House of Sayn

Sayn

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)

Counts of Sayn-Sayn

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.

Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

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

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.

Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

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

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)

Countess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg

Burgraves of Kirchberg

Counts of Nassau-Weilburg

Countess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen

Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach