Wied

Grafschaft Wied
County of Wied

1093–1243
1462–1698

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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

- Partitioned into
W-Neuwied, W-Runkel

- Both parts mediatised to
Nassau-Weilburg

1806

Wied was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located on the Wied River 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.

[edit] Counts of Wied (c. 860–1243)

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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

v • d • e Holy Roman Empire — Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (1500–1806)

Ecclesiastical princes	Cambrai \| Corvey** \| Liège \| Minden* \| Münster \| Stavelot–Malmedy** \| Osnabrück \| Paderborn \| Utrecht (until 1548) \| Verden (until 1648)

Imperial prelates	Corvey* \| Essen \| Herford \| Kornelimünster \| Stavelot–Malmedy* \| Thorn \| Werden

Secular princes	Cleves with Mark \| East Frisia \| Jülich–Berg \| Guelders (until 1548) \| Minden \| Moers \| Nassau-Dillenburg \| Verden**

Counts and Lords	Bentheim \| Bronkhorst (until 1719) \| Diepholz \| East Frisia (until 1667) \| Horne† (until 1614) \| Hoya \| Lingen† \| Lippe \| Manderscheid (until 1546) \| Moers (until 1541) \| Nassau-Dillenburg (until 1664) \| Oldenburg (until 1777) \| Pyrmont \| Ravensberg† \| Reichenstein \| Rietberg \| Salm-Reifferscheid \| Sayn \| Schaumburg \| Tecklenburg \| Virneburg \| Wied \| Winneburg and Beilstein \| Zimerauff

Counts and Lords (from 1792)	Anholt \| Blankenheim and Gerolstein \| Gemen \| Gimborn \| Gronsfeld \| Hallermund \| Holzapfel \| Kerpen-Lommersum \| Myllendonk \| Reckheim \| Schleiden \| Wickrath \| Wittem

Counts and Lords, status uncertain	Delmenhorst \| Fagnolle \| Nassau: Diez, Hadamar \| Schaumburg: Hesse, Lippe \| Spiegelberg \| Steinfurt

Free Imperial Cities	Aachen \| Cologne \| Dortmund \| Duisburg^? \| Herford^? \| Verden (from 1648) \| Warburg^?

* until 1792 ** from 1792 † without a seat in the Reichstag ? status uncertain