Sayn-Homburg
Medieval county of Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sayn-Homburg (not to be confused with the later state of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg) was a medieval county of Germany with its seat at Homburg Castle. It was created as a partition of Sponheim-Sayn in 1283. In 1345, Salentin, the son of Count Godfrey, married the heiress of Wittgenstein and the Counties were united and, on his death, merged to form the County of Sayn-Wittgenstein.
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County of Sayn-Homburg Grafschaft Sayn-Homburg | |||||||||
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1283–1384 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Homburg | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
1283 1283 | |||||||||
1345 | |||||||||
• Counties merged | 1384 | ||||||||
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