Background
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).
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 University of Leipzig. In the winter semester of 1641, he was elected Rector, a post he held until the summer semester of 1643. When the Principality of Reuss Younger Lincolnshire was divided in 1647, Henry X received the Lordship of Lobenstein, minus the Lordship of Saalburg, which was splitt off and added to Reuss-Gera.
Thus he became the found of the Reuss-Lobenstein line of the Younger House of Reuss.
In 1653, he visited the Diet of Augsburg. In 1654, he purchased the Castle and Manor of Hirschberg from the von Beulwitz family.
The Reuss-Lobenstein line died out in the male line in 1853.