Ludwig Graf von Sayn-Wittgenstein, I

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About Ludwig Graf von Sayn-Wittgenstein, I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_I,_Count_of_Sayn-Wittgenstein

Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein, nicknamed "the Elder", formally "Louis I of Sayn, Count at Wittgenstein" (7 December 1532 at Wittgenstein Castle, near Bad Laasphe – 2 July 1605, while travelling near Altenkirchen) ruled the County of Wittgenstein, on the upper reaches of the rivers Lahn and Eder, from 1558 until his death. He converted his county to Calvinism and was an influential politician in the service to the Electoral Palatinate.


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Ludwig Graf von Sayn-Wittgenstein, I's Timeline

1532
December 7, 1532
Schloß Wittgenstein, bei Bad Laasphe, Rhein Pfalz, Germany (HRR)
1561
February 15, 1561
1565
April 30, 1565
Bad Berleburg, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1569
March 14, 1569
Of, Sayn, Rheinland, Prussia
April 18, 1569
Schloss Wittgenstein, Laasphe, Sayn-Wittgenstein, Deutschland(HRR)
1570
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1571
March 18, 1571
Sayn-Wittgenstein, Deutschland(HRR)
1572
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