Sponheim-Sayn

County of Sponheim-Sayn
Grafschaft Sponheim-Sayn
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1261–1283
Capital Not specified
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
   Partitioned from
    Sponheim-Eberstein
1261
   Partitioned in twain 1283
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sponheim-Eberstein
Sayn
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


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