Hans Heinrich X. Prince of Pless

Hans Heinrich X. Prince of Pless, Count von Hochberg, Baron von Fürstenstein (born December 2, 1806 in Berlin , † December 20, 1855 there ) was a German nobleman and mining industrialist .

Life

Prince Pless's parents were Count Hans Heinrich VI. von Hochberg (1768–1833) and Princess Anna Emilie von Anhalt-Köthen-Pleß (1770–1830), daughter of Prince Friedrich Erdmann von Anhalt-Köthen-Pleß .

He was married to Ida von Stechow -Kotzen (1811–1843), daughter of Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Stechow (1771–1839). From this marriage came Hans Heinrich XI. (1833–1907), Hans Heinrich XII. Maximilian (* / † 1835), Hans Heinrich XIII. Konrad (1837-1858), Anna (1839-1916), who with Prince Heinrich XII. Reuss zu Köstritz (1829–1866) was married, and Bolko von Hochberg (1843–1926).

In his second marriage on January 29, 1848 he married the sister of his first wife, Adelheid nee. v. Stechow, used von der Betten (September 25, 1807, † August 24, 1868), the mother of Julius von der Betten and Karl Klaus von der Betten .

As the grandson of the first prince from the Anhalt-Köthen line , he inherited the princely title after the Anhalt-Köthen-Pless family died out in 1847 . In 1848 he was given the Prussian primogenic title of Prince von Pless from Friedrich Wilhelm IV .

Prince Pleß was the state marshal of Silesia and a member of the Prussian First Chamber. When the Prussian mansion was founded (1854), he was its president for another year. He died at the age of 49.

literature

Individual evidence

↑ The Habsburgs to Conrad Ernst Maximilian v. Hochberg was awarded the imperial title "Reichsgraf von Hochberg" and was not recognized by the Prussian heraldry after the conquest of Silesia on the orders of Frederick II.
^ Corrections based on information from Michael Graf v. Hochberg (2014).

personal data
SURNAME	Pless, Hans Heinrich X. Prince of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hochberg, Hans Heinrich X. Imperial Count of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian prince
DATE OF BIRTH	December 2, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 20, 1855
Place of death	Berlin

[1] The Habsburgs to Conrad Ernst Maximilian v. Hochberg was awarded the imperial title "Reichsgraf von Hochberg" and was not recognized by the Prussian heraldry after the conquest of Silesia on the orders of Frederick II.

[2] Corrections based on information from Michael Graf v. Hochberg (2014).