Heinrich XXXI. Reuss to Köstritz

Heinrich XXXI. Prince of Reuss, Tehran 1913

Heinrich XXXI. Prince Reuss zu Köstritz (born December 10, 1868 in Jänkendorf , † August 9, 1929 in Breslau ) was a German landowner and politician .

Life

Prince Heinrich XXXI. Reuss zu Köstritz came from the Reuss zu Schleiz-Köstritz line of the ruling dynasty Reuss younger line . He was a son of Prince Heinrich LXXIV. Reuss zu Köstritz (1798–1886) and his second wife, Countess Eleonore zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1835–1903), daughter of Hereditary Count Hermann zu Stolberg-Wernigerode . As a German diplomat , he was consul general in Calcutta ( British India ) from 1910 to 1912 and envoy to Iran ( Tehran ) from 1912 to 1916 . Only one embassy secretary remained in the embassy in Tehran until it was closed due to the war in 1917. German interests were represented by the US embassy. From 1918 to 1929 he was morganatically married to Ilse Marie Görges (1892–1938), daughter of Theodor Görges and Ilse Kunheim, and since this marriage he has carried the title of Prince of Hohenleuben .

Celebration of the anniversary of the reign of the German Emperor in Tehran with the German ambassador in Tehran, Prince Reuss XXXI. In: Die Woche , vol. 15, H 31, August 2, 1913.
Berthold Schmidt: Die Reußen, genealogy of the whole house Reuss (Schleiz 1903), plate 14.
D. Schwennicke : European Family Tables , New Series, Volume I. 3, Plate 367, Publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2000.

predecessor	Office	successor
Albert von Quadt zu Wykradt and Isny	German Consul General in Calcutta 1910–1912	Charles of Luxburg
Albert von Quadt zu Wykradt and Isny	Envoy of the German Reich in Tehran 1912–1916	Philipp Vassel

personal data
SURNAME	Reuss zu Köstritz, Heinrich XXXI.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Reuss zu Köstritz, Heinrich XXXI. Prince (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Landowners and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH	December 10, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jänkendorf
DATE OF DEATH	August 9, 1929
Place of death	Wroclaw