Heinrich LXI. Reuss to Köstritz
Heinrich LXI. Reuss (born December 8, 1784 in Köstritz , † August 29, 1813 near Kulm ) was Count and Hereditary Prince Reuss of Köstritz .
Life
Heinrich LXI. was the son and heir of Prince Heinrich XLIII. Reuss zu Köstritz (older branch) and his wife Countess Luise Reuss zu Ebersdorf.
Heinrich initially served as a cavalry officer in Austria. According to the demands of the Rhine Confederation , which his father had joined in 1807, Köstritz had to put a contingent of 450 men in the service of Napoleon , the Heinrich LXI. commanded. Heinrich fought with heavy losses in Spain, Austria, Holland and Russia. He was promoted to major general by Napoleon and commanded the "Reuss Infantry Brigade".
In an attempt to prevent the Prussian and Russian troops from coming together shortly before the Battle of the Nations , Heinrich fell in the Battle of Kulm in August 1813 . He died unmarried a year before his father, so his younger brother Heinrich became LXIV. , to whom he was very close, Prince Reuss zu Köstritz.
See also
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Trebge: Traces in the Land. From the history of the apanaged Thuringian-Vogtland noble house Reuss-Köstritz. 2nd, supplemented edition. Vogtland Antiquities Research Association in Hohenleuben, Hohenleuben 2005.
- Thomas Gehrlein: The Reuss House. Older and younger line (= German Princely Houses. 19). 2nd, revised edition. Börde-Verlag, Werl 2006, ISBN 3-9810315-3-9 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrich LXI. Reuss to Köstritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Count Reuss von Schleiz zu Köstritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hereditary Prince Reuss zu Köstritz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Köstritz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1813 |
| Place of death | Kulm |