Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg
Also known as Grafschaft Sayn-Hachenburg
thumb|262px|Coat of arms of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (sometimes called Sayn-Hachenburg) was a German County located in Rhineland-Palatinate, near the river Sieg.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg
- Former country.common_name
- County of Sayn-Hachenburg
- Former country.era
- Early Modern Period
- Former country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Former country.government_type
- Feudal County
- Former country.year_start
- 1648
- Former country.year_end
- 1827
- Former country.p1
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
- Former country.flag_p1
- RU Furst Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.png
- Former country.image_coat
- Sayn-Kirchberg-1753.PNG
- Former country.leader1
- Ernestine Salentine (first)
- Former country.leader2
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- History
- Rulers of Sayn-Hachenburg (1648–1827)
- References
thumb|262px|Coat of arms of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (sometimes called Sayn-Hachenburg) was a German County located in Rhineland-Palatinate, near the river Sieg.
==History== thumb|262px|Map of the County of Sayn-Hachenburg (1805) When Count William III of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn died in 1623 without clear heirs, the Archbishop of Cologne occupied the vacant County until the succession was settled. It was settled by treaty in 1648, when the county was given jointly to Countesses Ernestine and Johanetta, two sisters who were granddaughters of Count William, and their mother Dowager Countess Louise Juliane made regent.