Richard, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg


Richard, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg from 1904 to 1918.

Life

Prince Richard was born on 27 May 1882 at Berleburg, Germany.
On 21 November 1902, at Langenzell, he married Princess Madeleine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, daughter of Prince Alfred of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Countess Pauline von Reichenbach-Lessonitz.
His title was de-recognized by the Weimar and other German Republics after abolition of the German Empire in 1918 but lawfully retained henceforth as a surname.
He died as the result of a traffic accident in Hanau on 25 April 1925 at age 42.

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