Heinrich von Reuss

Last updated
Imperial Count

Heinrich VI Reuss

of Plauen and Köstritz
Heinrich VI., Graf von Reuss-Kostritz (1707-1783).jpg
Diocesan Governor of Christianssand stiftamt
In office
1742–1746
Personal details
Born
Heinrich VI von Reuß-Köstritz

(1707-07-01)1 July 1707
Dzietrzychowice, Holy Roman Empire
Died17 May 1783(1783-05-17) (aged 75)
Bad Köstritz, Holy Roman Empire
Nationality German
Profession Politician

Heinrich von Reuss (1707-1783) was a German noble and Danish government official. He served as the County Governor of several counties in Norway and Denmark. [1]

Starting from a distinctly pietistic home, he was sent in 1732 to Denmark. He was appointed chamberlain in 1739 and a year later he was made a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. In 1742 he was appointed Diocesan Governor of Christianssand stiftamt (and simultaneously named County Governor of Nedenæs amt) in southern Norway. He held that post until 1746 when he was transferred to Denmark be the County Governor of Sorø amt. The following year he was named as chief court officer at the newly formed Sorø Academy. During his stay in this country, Count Reuss acquired the Danish language so well that at the inauguration of the academy in 1747 he gave the opening speech in Danish. [2]

Büsching describes the count as a gentleman not without learned knowledge, also God-fearing and a human friend, but too dependent on his rich wife. From 1748 to 1754 he was county governor of Ringsted County. Then in 1754, he was transferred to be the county governor of Sønderborg County. In 1747, he was named a Geheimrat and in 1779 received the Order of the Elephant. In 1765 he left Denmark and moved to Prussia where he entered service there as a government minister. He died 17 May 1783. [2]

Related Research Articles

Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions, called counties until 1918, they were known as amter. The counties form the first-level administrative divisions of Norway and are further subdivided into 356 municipalities. The island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are outside the county division and ruled directly at the national level. The capital Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality.

Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel

Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, German and Norwegian: Karl; 19 December 1744 – 17 August 1836) was a cadet member of the house of Hesse-Kassel and a Danish general field marshal. Brought up with relatives at the Danish court, he spent most of his life in Denmark, serving as royal governor of the twin duchies of Schleswig-Holstein from 1769 to 1836 and commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army from 1772 to 1814.

Ove Juul was a Danish nobleman who served as Vice Governor-general of Norway under Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve from 1669 to 1674.

Christian Sommerfeldt was a Norwegian geographer and civil servant.

Carl Juel (1706-1767), was a Danish statesman and court official, councillor, and diocesan governor.

Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen Trampe

Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen Trampe (1798–1876) was a Dano-Norwegian lawyer and politician. He served as the County Governor of Nordlands amt from 1829 until 1833 and then as the County Governor of Nordre Trondhjems amt from 1833 until 1857.

Hans Vilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen (1777-1836) was a Danish landowner and government official. He served as the Diocesan Governor and County Governor of several different counties in Denmark and Norway.

Frederik Adeler (1764–1816)

Frederik Adeler (1764-1816) was a Dano-Norwegian noble and government official. He served as the County Governor and Diocesan Governor of several counties from 1802 until his death in 1816.

Magnus Theiste (1725-1791) was a Norwegian government official. He served as the County Governor of Lister og Mandal county from 1768 to 1771 and of Nordre Bergenhus county from 1771 to 1779.

Hans Christoph Diderik Victor von Levetzow (1754-1829) was a Danish noble and government official. He served as the Diocesan Governor in Iceland from 1785 until 1789. He was then transferred to Norway where he served as the Diocesand Governor of Christianssand stiftamt (and simultaneously as the County Governor of Nedenæs amt from 1789 until 1800. He was then sent to be the County Governor of Husum and Bredstedt counties in Denmark from 1800 until 1826. From 1826 until his death in 1829, he was the administrator of the County of Rantzau in Holstein.

Frederik Moltke

Frederik Moltke (1754-1836) was a Danish politician and Prime Minister of Denmark. He also served as the County Governor of several counties and dioceses in Norway and Denmark during his career.

Joachim Hartvig Johan von Barner (1699-1768) was a Danish military officer and government official. He served as the County Governor of several counties in Norway and Denmark.

Johan Albrecht With (1683-1754) was a Danish military officer and governor. He served as the County Governor of several counties in Norway and Denmark.

References

  1. ↑ Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Bobé, Louis, ed. (1887–1905). "Reuss, Henrik VI Greve af". Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). XIV. Kjøbenhavn: Gyldendalske boghandels forlag. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
Government offices
Preceded by
Carl Juel 		Diocesan Governor of Christianssand stiftamt
1742–1746		Succeeded by
Joachim Hartvig Johan von Barner
Preceded by
Carl Juel 		County Governor of Nedenæs amt
1742–1746		Succeeded by
Joachim Hartvig Johan von Barner
Preceded by
Christoph Ernst von Beulwitz 		County Governor of Sorø amt
1746–1748		Office abolished
Merged into Ringsted amt
Preceded by
Tomas Lillienskiold 		County Governor of Ringsted amt
1748–1754		Succeeded by
Carl Juel
Preceded by
Duke Christian August I
of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg		 County Governor of Sønderborg amt
1754–1765		Succeeded by
Johan Wilhelm Teuffel von Pirckensee


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.