Sayn-Wittgenstein

County of Sayn-Wittgenstein
Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein
1384–1607
Sayn and Wittgenstein ca. 1450
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalWittgenstein Castle
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Count of Sayn-Homburg marries heiress to Wittgenstein
1345
• Counties merged
1384
• Partitioned to S-W-Sayn, S-W-Berleburg and S-W-Wittgenstein
1607
• Mediatised to Berg
1808
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Sayn-Homburg
County of Wittgenstein
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein
Today part ofGermany

Sayn-Wittgenstein was a county of medieval Germany, located in the Sauerland of eastern North Rhine-Westphalia.

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