Prinz Heinrich VII. Reuß zu Köstritz
(14.07.1825 - 02.05.1906)
place of birth:  Klipphausen
Königreich Preußen:  Botschafter,  Generaladjutant SM,  General der Cavallerie

                            


Prinz Heinrich VII. Reuß served in the Imperial German diplomatic corps and was an adjutant general in Wilhelm I.'s military entourage. Prinz Heinrich joined 8. Ulanen-Regiment in 1848 but later chose to focus on a diplomatic career path. He worked at the Prussian embassy in Paris from 1854 to 1863. He was sent in 1868 to St. Petersburg as a special envoy for the North German Confederation (Norddeutscher Bund).

Following the victory in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, Kaiser Wilhelm I. named Prinz Heinrich as Imperial Germany's first ambassador to Russia; he was thus designated General à la suite on 18 August 1871 and then promoted to brevet General-Lieutenant on 16 December 1871. While in Russia, Heinrich VII. was elevated to Generaladjutant to Wilhelm I. on 8 May 1873. He was transferred in 1877 to open the new German Embassy in Constantinople, Turkey, and one year later was sent to Vienna. Although no longer a soldier, Prinz Heinrich was promoted to General-Lieutenant on 22 March 1877, then later to General der Kavallerie on 20 September 1884.

	General der Cavallerie	20.09.1884
	Schwarzer Adler-Orden