Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

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Coat of arms used by the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was a county of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, comprising the lands of the region of Sayn. It was created as a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein in 1607, although it was not until the next year that it obtained fully the Countship of Sayn. The succession was never clear, leading to the annexation of the county in 1623 by the Archbishop of Cologne. It was not until a treaty in 1648 (at the end of the Thirty Years' War) that it was decided the county would pass to the sisters Ernestine and Johanette of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, under the regency of their mother, Countess Louise Juliane von Erbach (1603–1670). They partitioned the county into Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg soon after.[1]

Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, First Creation

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Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Second Creation

Count William III's sons from his second marriage with Countess Anna Ottilie of Nassau-Weilburg (1582-1635) became Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. The branch became extinct in 1846 with the death of Count Gustaf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1811-1846).

Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

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Ruins of an old fortress and the new Sayn palace in Bendorf, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Count Ludwig Franz II of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (1694–1750) founded a branch which in 1834[2] became Prussian Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg and in 1861 Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. The present head of this branch is Alexander, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1943), the 7th prince.[3][4]

Line of succession

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References

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  1. The Counties Sayn-Hachenburg and Sayn-Altenkirchen
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