuss's efforts in this regard were a failure, and he left the Congress after the first day.
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 Peace Corps Online | January 15, 2002 - Washington Post: Longtime Representative Henry Reuss Dies
Reuss was a leading critic of high interest rates as well as Ronald Reagan's economic policy, which he deemed tilted to the rich.
Reuss held hearings in the 1970s on whether to pass a resolution deeming it the "patriotic duty" of Americans to have no more than two children.
Reuss pursued an interest in the decline of the big city, and in the 1970s, he chaired a special subcommittee devoted to the issue.
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