SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN (RUSSIAN BRANCH)

Eldest ancestor Stephan Count of Sponheim died around 1085. He was a first cousin of the ancestor of the Counts of Ortenburg. His descendant Gottfried III Count of Sponheim (+ 1223) married Adelheid, sister and heiress of Heinrich III Count of Sayn. Their descendants take the name Counts zu Sayn. Salentin Count zu Sayn (+ ca. 1392) married Adelheid, sister and heiress of Werner IV Count of Wittgenstein, uniting the two counties. The sons of Ludwig I Count zu Sayn and Wittgenstein (1532-1605) split the inheritance and start the branches Berleburg, Hachenburg (which becomes the elder line Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and gets extinct in 1849) and Wittgenstein (which becomes Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein). Ludwig Franz Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1694-1750), a younger son of the Berleburg line, receives Ludwigsburg. His grandson Ludwig Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (1769-1843), a Russian fieldmarshall and governor of Saint Petersburg and Podolia, is created a Prussian Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein on 1-5-1834, this title is recognized in Russia on 16/28-6-1834. His eldest son creates the Fideicommis Sayn in 1860 and the Prussian princely title becomes attached to that as Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn on 23-9-1861. As a result of morganatic marriages of his elder sons the Russian and Prussian princely title go separate ways; elder son Peter inherits both the Prussian and Russian one in 1866, but has to renounce the former due to his morganatic marriage in 1876. Second son Friedrich receives the Prussian title in 1876, but renounces on his turn in 1879, due to his morganatic marriage, and youngest son Alexander continues this princely line. The Russian princely title continues in the line of Friedrich.

1a. Eva Maria Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein * Vancouver 18-10-2000
1b. Leon (Leo) Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein * Vancouver 14-2-2002

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2. Alexander Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein * Ottawa 14-3-1968
x Saint Helena, California 20-4-1999
3. Catherine Bennie * Montreal 7-11-1965 + Vancouver 7-9-2011

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4. Leon Lvovitch 7.Kniaes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein * Hangu 9-9-1935
x Montreal 31-7-1965
5. Maria Georgievna Olsufieva * Wenen 11-8-1941
6. Stewart H. Bennie * 1932 + Charlottetown 27-12-2010
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7. Jean M. McKillop * …

