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Wied-Neuwied

Coordinates: 50°25′43″N 7°27′41″E / 50.42861°N 7.46139°E / 50.42861; 7.46139
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County of Wied-Neuwied
Grafschaft Wied-Neuwied
1698–1806
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalNeuwied
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from Wied
1698
• Raised to principality
1784
• mediatised to
    Nassau-Weilburg
 
1806 1806
1866
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Wied
Nassau-Weilburg
Arms of the Princes of Wied
Neuwied Castle

Wied-Neuwied was a German statelet innortheastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located northeast of the Rhine River flanking the northern side of the city of Neuwied. Wied-Neuwied emerged from the partitioning of Wied. Its status elevated from County to Principality in 1784. Pried-Neuwied was mediatised to Nassau and Prussia in 1806.

The House of Wied-Neuwied with William of Albania ruled Albania (Principality of Albania). Among the notable members of the family are Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian, the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and a famous explorer, ethnologist and naturalist. The latest successor of this family is a possible claimant of the vacant Albanian throne.[citation needed]

Counts of Wied-Neuwied (1698–1784)

Princes of Wied-Neuwied (1784–1806)

Heads of the House of Wied-Neuwied, 1806-

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50°25′43″N 7°27′41″E / 50.42861°N 7.46139°E / 50.42861; 7.46139