Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ruling count of Sayn-Wittgenstein
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Place of Birth: Schloß Wittgenstein, Free State of Prussia, Germany
About Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein
- Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein, nicknamed "the Elder", formally "Louis I of Sayn, Count at Wittgenstein" (7 December 1532 at Wittgenstein Castle, near Bad Laasphe – 2 July 1605, while travelling near Altenkirchen) ruled the County of Wittgenstein, on the upper reaches of the rivers Lahn and Eder, from 1558 until his death.
- He converted his county to Calvinism and was an influential politician in the service to the Electoral Palatinate.
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