| County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein |
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| Capital | Laasphe | |||
| Government | Principality | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Partitioned from S-W-Wittgenstein |
1657 1657 |
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| - Raised to principality | 1801 | |||
| - Mediatised to Hesse | 1806 | |||
| - Annexed by Prussia | 1816 | |||
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a county between Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia. It was formed by the 1657 partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and raised from a county to principality in 1801. It belonged from 1806 to 1815 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and after 1816 to Prussia. The capital was Laasphe. The family line belongs to the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
The current Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein is H.M.S.H. Prince / Furst Bernhart zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein; according to the Almanach de Gotha, his title and style are as Sovereign Prince and Count of The Holy Roman Empire. Bernhart (or Bernard) is the son of the late Christian Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (b. 20 September 1908, d. 17 August 1983) and of Dagmar Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (b. 16 November 1919.)
Because of morganatic marriages in the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the Princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein has the next heir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, in the form of Bernhard, Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Hohenstein should the current heir, Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg remain unmarried and childless.