GrafAugust David ofSayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (14 April 1663 – 1735) was aPrussian politician. He was a member of theCabinet of Three Counts, withJohann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg andAlexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben, also known due to their heavy taxation as "the great W(oes)" of Prussia (Wartenberg, Wartensleben, Wittgenstein). As a favorite ofJohann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg, he was later imprisoned atSpandau Citadel, fined 70,000 thalers and banished subsequently byFrederick William due to corruption, wastage and inefficiency.^[1]

He was born as a third son ofCount Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and his wife,Huguenot noblewoman Anna Helenede la Place, daughter of François de La Place,Vicomte de Machaut and Anna Margaretha ofBrederode.

He married first in 1703 inWeilburg to Countess Concordia zuSayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar (1679-1709). He had following children:

1. His first daughter was Charlotte Sophie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1705-1787), married in 1726 Count Christian Nikolaus Johannvon Bar (died in 1765): no issue

2. His second child was Count Friedrich Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1708-1756), who married firstly in 1738 Princess Auguste Amalie Albertine Henriette Elisabeth vonNassau-Siegen (1712-1742). After her death he married for the second time her sister Princess Elisabeth Hedwig von Nassau-Siegen (1719-1789). He had issue from both marriages.

3. His second daughterSophie Polyxena Concordia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (28 May 1709 inBerlin – 15 December 1781 inSiegen) marriedFrederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, on 23 September 1728, and had five daughters:

• Charlotte Sophia Louise (6 June 1729 – 2 April 1759) married on 30 September 1748 to CountCharles Peter Ernest of Bentheim und Steinfurt (younger line)
• Frederica Wilhelmine (3 April 1730 – 18 November 1733)
• Mary Eleonore Concordia (2 March 1731 – 20 April 1759). She died of smallpox in the house of the preacher Theodore Diederich Henrich Wever inKamen^[2]
• Frederica Augusta Sophia (1 June 1732 – 23 March 1733)
• Anne Charlotte Augusta (19 June 1734 – 9 June 1759)

After the death of his first wife, he married for the second time Countess Albertine Amalie zuLeiningen-Westerburg (1686-1723). With her he had a son:

1. Count Heinrich Ernst August zuSayn-Wittgenstein (1715-1792), who married his cousin Countess Friederike Louise Wilhelmine zuSayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1726-1792); had issue

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