Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and its spinoffs

 

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County/Principality of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

 

  • Nation: Sayn-Wittgensteinian Germany
  • Predecessor: County of Sayn-Wittgenstein
  • Chronology
    • 1605: Created upon the partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein with sovereignty over Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Homburg and administrative rights over Neumagen (an Unterherrschaft of the Electorate of Trier)
    • 1635: Spins off the Lordship of Homburg
    • 1743: Reabsorbs Homburg (with Neuhemsbach) upon the extinction of the Homburg line
    • 1792: Promoted to a principality
    • 1806: Rendered landless upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
  • Personal unions
    • as primary
      • County of Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1605-1806)
      • Lordship of Homburg (1605-1635; 1743-1806)
      • Lordship of Neuhemsbach (1743-1806)
  • Insourcings
    • within Electorate of Trier (1605-1806) (Neumagen)

 

County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Homburg

 

  • Nation: Sayn-Wittgensteinian Germany
  • Predecessor: County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
  • Chronology
    • 1635: Created with sovereignty over Homburg
    • 1662: Purchases the Lordship of Neuhemsbach
    • 1684: Spins off Neuhemsbach
    • 1742: Reacquires upon the extinction of the Neuhemsbach line
    • 1743: Terminated upon the extinction of the Homburg line
  • Successor: County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
  • Personal unions
    • as primary
      • Lordship of Homburg (1635-1743)
      • Lordship of Neuhemsbach (1762-1684; 1742-1743)

 

County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Homburg-Neuhemsbach

 

  • Nation: Sayn-Wittgensteinian Germany
  • Predecessor: Lordship of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Homburg
  • Chronology
    • 1684: Created when the Lord of Wittgenstein-Homburg with sovereignty over Neuhemsbach
    • 1742: Terminated upon the extinction of the Neuhemsbach line
  • Successor: Lordship of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Homburg
  • Personal unions
    • as primary
      • Lordship of Neuhemsbach (1684-1742)