Sponheim-Sayn
Sponheim-Sayn was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created as a partition of Sponheim-Starkenburg in 1261, and it comprised the lands of the former County of Sayn. In 1283, it was divided into Sayn and Sayn-Homburg.
County of Sponheim-Sayn Grafschaft Sponheim-Sayn | |||||||||||
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| 1261–1283 | |||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Partitioned from Sponheim-Eberstein | 1261 | ||||||||||
• Partitioned in twain | 1283 | ||||||||||
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Count of Sponheim-Sayn
- Godfrey I (1261–83)
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