The County of Wied () was a territory of the

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located on the river Wied where it meets the

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. Wied emerged as a County earlier than many other German states. From 1243–1462, Wied was united with an Isenburgian County as

Isenburg-Wied Isenburg-Wied was the name of a state of the Holy Roman Empire, based around Neuwied in modern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second mos ...

. Wied was partitioned twice: between itself and Wied-Dierdorf in 1631, and between Wied-Neuwied and

Wied-Runkel Wied-Runkel was a small German sovereign state. Wied-Runkel was located around the town and castle of Runkel, located on the Lahn River. It extended from the town of Runkel Runkel is a town on the river Lahn in Limburg-Weilburg district in H ...

in 1698. The county was incorporated into the

Duchy of Nassau The Duchy of Nassau (German: ''Herzogtum Nassau'') was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what is now the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. It was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine and later of the G ...

in 1806 and into the

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at the

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in 1815. Since 1946, its territory has been part of the

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federal state of

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 ...

. Via

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 House of Wied ruled the

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in 1914.

Counts of Wied (c. 860–1243)

*Matfried I (c. 860– ?) *Eberhard *Matfried II *Richwin II *Richwin III *Richwin IV (1093–1112) ''with...'' *Matfried III (1093–1129) *Burchard (? –1152) ''with...'' *Siegfried (1129–61) ''with...'' *Theodoric (1158–89) ''with...'' * George, in 1217-1218 he was a commander of the German crusaders of the 5th crusade *Lothar (? –1243) ''To

(1243–1462)''

Counts of Wied (1462–1698)

*Frederick I (1462–87) *William III, Count of

Mörs Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel. History Known earliest from 1186, the county of Moe ...

(1487–1526) ''with...'' *John I (1487–1533) *Philip (1533–35) *John II (1535–81) *Herman I (1581–91) ''with...'' *William IV (1581–1612) ''with...'' *Herman II (1581–1631) *Frederick II (1631–98) ''Partitioned between Wied-Neuwied and

'' File:Burg_Altwied.jpg, Altwied Castle File:Runkel Lahn.jpg, Runkel Castle, residence of the Upper County File:Neuwied_palace.jpg,

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 ...

Castle, residence of the Lower County

External links

Map of Wied in 1789

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