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Peter Wittgenstein
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| 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 (aged 74) Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire | ||||
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| House | Sayn-Wittgenstein | ||||
| Father | Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg | ||||
| Mother | Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein | ||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||
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| Allegiance |  Russian Empire | ||||
| Service | Cavalry | ||||
| Years of service | 1789 – 1829 | ||||
| Rank | General-Field Marshal | ||||
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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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