Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

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Prince Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, around 1880.

Prince Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (born November 20, 1831 in Hailer ; † April 6, 1912 at Wittgenstein Castle ) was a German nobleman .

Life

Johann Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Alexander Karl was the third child and first-born son of Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and his wife Amalia nee. Countess of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda . He attended the Schnepfenthal educational institution and the Knight Academy (Liegnitz) . He completed his studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1853 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . He then served in the cavalry of the Prussian Army , where he was last placed as a major à la suite . After his father's death, he followed him in 1874 as 3rd Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein. He was head of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and senior of the Princely and Countial House of Sayn and Wittgenstein. From 1876 he was a hereditary member of the Prussian mansion as the owner of the former imperial county Wittgenstein (part of Hohenstein) and from 1875 to 1885 in the provincial parliament of the province of Westphalia .

family

Hereditary Prince Ludwig married Princess Marie Luitgarde zu Bentheim and Steinfurt (1843–1931), daughter of Prince Ludwig zu Bentheim and Steinfurt (1812–1890) at Steinfurt Castle on May 16, 1867 . There were five children from this marriage:

  • August (1868–1948), single
  • Elisabeth (1869–1963), single
  • Marie (1871–1961), single
  • Georg (1873–1960), ⚭ April 22, 1913 in a morganatic marriage with Marie born. Rühm (1892–1975),
  • Wilhelm (1877–1958), ⚭ September 25, 1928 in a morganatic marriage to Clara Maria Schäfer (1894–1978).

His eldest son August zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein followed him in 1912 as the 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein.

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. 539.
  • Gustav Gotthilf Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 136.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 335
personal data
SURNAME Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Ludwig zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prince Johann Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Alexander Karl zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prince
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Hailer
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1912
Place of death Wittgenstein Castle