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About August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Graf August David of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a Prussian politician. He was a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts, with Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg and Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben, also known due to their heavy taxation as "the great W(oes)" of Prussia. As a favorite of Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg, he was later imprisoned at Spandau Citadel, fined 70,000 thalers and banished subsequently by Frederick William due to corruption, wastage and inefficiency.
Everything about August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- regent
- Born
- April 14, 1663, April 22, 1664
- Died
- August 27, 1735