August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
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Graf August David of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
(14 April 1663 – 1735) was a Prussian
politician. He was a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts
, with Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg
and Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben
, also known due to their heavy taxation as "the great W(oes) of Prussia (Wartenberg, Wartensleben, Wittgenstein).
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a county between Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia. It was formed by the 1657 partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and raised from a county to principality in 1801. It belonged from 1806 to 1815 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and after 1816 to Prussia. The capital...
(14 April 1663 – 1735) was a Prussian
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
politician. He was a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts
Cabinet of Three Counts
The Cabinet of Three Counts was an unofficial triumvirate which dominated the politics of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1702 to 1710.It was made up of Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben,...
, with Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg
Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg
Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg was the first ever Minister-President of the kingdom of Prussia, and the head of the "Cabinet of Three Counts".-Life:...
and Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben
Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben
Alexander Hermann Graf von Wartensleben was an officer in the armies of various German states, a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts with August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg - due to their heavy taxation, this...
, also known due to their heavy taxation as "the great W(oes) of Prussia (Wartenberg, Wartensleben, Wittgenstein).