Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg

Christian Ludwig Casimir served as an officer in the Hessian army (in the "Waldenheimische Regiment" for William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel), took part in the War of the Austrian Succession (in the Pragmatic Army as aide-de-camp (adjutant) of British Field-Marshal Baron Howard de Walden) and was taken captive in Kolberg as a General of the Prussian Army in 1761 during the Seven Years' War in the Russian Empire.

In command of a brigade of the 2nd Army of Count Nikita Panin, he tried to capture town of Bendery but, in absence of heavy artillery, was unsuccessful.

In the same (1770) year he resigned his commission, was granted approval and at the same time promoted (common promotion for higher pension retirees) to general-poruchik (lieutenant-general).

Secondly, on 14 February 1774 with Princess Anna Petrovna Dolgorukova (1742-1789), daughter of Peter Sergeievich Dolgorukov (1721-1773) and his wife, Sofia Apostol (1721-1773).

All of his seven children, including Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein, came from the first marriage: This article about a member of the German nobility is a stub.