His parents came from Germany in the 1700s Since they were born into royalty they were automaticly in the military and he family name was Riedern Von Rieder. They dropped the Riedern Von upon arriving here and the er soon after. The current spelling is Reed but there has never been such a thing as Reed, it has derived from sloppy hand writing through the years. Just after WW-2 my grandfather got a check from the German Government from the proceeds of selling the castle.
All Germans are not Teutonic just like all white people are not “Anglos”.