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Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

German politician

Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (16 February 1927 in Eisenach – 27 January 2008 in Salzburg) was a German politician.2

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Born Feb 16, 1927, died Jan 27, 2008.1

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Early life and education

Born into the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, one of the oldest houses of German nobility, Botho was second son and youngest child of Prince Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1873-1960) and his de-morganatized wife, Marie Rühm, Baroness von Freusburg (1892-1975).

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Career

Occupation: politician.5

  • 1982 to 1994Chairperson, German Red Cross3 4
  • 1976 to 1980Member of the German Bundestag3
  • 1972 to 1976Member of the German Bundestag3
  • 1969 to 1972Member of the German Bundestag3
  • 1965 to 1969Member of the German Bundestag3

He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union and represented the party in the Bundestag from 1965 to 1980. He first gained a direct mandate as representative of Siegen-Wittgenstein and subsequently was elected from the land list.

He served as president of the German Red Cross between 1982 and 1994.

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Personal life

  • BornFeb 16, 1927, Eisenach6
  • DiedJan 27, 2008, Bad Reichenhall7
  • CitizenshipGermany8

On 25 May in Bad Laasphe, he married Baroness Elisabeth Ilse Sonja Sylvia Karoline von Zedlitz und Leipe (1937-2020).

They had one son and two daughters:

Georg Christian Sigmund Winfired Rolf, Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (b. 1960), married Benedikta von Wolffersdorff-Mellin (b. 1961) and had issue

Friederike Maria Monika Jutta, Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (b. 1961), married Heinrich Frömbling (b. 1959) and has issue

Katharina Viktoria Ellinor, Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (b. 1965), married Joachim Friedrich (1961) and has issue

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Awards

  • 1987Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia9
  • Date not recordedGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany9

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