Henry VI. (Reuss-Köstritz)

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Henry VI. Reuss, Count and Lord of Plauen and Köstritz (born July 1, 1707 in Dittersbach , Sagan municipality ; † May 17, 1783 in Köstritz ) was a German nobleman in Danish and Prussian services. The older branch of Count Reuss zu Köstritz goes back to him.

Life

Henry VI. was the second son of Heinrich XXIV. (Reuss-Köstritz) and his wife Eleonore (1688–1776), born. Baroness of Promnitz -Dittersbach. Henry IX. Reuss zu Köstritz was his younger brother.

Along with Rochus Friedrich zu Lynar (1708-1781) , who had been brought up with him, he studied from 1726 jurisprudence at the University of Jena , where he in 1729 a disputation defended, and at the University of Halle . At the end of his studies he went on a grand tour to Holland, England and France.

In 1732 he went to Denmark and found a job at the German Chancellery in Copenhagen . In 1742 he was appointed by King Christian VI. (Denmark and Norway) as mayor of Kristiansand and bailiff of Nedenæs (today Aust-Agder ). In 1746 he moved to Sorø as bailiff of Sorø Amt and chief steward of the re-established Sorø Akademi . At the opening ceremony on July 26, 1747, he gave a much-noticed speech in Danish. In 1748 the Ringsted Amt was incorporated into the Amt Sorø. In 1754 he became bailiff of Sønderborg Amt .

In 1765 he left Denmark, probably in connection with the difficulties of the moor colonization project and the impeachment of his brother-in-law Rochus Friedrich zu Lynar, and entered the Prussian service as Minister of State and Chamberlain.

Since the death of his father in 1748 he was the second paraglider from Reuss zu Köstritz. He was buried in the crypt laid out by his father in 1741 in the town church of Hohenleuben .

Family and offspring

Henry VI. married on December 16, 1746 in Copenhagen the very wealthy Henrietta Juana Francisca Susanna Casado y Huguetan, 4th Margravine of Monteleón (born May 2, 1725 in The Hague; † January 6, 1761 in Sønderborg on Alsen ), daughter of Antonio Casado y Velasco , 3rd Margrave of Monteleón (1703–1740) and Margaretha Huguetan, Countess of Gyldensteen (1702–1766), a half-sister of Jean Henri Huguetan Graf von Gyldensteen . The couple had 7 children:

  • Friederike (1748–1798) ∞ Johann Christian II. ( Solms-Baruth ) (1733–1800)
  • Eleanor (1749–1749)
  • Heinrich XL. (1750–1751)
  • Heinrich XLIII. (1752–1814), inherited the Paragium Reuss-Köstritz
  • Heinrich XLV. (1753–1768)
  • (Child) (1755)
  • Heinrich XLVIII. (1759–1825) ∞ Christine von Schönburg-Wechselburg (1766–1833)

Awards

Works

  • De Iureiurando Per Procuratorem In Caussis Privatis, Imperii RG Publicis Et Liberarum Gentium Exercitatio. Jena: Fickelscherr 1729 ( digitized , Bavarian State Library )
  • Speech, so at the inauguration of the royal. Knight's Academy in Soröe on 26 Jul. 1747 held / by ... Heinrich the VI. Reuss, Count ... von Plauen, Mr. zu Greitz, Cranichfeld, Gera, Schleitz and Lobenstein, Sr. Königl. Majest. to Denmark, Norway [et] c. Privy advice, Lord Cammer, Ober-Hofmeister, and bailiff over Soroe and Ringsted. [Sl], 1747 ( VD18 10044914)
Digitized , Berlin State Library

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Johann Gottfried Erichsen
  2. ↑ JHF Berlien: The Elephant Order and its knights . Copenhagen 1846 ( digitized ). , P. 111.
predecessor Office successor
Heinrich XXIV. Paraglider of Reuss-Köstritz
1748–1783 		Heinrich XLIII.
personal data
SURNAME Henry VI.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henry VI. Reuss, Count and Lord of Plauen and Köstritz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman in Danish service
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1707
PLACE OF BIRTH Dittersbach , Sagan municipality
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1783
Place of death Köstritz