Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg () (13 July 1725, Berleburg – 6 May 1797, Rheda) was a reigning Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg line of

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family from 1750 to 1796.

Early life

He was a son of Count Ludwig Franz of

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(1694-1750) (a descendant of Ludwig I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein, through his son Count George II) and his wife, Countess Helene Emilie zu

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(1799-1750).

Military service

Christian Ludwig Casimir served as an officer in the Hessian army (in the "Waldenheimische Regiment" for

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), took part in the

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(in the

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as aide-de-camp (adjutant) of British Field-Marshal

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) and was taken captive in Kolberg as a

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of the Prussian Army in 1761 during the

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in the Russian Empire.

Russian service

Like so many German officers he was offered a commission by the German

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and entered the

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in 1762. His last war was the Russo-Turkish campaign of 1769. In command of a brigade of the 2nd Army of Count

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, he tried to capture town of Bendery but, in absence of heavy artillery, was unsuccessful. After his transfer to the 1st Army, he proceeded not to take part in the 1770 campaign. In the same (1770) year he resigned his commission, was granted approval and at the same time promoted (common promotion for higher pension retirees) to general-poruchik (lieutenant-general).

Personal life

He was married two times. Firstly, on 13 July 1763 with Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein (1740-1771), daughter of Count Elias Ernst Finck von Finckenstein (1713-1777) and his wife, Marie Luise von Reichau (d. 1758). Secondly, on 14 February 1774 with Princess Anna Petrovna

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a (1742-1789), daughter of Peter Sergeievich

(1721-1773) and his wife, Sofia Apostol (1721-1773). All of his seven children, including Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein, came from the first marriage: * Count Paul Ludwig Karl (1764-1790) * Count Fedrinand (1766-1771) * Prince Ludwig Adolf Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (1769-1843), married in 1798 to Polish noblewoman Antonia Cäcilie Snarska and had in this marriage 11 children, among them Prince Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. * Count Georg Ludwig Alexander (1770-1774) * Countess Karoline Polyxena Friederike (1765-1766) * Countess Karoline Luise (1771-1779) * Countess Amalie Luise (1771-1853), married in 1790 to Count Dorotheus Ludwig Christoph von Keller. They were maternal grandparents of Princess Leonilla zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and

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References

1725 births 1797 deaths Christian Louis Casimir Christian Louis Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg German military personnel of the Seven Years' War German military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession Counts of the Holy Roman Empire {{germany-noble-stub