Wied

County of Wied Grafschaft Wied
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← 1093–1243 1462–1698 →   →   →
Coat of arms
Capital		Wied
Government		Principality
Historical era		Middle Ages
-	Established / Reichsfreiheit	1093
-	Comital line extinct;     passed to Isenburg-Wied	→   1243
-	Inherited by Lords of     Runkel and restored	←   1462
-	Partitioned to create     Wied-Dierdorf	1631
-	Partitioned into     W-Neuwied, W-Runkel	1698 1698
-	Both parts mediatised to     Nassau-Weilburg	→   1806

Wied was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located on the 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 Isenburgian County as Isenburg-Wied. Wied was partitioned twice: between itself and Wied-Dierdorf in 1631, and between Wied-Neuwied and Wied-Runkel in 1698. The House of Wied with William of Albania ruled Albania (Principality of Albania) and the successor of his family are the real pretender of Albanian throne.

Counts of Wied (c. 860–1243)

• Matfried I (c. 860– ?)
• Eberhard
• Matfried II
• Richwin I
• 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 Isenburg-Wied (1243–1462)

Counts of Wied (1462–1698)

• Frederick I (1462–87)
• William III, Count of Mörs (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 Wied-Runkel

External links

• Map of Wied in 1789