Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetChristian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg
German noble
Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1725
Place of Birth: Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date of Death: 06-May-1797
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg
- Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg (German: Christian Ludwig Casimir Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg) (13 July 1725, Berleburg – 6 May 1797, Rheda) was a Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg in 1750–1796.He was a son of Count Ludwig Francis zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg (a descendant of Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein, through his son George II) and his wife Countess Helene Emilie zu Solms-Baruth.
- Christian Louis Casimir served as an officer in the Hessian army (in the "Waldenheimische Regiment" for William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel), took part in the War of the Austrian Succession (in the Pragmatic Army as aide-de-camp (adjutant) of British Field-Marshal Baron Howard de Walden) and was taken captive in Kolberg as a General of the Prussian Army in 1761 during the Seven Years' War in the Russian Empire. Like so many German officers he was offered a commission by the German Peter III of Russia and entered the Imperial Russian Army in 1762. His last war was the Russo-Turkish campaign of 1769.
- In command of a brigade of the 2nd Army of Count Panin, 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). He was married two times.
- Firstly, on 13 July 1763 with Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein.
- Secondly, on 14 February 1774 with Princess Anna Petrovna Dolgorukova.
- All of his seven children, including Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein, came from the first marriage.
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