German prince (1769–1843); field marshal in Russia
For other uses and people with the same surname, see Wittgenstein (disambiguation).
Peter Wittgenstein
1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg
Portrait by George Dawe (c. 1819–1825)
Born
17 January [O.S. 6] 1769 Pereyaslavl, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
11 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
House
Sayn-Wittgenstein
Father
Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg
Mother
Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein
Religion
Lutheranism
Signature
Military career
Allegiance
Russian Empire
Service/branch
Cavalry
Years of service
1789 – 1829
Rank
General-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.
^Velichko et al. 1912.
^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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