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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Gustav
| image        = Prinz Gustav Berghausen-Bad Berleburg Schützenfest 2015 01 (cropped).jpg
| image_size   = 220
| caption      = Prince Gustav in 2015
| succession   = [[Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
| reign = 13 March 2017 - present
| predecessor  = [[Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg|Prince Richard]]
| successor    = Prince Gustav Albrecht
| suc-type     = Heir apparent
| full name    = Gustav Frederik Philip Richard
| house        = [[House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg|Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Carina Axelsson]]|3 June 2022}}
| issue        = Prince Gustav Albrecht<br>Princess Mafalda
| father       = [[Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
| mother       = [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1969|1|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Frankfurt-am-Main|Frankfurt am Main]], [[West Germany]]
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'''Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg'''<ref name="title-2">In 1919 [[Royal family|royalty]] and [[nobility]] were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the surname, according to [http://www.zum.de/psm/weimar/weimar_vve.php#First_Chapter_:_The_Individual Article 109] of the [[Weimar Constitution]].</ref> (Gustav Frederik Philip Richard; born 12 January 1969), is the eldest child and only son of [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark]] and [[Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]].<ref name="PrincessBenedikte">{{cite web | title = HRH Princess Benedikte | work = The Danish Monarchy (Official Site) | url = http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam_ben | accessdate = 26 August 2009 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090401155937/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam_ben | archivedate = 1 April 2009 }}</ref>
==Biography==
Prince Gustav is the head of the [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg|House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]], the senior branch of the formerly [[dynasty|princely house]] of [[Sayn-Wittgenstein]].<ref name="ghda">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIX. "Sayn-Wittgenstein". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2011, pp.314–338. {{ISBN|978-3-7980-0849-6}}.</ref>
He resides at ''[[List of castles in North Rhine-Westphalia|Schloss Berleburg-Wittgenstein]]'' in the town of [[Bad Berleburg]], in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany. He is the son of [[Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]] and [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark]] and has two sisters, [[Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]] and [[Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]].
The principality and princely title of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg descended, historically, according to [[Salic law#Some tenets of the law|semi-Salic]] [[primogeniture]].<ref name="ghda"/> If Gustav were to die without legitimate issue, the family heritage would devolve upon his father's younger brother, Prince Robin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.<ref name="title-2"/>
Gustav was formerly engaged to be married to Elvire Pasté de Rochefort (granddaughter of French Ambassador André [[Rodocanachi]] and wife Nada Diplarakou, herself sister of [[Aliki Diplarakou]] and grand-aunt of Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg); the engagement was announced on 16 August 2000 and the wedding planned for 12 May 2001 in Paris. However the wedding did not take place, reportedly due to financial issues with the bride's family, and it was announced on 16 July 2001 that they had separated. For many years, he resided with his partner, [[Carina Axelsson]], although they were unable to marry due to a clause in Gustav's grandfather's will preventing him from inheriting family property if he marries someone not of Protestant, noble and Aryan descent. However, on 27 April 2022, the Danish court confirmed that Gustav could marry Axelsson on 3 June 2022, civilly and on 4 June 2022, religiously in [[Bad Berleburg]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kæmpe nyhed fra kongehuset: Nu kan prins Gustav endelig gifte sig med sin Carina |url=https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelige/danmark/kaempe-nyhed-fra-kongehuset-nu-kan-prins-gustav-endelig-gifte-sig-med-sin-carina |website=[[Billed Bladet]] |date=27 April 2022 |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>
The couple's son, Prince Gustav Albrecht, was born on 26 May 2023 in the [[United States]] via surrogacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=TH Prince Gustav and Princess Carina have had a son |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/news/th-prince-gustav-and-princess-carina-have-a-son |website=Danish Royal House |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref> On 26 April 2024, the couple welcomed their second child, a girl, Princess Mafalda, also via surrogacy.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=ChristinZ |user=ChristinsQueens |number=1785022292633722981 |title= The Prince and Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg welcome second child on 26 April 2024.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelige/danmark/prins-gustav-og-prinsesse-carina-har-faaet-en-datter-her-er-hendes-usaedvanlige | title=Prins Gustav og prinsesse Carina har fået en datter: Her er hendes usædvanlige navn | date=13 May 2024 }}</ref>
He is the godfather of Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, son of his sister [[Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg|Alexandra]]; Konstantin Johannsmann, son of his second sister [[Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg|Nathalie]]; and [[Prince Vincent of Denmark]], son of his first cousin, [[King Frederik X of Denmark|Frederik X]].
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg'''
|2= 2. [[Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
|3= 3. [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark]]
|4= 4. [[Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
|5= 5. [[Margareta Fouché|Margareta Fouché d'Otrante]]
|6= 6. [[Frederik IX of Denmark]]
|7= 7. [[Ingrid of Sweden|Princess Ingrid of Sweden]]
|8= 8. [[Richard, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
|9= 9. Princess Madeleine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
|10= 10. [[Duc d'Otrante|Charles Louis Fouché, 6th Duc d'Otrante ]]
|11= 11. Countess Madeleine Douglas
|12= 12. [[Christian X of Denmark]]
|13= 13. [[Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
|14= 14. [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden]]
|15= 15. [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]]
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<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00024442&tree=LEO | title=Gustav, 7.Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg : Genealogics }}</ref>
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