Christian Louis Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
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Count Christian Louis Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg (13 July 1725, Berleburg
Bad Berleburg
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 – 6 May 1797, Rheda
Rheda, Germany
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) was a Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg was a side line of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family, created by Graf Casimir for his brother, Ludwig Francis zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg...

 in 1750-1796.

He was a son of Count Ludwig Francis zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg and his wife Countess Helene Emilie zu Solms-Baruth. Christian Louis Casimir was taken captive in 1761, settled in Russia, entered the Russian army, and distinguishing himself in the Polish War of 1794-95
Kosciuszko Uprising
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, and then serving in the Caucasus
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.

He was married two times. Firstly, on 13 July 1763 with Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein
Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein
Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein was the first wife of Count Christian Louis Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg and mother of the Russian Field Marshal Prince Peter Khristianovich Wittgenstein....

. Secondly, on 14 February 1774 with Princess Anna Petrovna Dolgorukov
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a. All of his seven children, including Prince Peter Wittgenstein
Peter Wittgenstein
Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein was a Russian Field Marshal distinguished for his services in the Napoleonic wars.-Life:...

, came from the first marriage.
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