Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
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Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz | |
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| Born | 14 July 1825 Klipphausen |
| Died | 2 May 1906 (aged 80) Trzebiechów |
| Noble family | House of Reuss |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Father | Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz |
| Mother | Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode |
Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (German: Heinrich VII. Reuß zu Köstritz; 14 July 1825, Klipphausen – 2 May 1906, Trzebiechów) was a German diplomat.
Life[]
Prince Heinrich VII Reuss was born in 1825 as the fifth child and third son of Prince Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz and his first wife, Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode. From 1845 to 1848 he studied law at Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg and Humboldt University of Berlin. He then joined the 8th Lancers Regiment. From 1853, he pursued a diplomatic career.
From 1854 to 1863 he worked as a diplomat (Legationsrat) in the Prussian embassy in Paris. Then he was sent as Prussian royal ambassador to Kassel, and later to Munich. On 5 February 1868 he was posted as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the North German Confederation to the Russian court at St. Petersburg by William I, who was still King of Prussia at that time. On 26 April 1871 he was designated the first ambassador of the German Empire by William, who had been crowned Emperor a few months earlier.
From 1873 to 1876 he served Emperor William I as adjutant general, and was eventually promoted to General of the Cavalry.[1] In 1876 he married Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and became a member of the Prussian House of Lords. In 1877, he was the first imperial ambassador to Constantinople, where he opened the magnificent Embassy building, which he was allowed to set up to his own taste. Just one year later he went as German ambassador to Vienna; this was his last foreign assignment.
In 1894, he retired to his castle in Trzebiechów (German: Trebschen), where he died on 2 May 1906.
Family and issue[]
On 6 February 1876, Heinrich VII married Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, daughter of Grand Duke Charles Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. From this marriage, he had the following children:
- Unnamed son (1877-1877)
- Heinrich XXXII (1878–1935)
- married in 1920 (divorced 1921) Princess Marie Adelaide of Lippe (1895-1993)
- Heinrich XXXIII (1879–1942)
- married firstly in 1913 (divorced 1922) Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia (1890-1923)
- married secondly in 1929 (divorced 1935) Allene Tew (1876-1955)
- Johanna (1882–1883)
- Sophie Renate (1884–1968)
- married in 1909 Prince Heinrich XXXIV Reuss (1887-1956)
- Heinrich XXXV (1887–1936)
- married firstly in 1911 (divorced 1921) Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1888-1947)
- married secondly in 1921 (divorced 1923) Princess Marie Adelaide of Lippe (1895-1993)
Honours[]
He received the following orders and decorations:[1]
Principality of Reuss-Gera: Cross of Honour, 1st Class
Kingdom of Prussia:
- Knight of Justice of the Johanniter Order, 8 April 1851[2]
- Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, with Swords, 1866; Grand Commander's Cross with Swords on Ring, 1878; with Star, 11 June 1879[2]
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, with Oak Leaves, 6 February 1876[2]
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 1887; with Diamonds, 15 March 1894;[3] with Collar
Electorate of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Wilhelmsorden, 11 October 1864[4]
Kingdom of Bavaria: Grand Cross of Merit of the Bavarian Crown, 1867[5]
French Empire: Commander of the Legion of Honour
Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 18 May 1893[6]
Two Sicilies: Commander of the Constantinian Order of St. George
Schaumburg-Lippe: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class
Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1880; in Diamonds, 1894[7]
Persian Empire: Order of the August Portrait, in Diamonds
Russian Empire:
- Knight of St. Andrew, in Diamonds
- Knight of St. Vladimir, 2nd Class
Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1875[8]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1876[9]
Ottoman Empire: Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class
Württemberg:
- Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1893[10]
- Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat fur das jahr 1906, p. 42
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), 1, Berlin, 1886, pp. 24, 933, 1014 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "Schwarzer Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 5 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ Kurfürstlich Hessisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch: 1866. Waisenhaus. 1866. p. 22.
- ^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und – Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern (in German), Munich: Druck and Verlag, 1904, p. 25 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1898, p. 13 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "Ritter-Orden: Königlich-ungarischer St. Stephans-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1906, p. 56, retrieved 24 March 2021
- ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 15
- ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 45
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1896), "Königliche Orden" p. 29
Literature[]
- Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum, vol. 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg, 1941
- Heinrich Heffter (1969), "Heinrich VII. Prinz Reuß-Köstritz", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), 8, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 387–388
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- Germany–Ottoman Empire relations
- 1825 births
- 1906 deaths
- Princes of Reuss
- People from Meissen (district)
- Members of the Prussian House of Lords
- Heidelberg University alumni
- Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
- Ambassadors of Germany to Austria
- Ambassadors of Germany to Turkey
- Generals of Cavalry (Prussia)
- Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
- Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class