Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein
County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein | |||||||||||
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| 1607–1657 | |||||||||||
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
| Capital | Wittgenstein Castle | ||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein | 1607 | ||||||||||
• Partitioned in twain | 1657 | ||||||||||
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein was a county of the Sauerland of Germany. Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein was a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein, comprising the southern portion of the Wittgenstein County. It came into existence after the death of count Louis the Elder in 1605.[1] In 1657, it was partitioned into Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar.
Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein (1607–1657)
- Louis II (1607–34)
- John (1634–57)
Properties
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Wittgenstein Castle (near Bad Laasphe) in 1903
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Laasphe and Wittgenstein Castle in 1655
References
- ^ Reimann, Christoph (3 December 2018). Die Tagebücher des Grafen Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1687-1741) als Selbstzeugnis eines pietistischen Landesherrn (in German). kassel university press GmbH. p. 46. ISBN 978-3-7376-0622-6.
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