Prince Heinrich VII Reuss of Köstritz was born at Klipphausen on 14 July 1825.

On 5 February 1868 he was posted as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the North German Confederation to the Russian court at St. Petersburg by William I, who was still King of Prussia at that time.

On 26 April 1871 he was designated the first ambassador of the German Empire by William, who had been crowned Emperor a few months earlier.

In 1877, he was the first imperial ambassador to Constantinople, where he opened the magnificent Embassy building, which he was allowed to set up to his own taste.

From this marriage, he had the following children: Prince Heinrich VII died at Trebschen Castle on 2 May 1906.