Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalSayn (in German)
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein
1607
• Annexed by Archbishop of Cologne
 
1623
• Succession resolved: partitioned in twain
1648
Preceded by
Succeeded by
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Coat of arms used by the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

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.[1]