Wied-Neuwied
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| County of Wied-Neuwied Grafschaft Wied-Neuwied |
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| Capital | Neuwied | |||
| Government | Principality | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Partitioned from Wied | 1698 | |||
| - Raised to principality | 1784 | |||
| - mediatised to Nassau-Weilburg |
1806 1806 |
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| - Nassau annexed by Prussia | 1866 | |||
Wied-Neuwied was a German statelet of northeastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located northeast of the Rhine River, north and inclusive of Neuwied. Wied-Neuwied was a partition of Wied, and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1784. Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian was the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and was a famous explorer, ethnologist and naturalist. Wied-Neuwied was mediatised to Nassau and Prussia in 1806.
[edit] Counts of Wied-Neuwied (1698–1784)
- Frederick William (1698–1737)
- John Frederick Alexander (1737–1784)
[edit] Princes of Wied-Neuwied (1784–1806)
- John Frederick Alexander (1784–1791)
- Frederick Charles (1791–1802)
- John Augustus (1802–1806)
[edit] Heads of the House of Wied-Neuwied, 1806–present
- John Augustus (1806–1836)
- Hermann (1836–1864)
- William (1864–1907)
- William Frederick (1907–1945)
- Frederick William (1945–2000)
- Carl (2000–present)
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