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County of Sayn-Homburg Grafschaft Sayn-Homburg | |||||||||
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| 1283–1384 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Homburg | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partitioned from Sponheim-Sayn | 1283 1283 | ||||||||
| 1345 | |||||||||
• Counties merged | 1384 | ||||||||
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Sayn-Homburg (not to be confused with the later state of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg) was a medieval county of Germany with its seat at Homburg Castle. It was created as a partition of Sponheim-Sayn in 1283. In 1345, Salentin, the son of Count Godfrey, married the heiress of Wittgenstein and the Counties were united and, on his death, merged to form the County of Sayn-Wittgenstein.