Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (original) (raw)

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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (sometimes called Sayn-Hachenburg) was a German County located in Rhineland-Palatinate, near the river Sieg.

County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg
1648–1827
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The county in 1805The county in 1805
Status State of the Holy Roman Empire In personal union with Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1661-1675) In personal union with Kirchberg (1715-1776)
Government Feudal County
Countess of Sayn-Hachenburg
• 1648–1661 Ernestine Salentine (first)
• 1776–1827 Louise Isabelle (last)
Historical era Early Modern Period
• Established 1648
• Disestablished 1827
Preceded by Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Today part of Rhineland-Palatinate

When Count William III of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn died in 1623 without clear heirs, the Archbishop of Cologne occupied the vacant County until the succession was settled. It was settled by treaty in 1648, when the county was given jointly to Countesses Ernestine and Johanetta, two sisters who were granddaughters of Count William, and their mother Dowager Countess Louise Juliane made regent. But shortly after the treaty, the county was split between the two. Ernestine's portion was called "Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg". Johanetta's was "Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen" (or Sayn-Altenkirchen for short). Their mother remained regent for both counties until 1652, when Johanetta and Ernestine separately ruled their respective Counties. Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg was inherited by Countess Magdalena Christina in 1661 following Ernestine's death. It passed to the Burgraves of Kirchberg [de] in 1715, and to the Princes of Nassau-Weilburg in 1799.[1] The title passed through the female line and is held by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Rulers of Sayn-Hachenburg (1648–1827)

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  1. ^ "Familiengeschichte » Schloss Sayn".