House of Sayn

House of Sayn

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Sayn

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Counts of Sayn (1139–1246)
County passed to the Counts of Sponheim-Eberstein and thence to Sponheim-Sayn in 1261.
Count of
Sponheim-Sayn (1261 - 1283)
Sponheim-Sayn divided 1283:
Counts of Sayn-Sayn (1283–1608) ex.
Counts of
Sayn-Homburg (1283–1384)
Count of Sayn-Homburg marries heiress to
Wittgenstein Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1354–1607)

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Counts of Sayn-Sayn

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Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein

Sayn-Wittgenstein divided 1607:
Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1607–1623) see below
Counts of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1607– present)
Counts of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein (1607–1657)
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg divided 1694:
Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1607– present)
Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 1792
Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg (1694–1867) ex.
Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg (1694– present)
Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn in 1834

  • Peter Khristianovich Wittgenstein, (1769- 1843), Russian Field Marshal , Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg and 1 Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.
  • Richard, (b.1934), 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Knight of the Elephant.


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Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

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Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

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Peter Khristianovich Wittgenstein, (1769-1843), Russian Field Marshal

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Richard, (b.1934), 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein divided 1657:
Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1657– present)
Princes of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein in1801
Counts of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar (1657–1775) ex.

  • August David, ( 1663- 1735), Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Knight of the Black Eagle.
  • Wilhelm Ludwig Georg, (1770-1851), Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, 1Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Knight of the Black Eagle.



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Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

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Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

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August David, (1663-1735), Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

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Wilhelm Ludwig Georg, (1770-1851), 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn


When Count William III of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn died in 1623 without clear heirs, the Archbishop of Cologne occupied the vacant County until the succession was settled. It was settled by treaty in 1648, when the County was given jointly to Princesses Ernestine and Johanette, two sisters who were granddaughters of Count William, and their mother Dowager Countess Louise Juliane made regent. But shortly after the treaty, the County was split between the two.
Countess of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg, Countess of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1648 - 1715)
To Burgraves of
Kirchberg (1715-1799)
To Counts of
Nassau-Weilburg (1799-1803)
To Counts of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1803
Countess of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen, Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach (1648–1701)
To Duke of
Saxe-Eisenach (1701–41)
To Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1741–1803)



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Countess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg

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Burgraves of Kirchberg

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Counts of Nassau-Weilburg

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Countess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen

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Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

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Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach