Alexander, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Alexander Konrad Friedrich Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 22 November 1943) is a German businessman, who 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 (1919–2025). 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. and president of Europa Nostra Germany. From 1986 to 2013, he served as president of the German Castles Association,

Heinrich, Hereditary Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1971), who married Donna Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta, daughter of Don Niccolo, Marchese Incisa della Rocchetta, in 2003, and they have issue. Princess Alexandra (b. 1973), who married Hereditary Prince Carl Eugen zu Oettingen-Wallerstein in 1994. They divorced in 2002 and she married Count Stefano Hunyady de Kéthely in 2006, 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. Prince Ludwig "Louis" (b. 1982), who married in 2011 Countess Philippa Spannocchi, and they have issue. Princess Sofia (b. 1986), who married to Archia Akhavan-Kharazian, London based businessman of Iranian and Spanish roots, in 2020. Prince Peter (b. 1992), who married in 2025 Yurina Rachael Hattori-Roche.

Patronages

Honorary President of the German Castles Association.

Honours National honours Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate. Member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2004). German Monument Protection Prize [Karl-Friedrich-Schinkel-Ring] (2018). Foreign honours Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.