Sayn

Sayn was a small German county of the Holy Roman Empire which, during the Middle Ages, existed within what is today Rheinland-Pfalz.

There have been two Counties of Sayn. The first emerged in 1139 and became closely associated with the County of Sponheim early in its existence. Count Henry II was notable for being accused of satanic orgies by the Church's German Grand Inquisitor, Conrad von Marburg, in 1233. Henry was acquitted by an assembly of bishops in Mainz, but Conrad refused to accept the verdict and left Mainz. It is unknown whether it was Henry's Knights who killed Conrad on his return to Thuringia, but investigation was foregone due to the cruelty of Conrad, despite Pope Gregory IX ordering his murderers to be punished. With the death of Henry in 1246, the County passed to the Counts of Sponheim-Eberstein and thence to Sponheim-Sayn in 1261.

The second County of Sayn emerged as a partition of Sponheim-Sayn in 1283 (the other partition being Sayn-Homburg). It was notable for its numerous co-reigns, and it endured until 1608 when it was inherited by the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. A lack of clear heirs of William III of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn led to the temporary annexation of the comital territories by the Archbishop of Cologne until the succession was decided. In 1648 following the Thirty Years' War, the County was divided between Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg.

Territory and possessions

The county of Sayn was located in the area of today's state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The ancestral land, lost in 1605, was on the right bank of the Middle Rhine around Sayn Castle, now part of the town of Bendorf. The much larger territories were in the northern Westerwald and in the middle Sieg Valley. The county had as neighbours:

• in the north, the Lordship of Humburg
• in the east, the County of Nassau-Dillenburg,
• in the south, the County of Wied,
• south of the exclave of Bendorf, the Electorate of Trier,
• north of the exclave of Bendorf, the County of Isenburg
• in the west, the Electorate of Cologne.

• Ruins of the Sayn Castle
  Ruins of the Sayn Castle
• Former Premonstratensian Abbey of Sayn, Hauskloster und Grablege[1]
  Former Premonstratensian Abbey of Sayn, Hauskloster und Grablege
• Hachenburg Castle
  Hachenburg Castle
• Marienstatt Abbey
  Marienstatt Abbey

Rulers of Sayn

House of Sayn

Partitions under Sayn rule

County of Sayn (1139-1701) (Homburg branch since 1608)			County of Homburg (1st creation) (1284-1384) renamed County of Wittgenstein (1st creation) (1384-1605)
		County of Kirschgartshausen (1623-1719)	County of Homburg (2nd creation) (1631-1743)	County of Berleburg (1605-1806)
							County of Wittgenstein (2nd creation) (1605-1647) renamed County of Hohnstein (1647-1806)	County of Vallendar (1657-1775)
					County of Karlsburg (1694-1806)	County of Ludwigsburg (1694-1806)
Hachenburg annexed to Manderscheid family; Altenkirchen annexed to Saxony
	County of Neumagen (1623-1806)
	Mediatised to the Landgraviate of Hesse (from 1806)

