Prince Robin of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
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(Robin Alexander Wolfgang Udo Eugen Wilhelm Gottfried; born 29 January 1938) is the son of
Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
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and his wife, Franco-Swedish noblewoman
Margareta Fouché d'Otrante.
A banker, he married, firstly, in New York 29 January 1970 (and divorced in 1979) Swedish noblewoman Birgitta af
Klercker, born in
Stockholm
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in 1942, with whom he had issue;
[''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIX. "Sayn-Wittgenstein". C.A. Starke Verlag, 201317-318, pp.522-529. .]
* Prince Sebastian of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, born in New York 30 January 1971, married 2002 to Julie Toussaint, by whom he had issue:
**Prince Ferdinand, born 2004
**Princess Stella, born 2006
**Prince Philipp，born 2011
*Princess Natascha of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, born in New York 24 November 1973, married 2008 to ''Don'' Eugenio Litta-Modignani,
Marchese
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di Menzaggo e Vinago had issue:
**Donna Tatiana Litta Modignani, born 2008
He married, secondly, 29 November 1979 Marie-Christine Heftler-Louiche, born in Paris 1938, and had issue.
*Princess Marie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, born in Paris 11 July 1980, married 2005 to Olivier Le Maire.
Robin is a younger brother of
Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Richard Casimir Karl August Robert Konstantin; 29 October 1934 – 13 March 2017) was the head of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark.
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, husband of
Princess Benedikte of Denmark
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. Because she did not discontinue her responsibilities as a princess in her native land after marriage and spends a substantial portion of her time there, she retained the prospect of transmitting Danish succession rights to her own children under specific conditions.
[Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Daughters. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp.100, 158, 179. ] No final ruling on the
dynastic
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status in Denmark of his brother's unmarried son,
Prince Gustav having been issued, Robin and, after him, his son Sebastian and grandson Ferdinand follow Gustav in the line of succession to inherit the Berleburg legacy in the event Gustav were to renounce it to take up permanent residence in Denmark, or if he were to die without any direct male heirs.
Ancestry
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The Sayn-Wittgenstein Family
Robin of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
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1938 births
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