August Ludwig von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburgb. 6 Mar 1788, Berleburg, County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |
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| Title: | Präsident des Reichsministerrates (President of the Reich Council of Ministers) |
| Term: | 3 Jun 1849 - 20 Dec 1849 |
| Chronology: | 3 Jun 1849, appointed by the Reichsverweser (Reich Vicar) [1] |
| 20 Dec 1849, Reich Council of Ministers ceased to function with the resignation of the Reich Vicar submitted to the representatives of the Bundescommission, Palais des Erzherzog-Reichsverwesers, Frankfurt-am-Main [2] | |
| Names/titles: | Prinz von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg [after 4 Sep 1792]; courtesy title: Fürst August Ludwig von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; also known as zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and von Sayn-Wittgenstein zu Berleburg |
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The son of Christian Heinrich Graf (from 1792 Fürst) von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; entered military service in Hesse-Darmstadt and was promoted to first lieutenant (1803) with a life guards squad; staff-captain (1804); charged with command of a unit in the war with Prussia (1806); distinguished himself in the war with Austria (battles of Aspern-Essling and Wagram, 1809); promoted to major (1811); as commander of the First Battalion of the Life Guards Brigade, participated in the war with Russia at the side of Napoléon I (1812-1813); captivated (19 Oct 1813) by the Prussians after the battle of Leipzig, but was released soon afterwards; promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed commander of the Life Guards Regiment (1814); promoted to colonel (1818), major-general (1836), lieutenant-general (1839); retired from the army (1848); appointed Reich war minister (21 May 1849 - 20 Dec 1849) and President of the Reich Council of Ministers (3 Jun 1849 - 20 Dec 1849) by the Reich Vicar Johann Archduke of Austria; served as minister of state of the Duchy of Nassau (7 Feb 1852 - 31 Jul 1866); in the crisis of 1866, stood by the interests of Austria. Biography source: [3] |
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| [1] | Wiener Zeitung, Nr. 137, Sonntag, den 10. Juni 1849. |
| [2] | Wiener Zeitung, Nr. 310, Samstag, den 29. December 1849. |
| [3] | "Hessische Biographien", ed. by Hermann Haupt (Walluf bei Wiesbaden: Sändig, 1973-1974). Bd. 3. S. 289-292. |
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