Table of rulers

Monarch		Born	Reign	Ruling part	Consort	Death	Notes
First House of Sayn
Template:Ill		c.1110 First son of Template:Ill and Diemut of Laurenburg	1139 – 1176	County of Sayn	Kunigunde of Isenburg five children	1176 aged 65–66
Henry I		c.1110 Second son of Template:Ill and Diemut of Laurenburg	1139 – 1159		Unmarried	1159 aged 48–49
Template:Ill		c.1140 First son of Template:Ill and Kunigunde of Isenburg	1176 – April 1203	County of Sayn	Agnes of Saffenberg (1173-27 May 1201) five children	April 1203 aged 62–63
Template:Ill		c.1140 Second son of Template:Ill and Kunigunde of Isenburg	1176 – 1202		Unmarried	1202 aged 61–62
Henry III the Great	File:Grabfigur des Grafen Heinrich der III. von Sayn, um 1247-48 GNM Nuernberg-3.jpg	c.1185 Son of Template:Ill and Agnes of Saffenberg	April 1203 – 1 January 1247	County of Sayn	1215 one child	1 January 1247 Template:Ill aged 61–62	Died childless.
Matilda of Landsberg		1203 Daughter of Template:Ill and Agnes of Saffenberg	1 January – 29 August 1247 29 August 1247 – 1291	County of Sayn (in Template:Ill since 29 August 1247)		1291 aged 87–88	Wife and sister of Henry, they were his heiresses. Designated the first heiress by her husband, Matilda left her inheritance to her sister-in-law. The county of Sayn was therefore transmitted through female line. Matilda kept a seat at Template:Ill.
Adelaide		c.1190 Daughter of Template:Ill and Agnes of Saffenberg	29 August 1247 – 1263	County of Sayn	Godfrey III, Count of Sponheim 1202 five children	1263 aged 72–73
House of Sayn-Sponheim or Second House of Sayn
John (I)		c.1205 Son of Godfrey III, Count of Sponheim and Adelaide	1263 – 1266	County of Sayn	? of Altena-Isenberg 1202 five children	1263 aged 58–59	Also Count of Sponheim.
Template:Ill		c.1247 Son of John I and ? of Altena-Isenburg	1266 – 1284	County of Sayn	Template:Ill August 1258 seven children	1284 aged 36–37
Template:Ill		c.1260 First son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	1284 – 23 November 1324	County of Sayn	Elisabeth of Hesse (1270-19 February 1293) 1287 five children Kunigunde of Neuerburg (d.1347) 1297 four children	23 November 1324 aged 63–64	Children of Godfrey, divided their inheritance.
Template:Ill		c.1260 Second son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	1284 – 1336	County of Homburg	Judith of Lower Isenburg (d.1313) 24 February 1286 one child Metza (d.1330) 1313 no children Clarissa (d.1335) 1330 no children	23 November 1324 aged 63–64
Template:Ill		c.1290 Son of Template:Ill and Elisabeth of Hesse	23 November 1324 – 1327	County of Sayn	Matilda of the Mark (d.1327) no children	1327 aged 36–37	Children of John I, ruled jointly.
Template:Ill		c.1300 Son of Template:Ill and Kunigunde of Neuerburg	1327 – 25 December 1360		Elisabeth of Jülich (1315-1389) 29 September 1330 five children	25 December 1360 aged 59–60
Template:Ill		c.1290 Son of Template:Ill and Judith of Lower Isenburg	1336 – 1354	County of Homburg	Sophia of Folmestein (d.1323) 24 November 1311 seven children Maria von Dollendorf (d.1364) c.1325 three children	1354 aged 63–64
Template:Ill	File:Salentin Sayn Wittgenstein 1320.jpg	1314 Homburg Son of Template:Ill and Sophia of Folmestein	1354 – 1392	County of Homburg (until 1384) County of Wittgenstein (from 1384)	Template:Ill c.1350 two children Elisabeth von Hirschhorn (d.1380) 23 June 1362 two children	1354 aged 63–64	In 1384 he merged the counties of Wittgenstein (inherited through his wife) and his own. The seat changed to Wittgenstein.
Template:Ill		c.1330 Son of Template:Ill and Elisabeth of Jülich	25 December 1360 – 25 February 1409	County of Sayn	Template:Ill 24 June 1349 seven children	25 February 1409 aged 78–79
Template:Ill	File:Grabplatte Laasphe Kirche Graf Johann von Sayn-Wittgenstein Detail 2018.jpg	1385 Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	1392 – 1436	County of Wittgenstein	Template:Ill July 1386 seven children	1436 aged 50–51
