County/Principality of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and its spinoffs
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County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein
- Nation: Sayn-Wittgensteinian Germany
- Predecessor: County of Sayn-Wittgenstein
- Chronology
- 1605: Created upon the partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein with sovereignty over Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and partial sovereignty over Vallendar (shared with Electorate of Trier)
- 1648: Acquires administrative rights over the County of Hohnstein (specifically, the Lordships of Lohra and Klettenberg, which were Unterherrschaften of the Principality of Halberstadt) and begins referring to itself as Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1)
- 1657: Spins off its share of the Lordship of Vallendar
- 1699: Relinquishes administrative rights over Hohnstein to Halberstadt, but continues using the Hohenstein name
- 1801: Promoted to a principality
- 1806: Rendered landless upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
- Successor: County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein-Vallendar
- Personal unions
- as primary
- County of Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein (1605-1806)
- as shared primary
- Lordship of Vallendar (50%) (1605-1657)
- as primary
- Insourcings
- within Principality of Halberstadt
- County of Hohnstein (1648-1699)
- within Principality of Halberstadt
(1) I ignore the use of the Hohenstein name and refer to the lineage-based entity as Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein throughout.
County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein-Vallendar
- Nation: Sayn-Wittgensteinian Germany (2)
- Predecessor: County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein
- Chronology
- 1657: Spun off from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein
- 1681: Electorate of Trier asserts superiority over Vallendar, which moves to Ecclesiastical Germany
- 1767: Relinquishes all sovereignty and administrative rights over Vallendar to Electorate of Trier
- Successor: Electorate of Trier
(2) The lineage-based entity was firmly Sayn-Wittgensteinian. Nevertheless, I place the geographic Lordship of Vallendar itself (which is all that shows up in the database) in Jointly-Ruled Germany prior to 1681 and Ecclesiastical Germany thereafter.