Alexander Konrad Friedrich Heinrich Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn[1][2] (born 22 November 1943), a German businessman, is head of the Princely House Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.
Early life
He was born in Salzburg as the first son of Ludwig, 6th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1915–1962) and his wife Baroness Marianne von Mayr-Melnhof (born 1919).[3] Following Prince Ludwig's death in 1962, Alexander succeeded as head of the princely house and, by tradition, as the 7th Prince (German: Fürst) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.[1]
Prince Alexander is vice president of Europa Nostra[4] and president of Europa Nostra Germany. From 1986 to 2013, he served as president of the German Castles Association,[1] which elected him on 28 April 2013 honorary president as well as president of the "Stiftung der Deutschen Burgenvereinigung" (Foundation of the German Castles Association).
Heinrich, Hereditary Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1971), who married Donna Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta,[6] daughter of Don Niccolo, Marchese Incisa della Rocchetta, in 2003, and they have issue.
Prince Casimir (b. 1976), who married (civilly) in 1999 Corinna Larsen (divorced in 2004),[1] and married secondly to American model Alana Camille Bunte in 2019, and has issue from both marriages.[7]
Princess Filippa (1980–2001), who married Count Vittorio Mazzetti d'Albertis in June 2001; she was killed in an automobile accident in England three months later, without issue.[8]
Prince Ludwig "Louis" (b. 1982),[9] who married in 2011 Countess Philippa Spannocchi, and they have issue.[1]
Princess Sofia (b. 1986), who married to Archia Akhavan-Kharazian, London based businessman of Iranian and Spanish roots, in 2020.
^ abcdefgGenealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIX. "Sayn-Wittgenstein". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2011, pp. 331-333. (German). ISBN978-3-7980-0849-6.
^In 1919 royalty and nobility lost their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the surname, according to Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution.
^"Mamarazza". Feb 14, 2011. Retrieved Aug 8, 2020.