Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (9 September 1621, in

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– 25 January 1671, in Lobenstein) was a German nobleman, and rector of the

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Life

Henry X was the son of Henry II "the Posthumous" of Reuss-Gera. After his father died in 1635, he was raised by his elder brothers Henry II (1602–1670) and Henry III (1603–1640). He continued his education at the

. In the winter semester of 1641, he was elected

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, a post he held until the summer semester of 1643. When the

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was divided in 1647, Henry X received the Lordship of Lobenstein, minus the Lordship of

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, which was split off and added to Reuss-Gera. Thus he became the found of the

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line of the Younger

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. In 1653, he visited the

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. In 1654, he purchased the Castle and Manor of Hirschberg from the von Beulwitz family. In 1666, his brother Henry IX died without an heir, and so he inherited parts of

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. In 1670, his eldest brother, Henry II, died and Henry X became the senior member of the

. After his death, his sons ruled Reuss-Lobenstein jointly for a few years and then divided it. The Reuss-Lobenstein line died out in the male line in 1853.

Marriage and issue

On 24 October 1647, Henry X married Maria Sibylla (4 August 1625 – 21 May 1675), the daughter of Henry IV of Reuss-Obergreiz from the

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. They had 12 children: * Henry III (16 December 1648 – 24 May 1710), Count of Reuss-Lobenstein * Henry V (18 May 1650 – 30 December 1672) * Henry VI (20 March 1651 – 3 August 1651) * Henry VIII (20 May 1652 – 29 October 1711), Count of Reuss-Hirschberg * Magdalena Dorothea (29 August 1653 – 11 March 1705) * Heinrike Juliana (30 November 1654 – 13 June 1728) married on 27 October 1686 to Count John Albert of Biberstein and Ronov * Ernestine Sophia (1656-1656) * Amalia Christina (15 September 1657 – 18 February 1660) * Henry IX (18 October 1659 – 18 February 1660) * Eleanor (7 September 1661 – 18 August 1696) * Sibylle Friederike (7 September 1661 – 11 December 1728) * Henry X (29 November 1662 – 10 June 1711), Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf

References

* Friedrich Majer: ''Chronik des fürstlichen Hauses der Reussen von Plauen'', Weimar and Leipzig. 1811
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* Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff: ''Neues elegantestes Conversations-Lexicon für Gebildete aus allen Ständen'', vol. 4
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry 10 Reuss Lobenstein House of Reuss Counts of the Holy Roman Empire Rectors of Leipzig University Counts of Reuss 1621 births 1671 deaths