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Peter Wittgenstein
1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg
Portrait by George Dawe (c. 1819–1825)
Born17 January [O.S. 6] 1769
Pereyaslavl, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died11 June 1843(1843-06-11) (aged 74)
Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire
Spouse
Antonia Cäcilie Snarska
(m. 1798)
Issue
  • Prince Ludwig
  • Prince Stanisalus
  • Princess Emilie
  • Prince Alexander
  • Prince Peter
  • Prince Georg
  • Prince Alexei
  • Prince Nikolaus
  • Princess Maria
  • Princess Elizabeth
  • Princess Antonia
Names
Louis Adolf Peter
German: Ludwig Adolf Peter
HouseSayn-Wittgenstein
FatherChristian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg
MotherCountess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein
ReligionLutheranism
SignaturePeter Wittgenstein's signature
Military career
AllegiancePeter Wittgenstein Russian Empire
Service/branchCavalry
Years of service1789 – 1829
RankGeneral-Field Marshal
Battles/wars
Tree-like list
  • Kościuszko Uprising
    • Battle of Praga[1]
  • Persian Expedition of 1796
    • Storming of Derbent
  • Napoleonic wars
    • War of the Third Coalition
      • Battle of Amstetten
      • Battle of Dürenstein
    • Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
    • War of the Fourth Coalition
    • Russian Campaign
      • Battle of Klyastitsy
      • Battles of Polotsk
        • First Battle of Polotsk
        • Second Battle of Polotsk
      • Battle of Chashniki
      • Battle of Smoliani
      • Battle of Berezina
    • War of the Sixth Coalition
      • Battle of Möckern
      • Battle of Lützen
      • Battle of Bautzen
      • Battle of Dresden
      • Battle of the Nations
      • Battle of Mormant
      • Battle of Bar-sur-Aube
  • Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)

Louis Adolf Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg (German: Ludwig Adolf Peter Fürst[2] zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; Russian: Пётр Христианович Витгенштейн, romanized: Pëtr Christianovič Vitgenštejn; Pyotr Christianovitch Wittgenstein; 17 January [O.S. 6 January] 1769 – 11 June 1843), better known as Peter Wittgenstein in English, was a prince of the German dynasty of Sayn-Wittgenstein and field marshal in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was nicknamed the Saviour of Saint-Petersburg.

  1. ^ Velichko et al. 1912.
  2. ^ Regarding personal names: Fürst is a title, translated as Prince, not a first or middle name. The feminine form is Fürstin.

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