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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 (Principality) of
Wied-Neuwied
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Wied-Neuwied
1698–1806
Coat of arms of Wied-Neuwied
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalNeuwied
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraEarly modern period
• Partitioned from Wied
1698
• Raised to principality
1784
• Mediatised to
    Nassau-Weilburg
1806
• Nassau annexed
    by Prussia
1866
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Wied County of Wied
Nassau-Weilburg

Wied-Neuwied was a German statelet in northeastern 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 was elevated from county to principality in 1784. It was mediatised to Nassau and Prussia in 1806.

The House of Wied-Neuwied briefly ruled the Principality of Albania in 1914 through William of Albania, the younger son of Prince William. Among other notable members of the family were Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian, the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and a famous explorer, ethnologist and naturalist, and Princess Elisabeth, a daughter of Prince Hermann, who married King Carol I of Romania.

Counts of Wied-Neuwied (1698–1784)

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Princes of Wied-Neuwied (1784–1806)

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Heads of the House of Wied-Neuwied (1806–present)

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Neuwied Castle

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