Peter Wittgenstein

Names
	Louis Adolf Peter; German: Ludwig Adolf Peter

Peter Wittgenstein
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 (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
Names
	Louis Adolf Peter; German: Ludwig Adolf Peter
General-Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Tree-like list Kościuszko Uprising Battle of Praga; ; 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 (

Saint-Petersburg

.

Early life

Born Ludwig Adolf Peter Graf zu

Christian Louis Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg and his first wife, Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein

(1740-1771).

Military career

Enrolled as a sergeant in the

Semyonovsky Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army at the age of 12 in 1781, Wittgenstein began actual military service as a Wachtmeister in the Life Guard Horse Regiment in 1789. In 1793 he gained promotion to Major in the Ukrainian light cavalry regiment. He fought with the unit in the Kościuszko Uprising

of 1794. Promoted to the rank of colonel in 1798, and to major general in 1799, in 1800 he took command of the Mariupolski Hussars Regiment.

In 1805 he fought at Austerlitz, in 1806 against the Turks, and in 1807 against Napoleon at Friedland and against the Swedes in Finland.^[3]

In the

Second battle of Polotsk, as well as at Chashniki and Smolyany. The fighting at Polotsk decided the fate of Saint Petersburg and earned Wittgenstein the title of "Saviour of Saint-Petersburg".^[4] Emperor Alexander I of Russia awarded him the Order of St. George. He tried to combine with Pavel Chichagov at the Battle of Berezina (November 1812), and later combined with the Prussian army corps under Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

.

In the campaign of 1813 in January, he took over the command of the Russian army after Kutuzov's death in April 1813, and commanded the Russian army at Möckern, Lützen and Bautzen. But after the defeats of the Spring campaign (Lützen and Bautzen), he laid down this command and led an army corps during the Battle of Dresden (August 1813) and the Battle of Leipzig (October 1813).^[3]

In the campaign of 1814, he led the 6th Corps under Schwarzenberg and was severely wounded at Bar-sur-Aube (27 February 1814).^[5]

In 1823 he was promoted

war against Turkey. But ill-health soon obliged him to retire. In 1834 King Frederick William III of Prussia granted him the title of Fürst (Prince) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.^[3]

Family

On 27 June 1798 he married

Lemberg, where he looked after estates of his son Ludwig

.

Gallery

Portraits of Wittgenstein

H1 of the 19th c.
H1 of the 19th c.
H1 of the 19th c.
1813
1853
between 1860 and 1879

Monuments of Wittgenstein

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wittgenstein, Ludwig Adolf Peter, Count". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 764.
^ Wittgenstein, Peter Khristianovich Napoleon.org
^ "People of Napoleonic Period".

Attribution

Velichko, Konstantin I.; Novitsky, Vasily F.; Schwarz, Aleksey V. von; Apushkin, Vladimir A.; Schoultz, Gustav K. von (1912). Военная энциклопедия Сытина [Sytin Military Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Vol. VI: Верещагин – Воинская повинность. St. Petersburg: Т-во И. Д. Сытина. pp. 414–415. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

External links

Media related to Wittgenstein Pyotr Christianowitsch at Wikimedia Commons

Kamenka, Wittgenstein's paradise

[FOOTNOTEVelichkoNovitskySchwarzApushkin1912-1] Velichko et al. 1912.

[2] Regarding personal names: Fürst is a title, translated as Prince, not a first or middle name. The feminine form is Fürstin.

[eb1911-3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wittgenstein, Ludwig Adolf Peter, Count". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 764.

[4] Wittgenstein, Peter Khristianovich Napoleon.org

[5] "People of Napoleonic Period".

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