Wied-Neuwied was a German statelet in northeastern

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

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, located northeast of the

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flanking the northern side of the city of

Neuwied Neuwied () is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. Th ...

. Wied-Neuwied emerged from the partitioning of Wied. Its status was elevated from county to principality in 1784. It was mediatised to

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and

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in 1806. The

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briefly ruled the

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in 1914 through

William of Albania Prince Wilhelm of Wied (German: ''Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich Prinz zu Wied'', 26 March 1876 – 18 April 1945), reigned briefly as sovereign of the Principality of Albania as Vilhelm I from 7 March to 3 September 1914, when he left for exile. Hi ...

, the younger son of

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. Among other notable members of the family were Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian, the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and a famous

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and naturalist, and Princess Elisabeth, a daughter of Prince Hermann, who married King

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Counts of Wied-Neuwied (1698–1784)

*Frederick William, 1698–1737 * John Frederick Alexander, 1737–1784

Princes of Wied-Neuwied (1784–1806)

* John Frederick Alexander, 1784–1791 *Frederick Charles, 1791–1802 *John Augustus, 1802–1806

Heads of the House of Wied-Neuwied (1806–present)

* John Augustus, 3rd Prince 1806-1836 (1779–1836) ** Hermann, 4th Prince 1836-1864 (1814–1864) ***

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, 5th Prince 1864-1907 (1845–1907) **** William Frederick, 6th Prince 1907-1945 (1872–1945) ***** ''Hereditary Prince Hermann (1899-1941)'' ****** Friedrich William, 7th Prince 1945-2000 (1931-2000) ******* ''Prince Alexander (b.1960)'' - renounced rights ******* Carl, 8th Prince 2000-2015 (1961–2015) ******** Maximilian, 9th Prince 2015–present (b.1999) ******** Prince Friedrich (b.2001) ******* Prince Wolff-Heinrich (b.1979) ****** Prince Metfried (b.1935) ******* Prince Christian (b.1968) ******** Prince Constantin (b.2003) ******** Prince Leopold (b.2006) ******** Prince Alexander (b.2007) ******** Prince Friedrich (b.2010) ******* Prince Magnus (b.1972) ***** ''Prince Dietrich (1901-1976)'' ****** ''Prince Maximilian (1929-2008)'' ****** ''Prince Ulrich (1931-2010)'' ******* Prince Wilhelm (b.1970) ******** Prince Friedrich (b.2001) ******** Prince George (b.2004) ******** Prince Philipp (b.2010) ****** ''Prince Ludwig-Eugen (1938-2001)'' ******* Prince Edzard (b.1968) ****

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1914 (1876–1945) *****

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(1917–1977)

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