caption serviceyears laterwork death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
prince risorgimentalis , 1911 heinrich xv of reuss-plauen , source : encyclopedia 1766 -- 1824 inhaber -rrb- infantry regiment # 17 -lrb- 1801 -- 1825 30 august 1825 22 february 1751 greiz castle , germany greiz castle , thuringia , germany austrian empire austrian empire knight 1809 -rrb- military order of max joseph -lrb- 1813 -rrb- 's order of leopold -lrb- 1814 -rrb- order of st. alexander cross nevsky -lrb- 1814 -rrb- military order of maria theresa -lrb- austro-turkish wars napoleonic wars war -lrb- 1787 -- 1791 -rrb- french revolutionary 22 february 1751 feldmarschall reuss.h.xv.jpg prince heinrich xv of reuss-plauen
 prince heinrich xv of reuss-plauen
prince heinrich xv of reuss-plauen

prince heinrich xv of reuss-plauen , viceroy of lombardy-venetia -lrb- 22 february 1751 -- 30 august 1825 -rrb- was the fourth of six sons born into a high-ranking noble family .
at the age of fifteen he joined the army of habsburg austria and later fought against ottoman turkey .
during the french revolutionary wars he became a general officer and saw extensive service .
he commanded a corps during the napoleonic wars .
from 1801 until his death , he was proprietor -lrb- inhaber -rrb- of an austrian infantry regiment .
prince reuss came to the attention of the austrian emperor in his thirties .
after distinguishing himself in battle against the turks , the emperor promoted him to command an infantry regiment .
he served against the first french republic in the flanders campaign and received promotion to general .
the year 1796 found him leading austrian troops against the army of napoleon bonaparte .
in the following year he commanded a division .
in 1799 prince reuss fought against france in germany and switzerland .
he led a division in northern italy during the 1805 war .
in the danube campaign of 1809 , he started out leading a division and ended the war in command of a corps .
in 1813 , he led a successful diplomatic effort to cause the kingdom of bavaria to change sides and join the allies against napoleon .
into his seventies he served austria in various military and civil positions .
