Richard Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was born on 27 May 1882 at Berleburg, Germany

Germany

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. He married Madeleine Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, daughter of Alfred Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Pauline Gräfin von Reichenbach-Lessonitz, on 21 November 1902 at Langenzell. He died on 25 April 1925 at age 42.

He is alternately known as Richard Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, or Richard 4th Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

Children

• Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
  Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
  Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Gustav Albrecht Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst, 28 February 1907-1944 (declared legally dead 29 November 1969)...
  
   b. 28 Feb 1907, d. 1944 (declared dead 1969 after being missing in action
  Missing in action
  Missing in action is a casualty Category assigned under the Status of Missing to armed services personnel who are reported missing during active service. They may have been killed, wounded, become a prisoner of war, or deserted. If deceased, neither their remains nor grave can be positively...
  
   in Russia, 1944)
• Christian-Heinrich, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein b. 20 Sep 1908, d. 17 Aug 1983
• Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg b. 4 Apr 1910, d. 22 Nov 1943