As a favorite of Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg, he was later imprisoned at Spandau Citadel, fined 70,000 thalers and banished subsequently by Frederick William due to corruption, wastage and inefficiency.
His first daughter was Charlotte Sophie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1705-1787), married in 1726 Count Christian Nikolaus Johann von Bar (died in 1765): no issue 2.
His second child was Count Friedrich Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1708-1756), who married firstly in 1738 Princess Auguste Amalie Albertine Henriette Elisabeth von Nassau-Siegen (1712-1742).
After her death he married for the second time her sister Princess Elisabeth Hedwig von Nassau-Siegen (1719-1789).
His second daughter Sophie Polyxena Concordia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (28 May 1709 in Berlin – 15 December 1781 in Siegen) married Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, on 23 September 1728, and had five daughters: After the death of his first wife, he married for the second time Countess Albertine Amalie zu Leiningen-Westerburg (1686-1723).