Carl zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

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Carl Maximilian Franz Wilhelm Christian Ludwig Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born June 2, 1839 in Berleburg ; † March 29, 1887 ) was a German nobleman and member of parliament.

Life

Carl zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was a member of the noble family of the Prince Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg . His parents were Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1777-1851) and his wife Christiane Charlotte Wilhelmine Countess zu Ortenburg (1802-1854). Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was a Protestant denomination.

He embarked on a military career and became a royal Prussian Rittmeister and escadron chief in the Westphalian Cuirassier Regiment No. 4 . As a registrar, his brother Albrecht had a number of privileges, including a virile vote at the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Westphalia . As a registrar he was allowed to be represented there. He was represented on the provincial parliaments in 1865 and 1871 by his brother Carl.

literature

  • Alfred Bruns (Ed.), Josef Häming (compilation): The Members of the Westphalia Parliament 1826–1978 (= Westphalian source and archive directories, Volume 2). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 1978, p. 538.
  • Gothaischer genealogical court calendar together with diplomatic-statistical yearbook, volume 115, 1878, p. 167, ( digitized ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sayn-Wittgenstein