Father: Count Johann IX of Sayn Born: 1518 Married: Unknown Died: March 20, 1560
Mother: Princess Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg Born: 1520 Died: January 15, 1545
Children: 1. Count Adolf of Sayn (b.1538) 2. Count Heinrich of Sayn (b.1539) 3. Princess Magdalene of Sayn (b.1542) 4. Count Hermann of Sayn (b.1543) 5. Princess Elisabeth of Sayn (b.1544)