Sponheim-Sayn

County of Sponheim-Sayn Grafschaft Sponheim-Sayn
1261–1283
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Partitioned from      Sponheim-Eberstein	1261
• Partitioned in twain	1283
Preceded by Succeeded by Sponheim-Eberstein Sayn Sayn-Homburg

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.

Count of Sponheim-Sayn

For a complete table of rulers, see Sayn § Rulers of Sayn.

• Godfrey I (1261–83)