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
House	Sayn-Wittgenstein
Father	Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg
Mother	Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein
Religion	Lutheranism
Signature
Military career
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch	Cavalry
Years of service	1789 – 1829
Rank	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 (German: Ludwig Adolf Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; Russian: Пётр Христианович Витгенштейн, romanized: Pjotr Khristianovič Vitgenštejn; Pyotr Christianovitch Wittgenstein; 17 January [O.S. 6 January] 1769 – 11 June 1843), better known as Peter Wittgenstein in English, was a prince of the German dynasty of Sayn-Wittgenstein and field marshal in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was nicknamed the Saviour of Saint-Petersburg.