Sponheim-Sayn Explained

Native Name:Grafschaft Sponheim-Sayn
Conventional Long Name:County of Sponheim-Sayn
Common Name:Sponheim-Sayn
Era:Middle Ages
Status:Vassal
Empire:Holy Roman Empire
Government Type:Principality
Year Start:1261
Year End:1283
Event Start:Partitioned from
Sponheim-Eberstein
Event End:Partitioned in twain
P1:Sponheim-Eberstein
S1:Sayn
S2: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