Wied-Neuwied (state)

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Grafschaft Wied-Neuwied County of Wied-Neuwied State of the Holy Roman Empire ← 1698 – 1806 → Coat of arms Capital Neuwied Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Partitioned from Wied 1698  - Raised to principality 1784  - mediatised to     Nassau-Weilburg   1806  - 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 (1737–84)

[edit] Princes of Wied-Neuwied (1784–1806)

• John Frederick Alexander (1784–91)
• Frederick Charles (1791–1802)
• John Augustus (1802–06)