Template:Ill		c.1360 Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	25 February 1409 – 15 September 1419	County of Sayn	Sophia of Stein-Löwenberg (d.1395) 1385 one child Template:Ill June 1409 two children	15 September 1419 aged 58–59
Regency of Template:Ill (1419-1429)							Left no children. The county was inherited by his brother.
Template:Ill		7 August 1415 First son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	15 September 1419 – 2 August 1452	County of Sayn	Template:Ill 1435 no children	2 August 1452 aged 36–37
Template:Ill		1420 Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	1436 – 7 May 1472	County of Wittgenstein	Elisabeth of the Mark (1400-1474) 1 March 1436 eight children	7 May 1472 aged 51–52
Template:Ill	File:Luthmer IV-140-Marienstatt Kirche Grabmal Gerhard II von Sayn und seiner Gemahlin.jpg	1417 Second son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	2 August 1452 – January 1493	County of Sayn	Elisabeth of Zirk (6 March 1435 - 20 July 1489) 1453 sixteen children	January 1493 aged 75–76
Template:Ill	File:Eberhard 1440 a.jpg	1440 Son of Template:Ill and Elisabeth of the Mark	7 May 1472 – 1494	County of Wittgenstein	Margaret of Rodemachern (1450-22 June 1509) c.1470 seven children	1494 Template:Ill aged 53–54
Template:Ill		9 February 1454 First son of Template:Ill and Elisabeth of Zirk	January 1493 – 26 January 1506	County of Sayn	Johanna of Wied (1480-1529) 1493 six children	26 January 1506 aged 51	Children of Gerhard II, ruled jointly.
Template:Ill		20 January 1464 Fifth son of Template:Ill and Elisabeth of Zirk	January 1493 – 12 November 1498		Maria of Limburg-Breuch (1465-7 June 1525) 1482 four children	12 November 1498 aged 34
Template:Ill	File:Wilhelm von Sayn Gz Wittgenstein 1485.jpg	24 August 1488 Homburg Castle First son of Template:Ill and Margaret of Rodemachern	1494 – 18 April 1570	County of Wittgenstein (Southern part)	Johannetta, Countess of Isenburg-Neumagen (1500-8 August 1563) 1522 seven children	18 April 1570 Template:Ill aged 81–82	Children of George, divided the rule. John didn't have surviving children, and the county eventually reunited.
Template:Ill		1489 Template:Ill Second son of Template:Ill and Margaret of Rodemachern	1494 – 2 April 1551	County of Wittgenstein (Northern part)	Agnes von Eza no children Margaret of Henneberg 1534 three children	2 April 1551 Template:Ill aged 61–62
Template:Ill		1491 Son of Template:Ill and Maria of Limburg-Breuch	26 January 1506 – 1529	County of Sayn (at Sayn proper)	Agnes von Heekeren no children Ottilie of Nassau-Saarbrücken (26 December 1492 - 1 March 1554) 1 January 1516 three children	1529 aged 37–38
Template:Ill		1518 First son of Template:Ill and Ottilie of Nassau-Saarbrücken	1529 – 20 March 1560	County of Sayn (half 1)	Elisabeth of Holstein-Schauenburg (1520-19 January 1545) 1538 five children Template:Ill 1549 one child	15 September 1419 aged 58–59	Children of John VI, divided their inheritance.
Template:Ill		c.1360 Second son of Template:Ill and Ottilie of Nassau-Saarbrücken	1529 – 1 January 1573	County of Sayn (half 2)	Unmarried	1 January 1573 aged 58–59
Louis I the Elder	File:Ludwig I Sayn Wittgenstein 1532.jpg	7 December 1532 Template:Ill Son of Template:Ill and Johannetta, Countess of Isenburg-Neumagen	18 April 1570 – 2 July 1605	County of Wittgenstein	Template:Ill 14 August 1559 Dillenburg Castle three children Template:Ill 13 January 1556 Laubach seventeen children	2 July 1605 Altenkirchen aged 72
Template:Ill		1538 First son of Template:Ill and Elisabeth of Holstein-Schauenburg	1 January 1573 – 15 September 1419	County of Sayn (in Sayn half 1 until 1573)	Template:Ill 1 September 1560 Eisleben one child	15 September 1419 aged 58–59	Children of John VII, shared their inheritance, and added their uncle's part in 1573.
Henry IV	File:Heinrich IV. Graf von Sayn.jpg	1539 Second son of Template:Ill and Elisabeth of Holstein-Schauenburg	1 January 1573 – 17 January 1606		Jutta von Mallinckrodt February 1574 no children	17 January 1606 Sayn Castle aged 58–59
