Maximilian Henry, Count of Wied-Runkel (1 May 1681 – 19 December 1706) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of
Wied-Runkel from 1692 until his death.
Life
He was a son of George Herman of Wied (1640-1690) and his second wife Johanna Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg (1659-1708). He was the founder of the younger Wied-Runkel line.
On 27 August 1692,
[Philipp Wirtgen: ''Neuwied und seine Umgebung in beschreibender, geschichtlicher und naturhistorischer Darstellung'', Heuser, Neuwied, 1891, p. 192.] he received the Upper part of the
County of Wied
The County of Wied () was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire located on the river Wied (river), Wied where it meets the Rhine. Wied emerged as a County earlier than many other German states. From 1243–1462, Wied was united with an County of I ...
from his paternal grandfather
Frederick the Elder, initially under guardianship. His part of the county included
Altwied Castle, the village of
Isenburg, the parish of Maysheid and the Lordship of Meud (which had previously been part of Lower Wied).
He served in the army of Landgrave
Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, where he climbed to the rank of
Rittmeister
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.
He was killed in a duel on 19 December 1706. His underage son John Louis Adolph succeeded him as Count of Wied-Runkel.
Marriage and issue
On 29 August 1704 in Detmold, he married
Sophia Florentina (8 September 1683 – 23 April 1758), a daughter of Count
Simon Henry of Lippe-Detmold. Together, they had two sons:
*
John Louis Adolph (30 May 1705 – 18 May 1762)
* Charles William Emil Alexander (19 June 1706 – 30 November 1771)
External links
Genealogyat dilibri.de
Footnotes
Counts of Wied
House of Wied
1681 births
1706 deaths
17th-century German people
18th-century German people
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