Christian Louis Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (German: Christian Ludwig Casimir Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg; 13 July 1725 – 6 May 1797) was a reigning Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg line of Sayn-Wittgenstein family from 1750 to 1796.
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Early life
He was a son of Count Ludwig Franz of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1694–1750) (a descendant of Ludwig I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein, through his son Count George II) and his wife, Countess Helene Emilie zu Solms-Baruth (1799–1750).
Military service
Christian Ludwig Casimir served as an officer in the Hessian army (in the "Waldenheimische Regiment" for William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel), took part in the War of the Austrian Succession (in the Pragmatic Army as aide-de-camp (adjutant) of British Field-Marshal Baron Howard de Walden) and was taken captive in Kolberg as a General of the Prussian Army in 1761 during the Seven Years' War in the Russian Empire.