Template:Ill		1543 Third son of Template:Ill and Elisabeth of Holstein-Schauenburg	1 January 1573 – 17 March 1588		Template:Ill 8 September 1571 one child	17 March 1588 aged 44–45
Anna Elisabeth		1 February 1572 Daughter of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	17 January 1606 – 11 March 1608	County of Sayn	Template:Ill 1 June 1591 two children	11 March 1608 Hachenburg aged 36	Heiress of her uncle.
Template:Ill	File:Georg V. zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.jpg	30 April 1565 Template:Ill Son of Louis I and Template:Ill	18 April 1570 – 2 July 1605	County of Berleburg	Template:Ill 26 August 1627 Template:Ill two children	16 December 1631 aged 66	Children of Louis I, divided their inheritance.
Template:Ill		14 March 1569 Template:Ill First son of Louis I and Template:Ill	17 January 1606 – 29 October 1623	County of Sayn (jure uxoris)	Anna Elisabeth 1 June 1591 two children Template:Ill 18 November 1609 Weilburg seven children	29 October 1623 aged 54
Template:Ill		15 March 1571 Template:Ill Second son of Louis I and Template:Ill	2 July 1605 – 14 December 1634	County of Wittgenstein	Template:Ill 17 October 1598 Berleburg fourteen children	14 December 1634 Frankfurt am Main aged 72
Template:Ill		26 August 1594 Son of Template:Ill and Anna Elisabeth	29 October 1623 – 22 May 1632	County of Sayn	Louise Juliane of Erbach 19 January 1624 six children	22 May 1632 Frankfurt am Main aged 37	Children of William II, divided their inheritance.
Regency of Template:Ill (1623-1635)
Template:Ill		8 September 1617 Second son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	29 October 1623 – 22 October 1664	County of Neumagen	Johannetta Maria of Wied (7 August 1615 – 1715) 1650 three children	22 October 1664 aged 47
Template:Ill		11 September 1621 Third son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	29 October 1623 – 29 October 1675	Template:Ill	[[[:Template:Ill]] 25 December 1646 Dillenburg no children Template:Ill 25 February 1651 Offenbach am Main six children	29 October 1675 Vienna aged 54
Template:Ill	File:Ludwig Casimir Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.jpg	30 April 1598 Bad Berleburg Second son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	16 December 1631 – 6 June 1643	County of Berleburg	Template:Ill 12 June 1596 eight children Template:Ill 7 November 1608 Dillenburg seven children	6 June 1643 Wetter aged 45	Children of George II, divided their inheritance.
Template:Ill		25 January 1605 Fifth son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	16 December 1631 – 10 December 1680		Elisabeth Juliana of Nassau-Weilburg (27 March 1598 - 18 April 1682) 27 August 1647 no children	10 December 1680 aged 75
Template:Ill		8 April 1599 Bad Berleburg Third son of Louis I and Template:Ill	16 December 1631 – 20 March 1649	County of Homburg	Template:Ill 1635 five children Template:Ill 11 September 1642 three children	20 March 1649 Homburg Castle aged 66
Regency of Louise Juliane of Erbach (1632-1636)							Louis died as a minor, and his mother prolonged the regency to his sisters.
Louis III		1628 Son of Template:Ill and Louise Juliane of Erbach	22 May 1632 – 16 July 1636	County of Sayn	Unmarried	16 July 1636 aged 7–8
Template:Ill	File:Johan VIII, 1601-1657, greve av Sayn och Wittgenstein - Nationalmuseum - 15395.tif	14 October 1601 Template:Ill Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	14 December 1634 – 2 April 1657	County of Wittgenstein (until 1647) County of Hohenstein (from 1647)	Template:Ill 30 June 1627 Template:Ill fifteen children	2 April 1657 aged 56
Regency of Louise Juliane of Erbach (1636-1652)							Louis Juliane had a harder regency this second time, as she faced her in-laws for possession of the main county of Sayn. However, she was skillful enough to keep it to her daughters, sisters of Louis III. Ernestine and Johannetta divided the county, and each part was inherited by their respective descendants.
Ernestine Salentine		23 April 1626 Hachenburg First daughter ofTemplate:Ill and Louise Juliane of Erbach	16 July 1636 – 13 October 1661	County of Sayn (at Hachenburg)	Template:Ill 21 October 1651 seven children	13 October 1661 aged 35
