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In the theory of quadratic forms an estimate of Hermite's constant \(\gamma_n\) is one of the interesting problems. Its exact value is known only for \(n\leq 8\). As a generalization of Hermite's constant, Rankin defined the constant \(\gamma_{n,d}\) \((1\leq d\leq n-1)\) by \[ \gamma_{n,d}= \max_L \min_{x_i\in L, x_1\wedge\dots \wedge x_{d\neq 0}} \det ({}^t x_i,x_j)_{i,j}, \text{ \(L\) runs over unimodular matrices in }\mathbb{R}^n \] and proved the inequality \(\gamma_{n,d}\leq \gamma_{m,d} (\gamma_{n,m})^{d/m}\), for \(1\leq d< m\leq n-1\). On the other hand, by extending a base field, Icaza defined the Hermite-Humbert constant \(\gamma_n(k)\) as an analogy of \(\gamma_n\) for any number field \(k\) and gave an upper bound analogous to \(\gamma_n\). These two directions of generalizations of Hermite's constant are unified by Thunder by defining the constant \(\gamma_{n,d} (k)\) for any number field \(k\) and obtaining the inequalities for \(\gamma_{n,d} (k)\). In this paper, the constant \(\gamma_{n,d} (k)\) and its estimates are generalized within the framework of Borel's reduction theory of reductive groups. Or in other words, for any strongly \(k\)-rational representation \(\pi\) of a connected reductive algebraic group \(G\) defined over a number field \(k\), a constant \(\gamma_\pi\) as an analogy of Hermite's constant is attached and a lower estimate of \(\gamma_\pi\) is obtained in the case when the stabilizer of the highest weight space of \(\pi\) in \(G\) is a maximal parabolic subgroup. To compute lower bounds, Langlands' method is used.