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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

{{short description|County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany}}

{{coord missing|Rhineland-Palatinate}}

{{One source|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox country

|native_name = Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

|conventional_long_name = County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

|common_name = Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

|era = Middle Ages

|status = Vassal

|empire = Holy Roman Empire

|government_type = Principality|

|event_start = Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein

|date_start = 1607

|event1 = Annexed by Archbishop of Cologne

|date_event1 =

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1623

|event_end = Succession resolved: partitioned in twain

|date_end = 1648

|p1 = Sayn-Wittgenstein

|image_p1 = Image:Sin escudo.svg

|s1 = Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen

|image_s1 = Image:Sin escudo.svg

|s2 = Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg

|image_s2 = Image:Sin escudo.svg

|image_flag =

|image_coat =

|image_map =

|image_map_caption =

|capital = Sayn {{in lang|de}}

}}

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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.[http://www.sayn.de/en/fuerstenhaus/geschichtehistory The Counties Sayn-Hachenburg and Sayn-Altenkirchen]

Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, First Creation

{{For|a complete table of rulers|Sayn #Rulers of Sayn}}

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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Count Ludwig Franz II of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (1694–1750) founded a branch which in 1834{{EB1911 |wstitle= Wittgenstein, Ludwig Adolf Peter, Count |volume= 28}} 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.{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/sponheim/sponh18.html |title= sponheim/sponh18.html |publisher=genealogy.euweb.cz}}{{Self-published source|date=November 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00110055&tree=LEO | title=Alexander, 7.Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn : Genealogics }}

Line of succession

{{Tree list}}

  • Ludwig Franz II, 1st Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (1694–1750)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Christian Ludwig Casimir, 2nd Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (1725–1797)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Ludwig Adolf Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg (Prussia) 1834 (1769–1843)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Ludwig Adolf Friedrich, succeeded to Prussian titles 1843, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 1861–1866 (1799–1866)
  • Peter, succeeded to Prussian titles 1866 (1831–1887)
  • Friedrich, succeeded younger brother Ludwig as 3rd Prince 1876–1879, resigned in favor of younger brother Alexander, succeeded older brother in Prussian titles 1887 (1836–1909)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} his descendants hold various Prussian and Russian titles
  • Ludwig, 2nd Prince 1866–1876 (1843–1876)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Alexander, 4th Prince 1879–1883, resigned in favor of his son (1847–1940)
  • Stanislaus, 5th Prince 1883–1958 (1872–1958)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} ''Prince Gustav Alexander of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1880–1953)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Ludwig Stanislaus, 6th Prince 1953–1962 (1915–1962)
  • Alexander, 7th Prince 1962–present (born 1943)
  • Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1971)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Ludovico of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 2006)
  • Prince Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1976)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Alexander of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 2002)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Johann of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 2020)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince George of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 2023)
  • Prince Ludwig of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1982)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1992)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1954)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Constantin of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1994)
  • Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1916–1944)

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References

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External links

{{Commons category|House of Sayn-Wittgenstein}}

  • [http://www.sayn.de/en/fuerstenhaus Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn family website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060920003256/http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=910 Portrait of Leonilla, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn] from the Getty Collection