Johannetta		27 August 1632 Wittgenstein Castle Second daughter ofTemplate:Ill and Louise Juliane of Erbach	16 July 1636 – 28 September 1701	County of Sayn (at Altenkirchen)	John of Hesse-Braubach 30 September 1647 no children John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach 29 May 1661 Wallau eight children	28 September 1701 Jena aged 69
Hachenburg inherited by Manderscheid family; Altenkirchen inherited by the House of Wettin For their successors see, respectively Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen
Regency of Template:Ill(1649-1658)
Template:Ill		16 August 1640 Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	20 March 1649 – 25 October 1698	County of Homburg	Template:Ill 8 September 1673 four children	25 October 1698 aged 58
Template:Ill	File:Ludwig Christian zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Taler.jpg	17 January 1629 Template:Ill First son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	2 April 1657 – 25 January 1683	County of Hohenstein	Template:Ill 27 May 1656 Greifenstein no children Anna Elisabeth Wieg 1682 no children	25 January 1683 Template:Ill aged 54	Children of John VIII, divided their inheritance.
Template:Ill	File:Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676.jpg	14 April 1633 Frankfurt am Main Fourth son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	2 April 1657 – 15 October 1701		Anne Hélène de La Place (1634 - 24 February 1705) 12 August 1657 thirteen children	15 October 1701 Marburg aged 68
Template:Ill		20 November 1647 Template:Ill Seventh son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	2 April 1657 – 10 November 1685	County of Vallendar	Template:Ill 1671 eight children	10 November 1685 Vallendar aged 37
Regency of Johannetta Maria of Wied (1664-1676)
Template:Ill		20 July 1658 Son of Template:Ill and Johannetta Maria of Wied	22 October 1664 – 16 September 1724	County of Neumagen	Template:Ill 20 June 1681 two children Template:Ill 20 June 1689 two children	16 September 1724 aged 66
Template:Ill		1655 Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	29 October 1675 – 21 October 1699	Template:Ill	Anna Metta von Brockdorff (d.6 January 1718) 1683 one child	21 October 1699 aged 43–44
Template:Ill	File:Georg Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1636-1684).jpg	28 September 1636 Bad Berleburg Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	10 December 1680 – 25 May 1684	County of Berleburg	Amélie Marguerite de la Place (1635 - 16 February 1669) 28 September 1657 Düsseldorf seven children Template:Ill 13 November 1669 three children Template:Ill 24 June 1674 Offenbach am Main four children	25 May 1684 Bad Berleburg aged 47
Template:Ill	File:Ludwig Franz Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.jpg	17 April 1660 Bad Berleburg Son of Template:Ill and Amélie Marguerite de la Place	25 May 1684 – 25 November 1694	County of Berleburg	Template:Ill 27 October 1685 Lemgo six children	25 November 1694 Bad Berleburg aged 34
Regency of Template:Ill (1685-1694)
John Frederick		1676 Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	10 November 1685 – 27 April 1718	County of Vallendar	Maria Anna von Wieser (4 February 1675 - 8 October 1759) 1699 at least two children	27 April 1718 Vallendar aged 41–42
Regency of Template:Ill (1694-1712) and Template:Ill (1694-1707)
Template:Ill	File:Casimir von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.JPG	31 January 1687 Bad Berleburg First son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	25 November 1694 – 5 June 1741	County of Berleburg	Template:Ill 18 December 1711 Wächtersbach three children Esther Maria Polyxena of Wurmbrand-Stupach (17 December 1696 - 14 March 1755) 6 May 1717 Saalburg-Ebersdorf five children	5 June 1741 Bad Berleburg aged 54
Template:Ill		4 April 1693 Bad Berleburg Second son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	25 November 1694 – 18 January 1749	County of Karlsburg	Johanna Louise of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (8 June 1696 - 1 November 1735) 28 December 1727 two children Charlotte Louise Henkel von Donnersmark (3 April 1709 - 25 March 1784) 21 November 1737 Pölzig six children	18 January 1749 Rheda aged 55
Template:Ill		31 January 1687 Bad Berleburg Third son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	25 November 1694 – 24 February 1750	County of Ludwigsburg	Template:Ill 17 March 1722 Baruth ten children	24 February 1750 Bad Berleburg aged 54
Template:Ill		1674 Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	25 October 1698 – 27 March 1723	County of Homburg	Maria Wilhelmina Elisabeth von Schönburg-Mertola (1700-1762) 1723 four children Diane Françoise Marie de Cholette 1706 no children	20 March 1649 Homburg Castle aged 66
Template:Ill		5 September 1688 Son of Template:Ill and Anna Metta von Brockdorff	21 October 1699 – 6 May 1719	Template:Ill	Template:Ill 9 November/December 1712 Birstein four children	6 May 1719 Template:Ill aged 30	Left no male descendants. His county merged in Neumagen.
Kirschgarthausen annexed to Neumagen
Template:Ill		6 December 1658 The Hague First son of Template:Ill and Anne Hélène de La Place	15 October 1701 – 23 November 1723	County of Hohenstein	Sophia Juliana of Lippe-Biesterfeld (6 December 1676 - 2 June 1705) 23 October 1694 no children Sophia Elisabeth of Sayn-Homburg (20 August 1675 - 27 August 1712) 8 December 1705 no children Sophia Florentina of Sayn-Berleburg (4 April 1688 - 16 June 1745) 19 November 1712 no children	23 November 1723 Template:Ill aged 64	Left no descendants. The county passed to his brother.
Francis Frederick Hugo		1701 First son of John Frederick and Maria Anna von Wieser	27 April 1718 – 1769	County of Vallendar	Anna Maria of Leiningen-Neuleiningen (20 October 1741 – 1830) c.1750? at least one child	1769 Vallendar aged 67–68	Children of John Frederick, ruled jointly. However, as they left no descendants, Vallendar was reabsorbed in Hohenstein after their deaths.
John William		c.1705 Second son of John Frederick and Maria Anna von Wieser	27 April 1718 – 1775		Unmarried	1775 Vallendar aged 69–70
Vallendar re-merged in Hohenstein
Frederick Charles		6 March 1716 Son of Template:Ill and Maria Wilhelmina Elisabeth von Schönburg-Mertola	27 March 1723 – 15 October 1743	County of Homburg	Saloma Johanna von Dist (1723-1761) 1741 no children	15 October 1743 aged 27	Left no descendants. The county re-merged in Berleburg.
Homburg re-merged in Berleburg
Template:Ill		14 April 1663 Template:Ill Third son of Template:Ill and Anne Hélène de La Place	23 November 1723 – 27 August 1745	County of Hohenstein	Concordia Friederike of Sayn-Vallendar (1679 - 6 June 1709) 1703 Weilburg two children Albertina Amalia of Leiningen-Schaumburg (12 October 1686 - 26 March 1723) 3 January 1715 four children	27 August 1745 Template:Ill aged 82	Co-ruling with his brother since 1719.
Template:Ill		26 December 1694 Third son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	16 September 1724 – 22 May 1768	County of Neumagen	Friederika Wilhelmina von Wendesen (25 October 1700-1780) 1 January 1724 eight children	22 May 1768 aged 73	Married morganatically, and his children could not succeed in the county, which passed to his brother.
Template:Ill		1 January 1712 Bad Berleburg Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	5 June 1741 – 12 February 1773	County of Berleburg	Friederike Christine of Isenburg-Philippseich (22 July 1721 - 16 August 1772) 26 July 1744 Dreieich four children	12 February 1773 Bad Berleburg aged 61
Template:Ill		19 January 1708 Berlin Son of Template:Ill and Concordia Friederike of Sayn-Vallendar	27 August 1745 – 9 June 1756	County of Hohenstein	Auguste Amalie Albertine of Nassau-Siegen (5 September 1712 - 22 February 1742) 6 May 1738 Siegen two children Elisabeth Hedwig of Nassau-Siegen (19 April 1719; † 10 January 1789) 12 June 1743 Siegen no children	9 June 1756 Template:Ill aged 82
Adolph William Louis		30 June 1740 Son of Template:Ill and Charlotte Louise Henkel von Donnersmark	18 January 1749 – 12 July 1806	County of Karlsburg	Sarah Tamminga du Tour (10 August 1751 - 16 February 1811) 27 September 1778 no children	13 November 1814 aged 74	In 1806, the county was mediatized to Hesse.
Karlsburg was annexed to the Electorate of Hesse
Christian Louis Casimir	File:Count Christian Louis Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg, by German School of the 19th Century.jpg	13 July 1725 Bad Berleburg Son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	24 February 1750 – 6 May 1797	County of Ludwigsburg	Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein (3 February 1740 - 15 December 1771) 13 July 1763 no children Anna Petrovna Dolgorukova (1742 - 8 July 1789) 14 February 1774 seven children	6 May 1797 Rheda aged 71
Template:Ill	File:Johann Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.jpg	3 August 1740 Template:Ill Son of Template:Ill and Auguste Amalie Albertine of Nassau-Siegen	9 June 1756 – 27 March 1796	County of Hohenstein	Friederika Carolina Louise von Pückler-Limpurg (9 June 1738 - 27 July 1772) 21 March 1761 Burgfarnbach eight children Wilhelmina Henrietta Carolina von Pückler-Limpurg (30 August 1746 - 20 March 1800) 9 November 1772 Burgfarnbach four children	27 March 1796 Template:Ill aged 55
Template:Ill		15 March 1703 Fourth son of Template:Ill and Template:Ill	22 May 1768 – 19 June 1786	County of Neumagen	Sophia Ferdinanda of Sayn-Karlsburg (21 August 1741 - 22 June 1774) 18 March 1765 five children	19 June 1786 aged 83
Template:Ill		12 September 1753 Bad Berleburg Son of Template:Ill and Friederike Christine of Isenburg-Philippseich	12 February 1773 – 4 October 1800	County of Berleburg (until 1792) Principality of Berleburg(from 1792)	Charlotte Friederike Franziska of Leiningen-Altleiningen (19 August 1759 - 22 January 1831) 17 April 1775 Grünstadt twelve children	4 October 1800 Template:Ill aged 47
Regency of Sophia Ferdinanda of Sayn-Karlsburg (1786-1790)							In 1806, the county was mediatized to Hesse.
Template:Ill		20 November 1772 Second son of Template:Ill and Sophia Ferdinanda of Sayn-Karlsburg	19 June 1786 – 12 July 1806	County of Neumagen	Johanna Philippina Marburg (27 May 1782 – 6 November 1815) c.1810 one child	10 October 1827 aged 47
Neumagen was annexed to the Electorate of Hesse
Template:Ill	File:Friedrich Karl zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein.png	23 February 1766 Template:Ill Son of Template:Ill and Friederika Carolina Louise von Pückler-Limpurg	27 March 1796 – 12 July 1806	County of Hohenstein (until 1801) Principality of Hohenstein (from 1801)	Friederika Albertina of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (15 July 1773 - 25 July 1806) 31 May 1796 Coswig five children Louisa Langenbach (23 November 1790 - 18 June 1864) 4 April 1807 (morganatic) four children	8 April 1837 Template:Ill aged 71	In 1806, the principality was mediatized to Hesse.
Hohenstein was annexed to the Electorate of Hesse
Louis Adolph Peter		17 January 1769 Pereiaslav Son of Christian Louis Casimir and Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein	6 May 1797 – 12 July 1806	County of Ludwigsburg	Antonia Cäcilie Snarska (1779-1855) 27 June 1798 eleven children	11 June 1843 Lviv aged 74	In 1806, the county was mediatized to Hesse.
Berleburg was annexed to the Electorate of Hesse
Template:Ill		12 May 1777 Bad Berleburg Son of Template:Ill and Charlotte Friederike Franziska of Leiningen-Altleiningen	4 October 1800 – 12 July 1806	Principality of Berleburg	Christiana Charlotte Wilhelmina of Ortenburg 18 August 1830 Ortenburg four children	11 November 1851 Bad Berleburg aged 74	In 1806, the county was mediatized to Hesse.
Berleburg was annexed to the Electorate of Hesse

See also

File:2006-05-05 Schloss Sayn 01.JPG

The old and the new castle at Sayn

• Sayn-Homburg
• Sayn-Wittgenstein
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar
• Sponheim-Sayn