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8. Ludwig (Lev Guenrikovitch) 6.Kniaes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein * Tsarskoie Sselo 12-1-1901 + Ottawa 24-1-1974
x Czernowitz 11-2-1926
9. Eva Lucretia Gräfin Wassilko v. Serecki * Olmütz 27-7-1902 + Ottawa 12-6-1969
10. Yuri Dmitrievitch Olsufiev * ca. 1905
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16. Heinrich Gottfried Chlodwig 5.Kniaes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein * Frankfurt am Main 1-2-1879 + Winnitza 28-1-1919
x St.Petersburg 29-4-1900
17. Elisaveta Dmitreievna Nabokova * St.Petersburg 25-9-1877 + Boekarest 31-5-1942
18. Alexander Freiherr and since 29-8-1918 Graf Wassilko v. Serecki * Berhometh 2-2-1871 + Barlad 21-7-1921
x Leitersdorf 11-10-1899
19. Eva Anastasia Freiin Putz v. Rolsberg * Leitersdorf 2-7-1878 + Troppau 1-7-1946
20. Dimitri Vassilievitch Olsufiev * 1871 + 1915
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32. Friedrich from 28-2-1876 till 1879 3.Fürst and since 1887 4.Kniaes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein(-Sayn), since 22-12-1879 Graf v. Altenkirchen * Berlijn 3-4-1836 + Meran 19-5-1909
xII Biebrich 19-7-1877 (morg.)
33. Johanna Dorothea Wilhelmine Hagen * Wiesbaden 22-2-1854 + Innsbruck 2-8-1917
34. Dmitri Nikolaievitch Nabokov * 18-6-1826 + St. Petersburg 15-3-1904; Russian Minister of Justice 1878-1885
x 24-9-1859
35. Maria Ferdinandovna Freiin Schmising gen. v. Korff * 24-2-1842 + Boekarest 30-12-1925
36. Alexander Freiherr Wassilko v. Serecki * Berhometh 17-12-1827 + Lopuschna 23-8-1893
x Hlinitza 16-6-1859
37. Katharina v. Flondor * Hlinitza 21-7-1843 + Berhometh 27-12-1920
38. Karl Borromäus Ferdinand Freiherr Putz v. Rolsberg * Leitersdorf 18-10-1852 + Leitersdorf 12-1-1921
xI Olmütz 20-3-1876
39. Susanne Friederike Bertha Hermine Freiin Lenk v. Wolfsberg * Mainz 28-12-1848 + Wenen 12-10-1906
40. Vassili Alexandrovitch Olsufiev * 1831 + 1883
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64. Ludwig Adolf Friedrich 2.Kniaes and 2.Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, since 23-9-1861 1.Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgentein-Sayn * Kovno 17-6-1799 + Cannes 20-6-1866; Zn van Ludwig 1.Vorst en 1.Kniaes zu S.-W. en Antonia Cecylia Snarska
xII Slot Mariino, Kursk 23-10-1834
65. Leonilla Ivanovna Princess Bariatinskaya * Moskou 27-4/9-5-1816 + Ouchy 1-2-1918; Dr van Ivan Ivanovitch Prince B. en Marie Wilhelmine Feodorovna Gräfin v. Keller
66. Johann Baptist Hagen * ... + Wiesbaden 1870; Kapellmeister in Wiesbaden; Zn van
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67. Friederike Jakobine Auguste Marpurg * Detmold 23-12-1830; Sopraan; Dr van Johann Friedrich Wilhelm M. (x Groningen 21-12-1820) en Johanna Auguste Franziska Marschall
68. Nikolai Alexandrovitch Nabokov * 26-12-1795 + St Petersburg 12-12-1873; Zn van Alexander Ivanovitch N. en Evdokia Ivanovna Alexeeva
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69. Anna Alexandrovna Nazimova * 1808 + Samara 12-9-1847; Dr van Alexander Borisovitch N. en Marfa Stepanovna Shishkova
70. Ferdinand Moritz Viktor Nikolaievitch Freiherr Schmising gen. v. Korff * Königsberg 4-7-1805 + Tsarskoie Sselo 3-7-1869; Zn van Nikolaus Freiherr S. gen. V. K. en Antonie Theodora Graun
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71. Nina Alexandrovna Shishkova * 2-4-1819 + Moskou 8-2-1895; Dr van Alexander Feodorovitch N. en Maria Alexeievna Bulgakova
72. Jordaki Ritter v. Wassilko, since 14-7-1855 Freiherr Wassilko v. Serecki * Berhometh 4-3-1795 + Berhometh 25-10-1861; Zn van Vasile Ritter v. W. en Nastassia Gräfin v. Ilski
x Rohozna 15-11-1826
73. Anna Pulcheria Freiin v. Kalmucki * Rohozna 3-11-1811 + 22-8-1896; Dr van
74. Iordache Ritter v. Flondor * Hlinitza 3-1-1798 + Hlinitza 1-5-1868; Zn van
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75. Katharina v. Gaffenko * 29-1-1804 + Hlinitza 11-8-1849 Dr van
76. Maximilian Anton Freiherr Putz v. Rolsberg * Fürhofen 30-3-1804 + Leitersdorf 21-4-1872; Zn van
x Wenen 9-7-1844
77. Antonia Cornides Edle v. Krempach * Wenen 11-8-1827 + Troppau 2-2-1870; Dr van Karl C. Edler v. K. en Antonie v. Hempel
78. Nikolaus Wilhelm Freiherr Lenk v. Wolfsberg * Budweis 17-3-1809 + Troppau 18-10-1894; Zn van Philipp Jakob Freiherr L. v. W. en Wilhelmina Carlotta Scholl
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Sources:
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
http://dezimmer.net/NabokovFamilyWeb
geneanet (Grafen Wassilko v. Serecki)