List of the regents of Wittgenstein

House Battenberg and Wittgenstein

Coat of arms of the Counts of Battenberg and Wittgenstein

• Werner I. (1170–1215), Count of Battenberg and Wittgenstein
• Werner II. († 1272), inherited from his father, but joined the Order of St. John in 1221 or 1230/31 at the latest.
• Widekind I. , followed his brother Werner II. As Count of Battenberg and Wittgenstein.
• Siegfried I (1238–1277), son of Widekind I, Count zu Wittgenstein, inherited the Wittgenstein sub-county soon after 1238 as a result of an inheritance and founded the Wittgenstein House. The county of Wittgenstein emerged as an independent rule with its centers Laasphe and Berleburg .
• Siegfried II. (1322-1359)
• Werner IV. (1351–?)
• Adelheid (1357–1384), married to Salentin von Sayn-Homburg

House Sayn

• Salentin Count zu Sayn and Sponheim , marries Adelheid von Wittgenstein , since 1361 Count von Sayn zu Wittgenstein (1354-1391)
• Johann (1384-1427)
• George (1427–1469)
• Eberhard (1469-1494)
• Wilhelm I (1494–1568)
• Ludwig I (1568–1605), Count of Sayn and Wittgenstein

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg line

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

• George V (1607–1631)
• Ludwig Casimir (1631–1643)
• Georg Wilhelm (1643–1684)
• Ludwig Franz I (1684–1694)
• Hedwig Sophie (1694-1712)
• Casimir (1712-1741)
• Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–1773)
• Christian Heinrich (1773–1800), prince in 1792
• Albrecht I (1800–1806)

A branch of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg line, the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg, with Count Ludwig Franz II. Founded the younger line of the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (from 1834 princes of the Kingdom of Prussia ). See also: → County Sayn

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein or Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein line

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

• Ludwig II (1607–1634)
• John VIII (1634-1657)
• Christian Ludwig (ruled 1657 - 1683 in the southern county of Wittgenstein)
• Gustav Otto (ruled first from 1657 in the county of Hohenstein, then from 1583 to 1698 also in the southern county of Wittgenstein)
• Henrich Albrecht (1698–1723)
• August David (1723-1735)
• Frederick I (1735–1756)
• Johann Ludwig (1740–1796)
• Frederick II (1796–1806), prince in 1801
• Wilhelm (prince since 1804) (1770–1851)

Older line Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

see also → Grafschaft Sayn

• William III. (1607–1623) married to Countess Anna Elisabeth von Sayn (see above)
• Ernst (1623–1632), married to Louise Juliane von Sayn , b. from Erbach
• Ludwig (1632–1636)
• Ernestine (Ludwig's sister), married to Salentin Count von Manderscheid-Blankenheim , Count of Sayn-Hachenburg
• Johannette (Ludwig's sister), married in second marriage to Duke Johann Georg von Sachsen-Eisenach , Count of Sayn-Altenkirchen

Younger line Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg)

• Ludwig Franz II. (1694–1750)
• Christian Ludwig Casimir (1750–1797)
• Ludwig Adolph Peter (1769–1843), prince
• Carolyne (1819–1887), married to Prince Nikolaus zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1812–1864), Franz Liszt's partner
• Marie (1837–1920), daughter Carolynes, married to Prince Konstantin zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

Web links

• Homepage of the village of Sayn and its princely house
• Lexicon of noble free sexes
• "Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see also: Salentin von Sayn-Homburg at genealogy.eu
2. ↑ see also: Georg II von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg at genealogy.eu
3. ↑ see also: Casimir von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg at genealogy.eu
4. ↑ see also: Ludwig II. Von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein at genealogy.eu
5. ↑ see also: Johann Ludwig von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein at genealogy.eu
6. ↑ see also: Wilhelm II. Von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg at genealogy.eu
7. ↑ see also: Ludwig Franz II. Von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg at genealogy.eu