Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg

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Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
State of the Holy Roman Empire
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 1694 – 1806 →
Capital Berleburg
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Partitioned from
    S-W-Berleburg		  
1607
 - Mediatised to Hesse 1806
 - Annexed by Prussia 1816

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg was a side line of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family, created by Graf Casimir (ruled 1694–1741) for his brother. Its seat was a spectacular two-winged house in Berleburg built by the master carpenter Mannus Riedesel.

[edit] Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg (1694–1806)


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