Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

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Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg State of the Holy Roman Empire ← 1607 – 1806 → Capital Berleburg Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Partitioned from     Sayn-Wittgenstein   1607  - Partitioned to create     S-W-Homburg and     S-W-Neumagen     1631  - Partitioned to create     S-W-Karlsburg and     S-W-Ludwigsburg     1694  - Raised to Principality 1792  - Mediatised to Hesse 1806  - Annexed by Prussia 1816

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was a county (Grafschaft) located in the southeastern Sauerland, Germany (in the modern state of North Rhine-Westphalia). Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein. It was partitioned twice: the first time between itself, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Neumagen in 1631; and the second time between itself, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg in 1694. It was raised from a county to a principality in 1792, and was mediatised to the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1806 before being annexed to Prussia in 1816.

[edit] Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

[edit] Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1607–1792)

• Georg (1607–31)
• Ludwig Casimir (1631–43)
• Georg Wilhelm (1643–84)
• Ludwig Franz (1684–94)
• Casimir (1694–1741)
• Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–73)
• Christian Heinrich (1773–92)

[edit] Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1792–1806)

• Christian Henrich (1792–1800)
• Albert (1800–06)