Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a county between Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse between the four sons of Philip I, the last Landgrave of Hesse....

 and Westphalia

Westphalia

Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Dortmund, Minden and Münster.Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north and south of the Ruhr River. No exact definition of borders can be given, because the name "Westphalia"...

. It was formed by the 1657 partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein was a county of the Sauerland of Germany. Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein was a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein, comprising the southern portion of the Wittgenstein County...

 and raised from a county to principality in 1801. It belonged from 1806 to 1815 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse

Grand Duchy of Hesse

The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine , or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse —as it was also known after 1816—was a member state of the German Confederation from 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy, until 1918, when all the German...

 and after 1816 to Prussia

Prussia

Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...

. The capital was Laasphe

Bad Laasphe

Bad Laasphe is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.-Location:The town of Bad Laasphe lies in the upper Lahn Valley, near the stately home of Wittgenstein Castle in the former Wittgenstein district...

. The family line belongs to the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was a county , most of which is located in the present district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany . Its seat was the town and palace in Berleburg...

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Current Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

The current Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein is H.M.S.H. Prince / Furst Bernhart zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein; according to the Almanach de Gotha, his title and style are as Sovereign Prince and Count of The Holy Roman Empire. Bernhart (or Bernard) is the son of the late Christian Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (b. 20 September 1908, d. 17 August 1983) and of Dagmar Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (b. 16 November 1919.)

Because of morganatic marriages in the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was a county , most of which is located in the present district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany . Its seat was the town and palace in Berleburg...

, the Princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein has the next heir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, in the form of Bernhard, Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Hohenstein should the current heir, Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Gustav Frederik Philip Richard, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , is the eldest child and only son of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Benedikte of Denmark....

 remain unmarried and childless.

Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1657–1801)

• Gustav (1657–1701)
• Heinrich Albert (1701–23)
• Augustus
  August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
  Graf August David of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a Prussian politician. He was a member of the Cabinet of Three Counts, with Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg and Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben, also known due to their heavy taxation as "the great W of Prussia...
  
  (1723–35)
• Friedrich I (1735–56)
• Johann Ludwig (1756–96)
• Friedrich II (1796–1801)

Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1801–1806)

• Friedrich II (1801–06)