Ludwig Adolf Friedrich, 2nd Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (8 June 1799 – 20 June 1866), from 1861 Prince zu

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, was a Russo-

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aristocrat. Among his properties were the famed

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and

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Life and career

He was the eldest child of the celebrated German-Russian field marshal,

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, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg.Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XV. "Sayn u. Wittgenstein". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 263, 628. (German). . Ludwig was half-Polish through his mother, Antonia Cäcilie Snarska (1778–1856), and was formally known in Russian as Lev Petrovich Vitgenshtein. In 1821, he represented Russia at the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom, but his career came to a halt when his participation in the

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societies was revealed in 1826. He secured a pardon through the intervention of his influential father. On 1 May 1834, Ludwig's father was raised by King Frederick William III of Prussia from an

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to Prince of ('' Fürst zu'') Sayn and Wittgenstein in the

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, where the family's

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German domain was located. He was also incorporated into the

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as a prince on 16 June 1834, where his family had been domiciled for two generations. Ludwig inherited both titles and passed the Russian titles on to his descendants.

Marriages and issue

On 14 June 1828 at

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, Ludwig married Princess Caroline (Stefania) Radziwiłł (1809–1832) and thus came into possession of the largest privately owned estate in

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, covering roughly of fields, forests, villages and towns in the former

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. They had two children: * Marie (16 February 1829 – 21 December 1897); married Chlodwig, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of the German Empire (31 March 1819 – 6 July 1901). * Peter, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (10 May 1831 – 20 Aug 1887); married Rosalie Léon (21 October 1832 – 28 August 1886). Upon Stefania's death in 1832, Ludwig married his first cousin once removed, Princess

Leonilla Bariatinskaya Princess Leonilla Ivanovna Baryatinskaya, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (russian: link=no, Леонилла Ивановна Барятинская; 9 May 1816 – 1 February 1918) was a Russian aristocrat who married Ludwig, Prince of ...

, by whom he had a further four children: * Friedrich (3 April 1836 – 19 May 1909); first married

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Pauline Lilienthal (Berlin 1850-1903); had issue („von Falkenberg“); married secondly (morganatic marriage also) Wilhelmine Hagen (1854-1917). He succeeded his elder brother Peter in certain Russian titles and estates and was therefor confirmed with the title of Knyaz ( Fürst) in

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with the qualification of

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by Imperial Ukase from 22.5.1899 bearing the name Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein. * Antoinette (12 March 1839 – 17 May 1918); married Prince Mario Chigi della Rovere Albani (1832-1914); had issue * Ludwig (15 July 1843 – 28 February 1876); married morganatically to Amalie Lilienthal (Berlin 1847-1927), sister of Pauline; no issue * Alexander (14 July 1847 - 12 August 1940); married firstly to Marie Auguste Yvonne de Blacas d'Aulps, daughter of

Louis, Duke of Blacas Louis Charles Pierre Casimir de Blacas d'Aulps, 2nd Duke of Blacas, 2nd Prince of Blacas (15 April 1815, London – 10 February 1866, Venice) was a French nobleman and antiquarian. He was the son of Pierre-Louis de Blacas d'Aulps, 1st Duke of ...

; had issue who is today the current Head of the family; married secondly to Helene Królikowska (1854-1931). His issue by his second marriage surnamed "von Hachenburg"

References

External links

History of the House of Sayn
* https://www.genealogieonline.nl/west-europese-adel/I374314.php {{DEFAULTSORT:Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Ludwig zu Russian nobility Members of the Prussian House of Lords 1799 births 1866 deaths Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg People from Kaunas