Sponheim-Sayn

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County of Sponheim-Sayn
Grafschaft Sponheim-Sayn
1261–1283
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from
    Sponheim-Eberstein
1261
• Partitioned in twain
1283
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sponheim-Eberstein Sponheim-Eberstein
Sayn Sayn-Sayn
Sayn-Homburg Sayn-Homburg

Sponheim-Sayn was a county of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created as a partition of Sponheim-Starkenburg in 1261, and it comprised the lands of the former county of Sayn. In 1283, it was divided into Sayn and Sayn-Homburg.

Count of Sponheim-Sayn[edit]

  • Godfrey I (1261–83)