Wied-Neuwied (state)

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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)


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