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{{Infobox royalty
| titles =
| name = Heinrich Reuß von Plauen
| image = Heinrich Reus von Plauen.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| succession = [[Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights|Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights]]
| reign = 1469–1470
| predecessor = [[Ludwig von Erlichshausen]]
| successor = [[Heinrich Reffle von Richtenberg]]
| house = [[Reuß|House of Reuß]]
| father =
| mother =
| birth_date = c.1400
| birth_place = [[Plauen]], [[Saxony]]
| death_date = 2 January 1470
| death_place = [[Königsberg]], [[State of the Teutonic Order]]
| place of burial = [[Königsberg Cathedral]]
}}
'''Heinrich Reuß von Plauen''' (died 2 January 1470)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Meyer|title=Meyers Konversations-Lexikon: eine Encyklopädie des allgemeinen Wissens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiRiAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA233|year=1875|publisher=Bibliographisches Institut|language=de|pages=233}}</ref> was the 32nd [[Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights|Grand Master]] of the [[Teutonic Order]], serving from 1467 to 1470. He was the nephew of the previous Grand Master, [[Ludwig von Erlichshausen]], and a distant relative to the 27th Grand Master, [[Heinrich von Plauen]].

==Biography==
Reuß von Plauen came from the [[House of Reuss|Reuss]] family from [[Plauen]], [[Saxony]]. Incidentally, the family named every male child Heinrich ([[Henry (given name)|Henry]]). Earlier, the brothers Heinrich Reuss von Plauen the Elder and Heinrich Reuss von Plauen the Younger had served in the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]].

Reuß von Plauen joined the Teutonic Order at a young age. He was first a brother in a monastery in [[Germany]]. Reuß von Plauen arrived in [[Prussia (region)|Prussia]] in the 1420s when he became the [[Vogt]] of [[Tczew|Dirschau]]. In 1433 he became the [[Komtur]] of [[Balga]] and in 1440 the Vogt of [[Natangia]]. From 1441, Reuß von Plauen held the position of the Grand Hospitaller and the Komtur of [[Elbląg|Elbing]] (Elbląg). As the Grand Master's nephew, his influence in the Order grew and he advanced quickly. He took control of the Order's army during the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]] and became famous for destroying the Polish army in the [[Battle of Chojnice (1454)|Battle of Konitz]]. After the [[Second Peace of Thorn]] in 1466, Reuß von Plauen became the Komtur of [[Pasłęk|Preußisch Holland]].

After the 1467 death of his uncle, Grand Master [[Ludwig von Erlichshausen]], Reuß von Plauen assumed control over of the Teutonic Order without having been elected Grand Master. He settled in [[Morąg|Mohrungen]] and waited for further moves of King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] of Poland, hesitating to call the meeting of the Order's [[:wikt:capitulum|capitulum]] to elect him ''de jure''. Pressured by Casimir, he finally called the capitulum in 1469 to [[Königsberg]]. This was just a formality as the decision was unanimous and Reuß von Plauen was declared the 32nd Grand Master of the Teutonic Order<ref>{{cite book|author=Max Pollux Toeppen|title=Geschichte der preussischen Historiographie|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RSJu5j_mOt0C|year=1853|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RSJu5j_mOt0C/page/n289 274]}}</ref> on 17 October 1469.

Reuß von Plauen went to [[Piotrków Trybunalski]] to attend the [[sejm]] where he paid homage to Casimir IV. On his way back to Prussia he suffered a [[stroke]] and became paralyzed which made further travel impossible. Reuß von Plauen died in Mohrungen on 2 January 1470 and was buried in [[Königsberg Cathedral]].

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Friedrich Borchert: "Die Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens in Preußen." In: ''Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung'', 6 October 2001.

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