Alexander Konrad Friedrich Heinrich, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, (born 22 November 1943 in Salzburg

Salzburg

-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

, Austria

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), a German businessman, MBA HBS

Harvard Business School

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 '68, is member of the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein

Sayn-Wittgenstein

Sayn-Wittgenstein was a county of mediæval Germany, located in the Sauerland of eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. Sayn-Wittgenstein was created when Count Salentin of Sayn-Homburg married the heiress Countess Adelaide of Wittgenstein in 1345...

 and as 7th Prince (German: Fürst) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, comprising the lands of the region of Sayn. It was created as a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein in 1607, although it was not until the next year that it obtained fully the Countship of Sayn. The succession was never clear, leading...

 head of the Princely House Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, comprising the lands of the region of Sayn. It was created as a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein in 1607, although it was not until the next year that it obtained fully the Countship of Sayn. The succession was never clear, leading...

Biography

He was born in Salzburg as the first son of Ludwig, 6th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, comprising the lands of the region of Sayn. It was created as a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein in 1607, although it was not until the next year that it obtained fully the Countship of Sayn. The succession was never clear, leading...

 and his wife Marianne Baroness

Baroness

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 von Mayr-Melnhof

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. At the time of his father Prince Ludwig's death in 1962, Alexander succeed as head of the Princely house. Prince Alexander is president of the Deutsche Burgenvereinigung (German Castles Association), vice president of Europa Nostra

Europa Nostra

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  and president of Europa Nostra Germany.

Marriage and children

Alexander married Gabriela Countess of Schönborn-Wiesentheid 1969 at Pommersfelden

Pommersfelden

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. They have seven children.

• HSH Heinrich, Hereditary Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1971),
• HSH Alexandra, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1973),
• HSH Casimir, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1976),
• HSH Filippa, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1980–2001),
• HSH Ludwig, (Louis) Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1982)
• HSH Sofia, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1986)
• HSH Peter, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1992)

Titles and styles

• 1943 - 1958 His Serene Highness Prince Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
• 1958 - 1962 His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
• 1962–present His Serene Highness The Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn