| Friedrich Wilhelm | |
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| Prince of Wied | |
| Spouse | Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Sophie of Stolberg-Stolberg |
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| Prince Alexander Carl, Prince of Wied Princess Christina Prince Wolff-Heinrich |
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| Full name | |
| German: Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Konstantin | |
| House | House of Wied-Neuwied |
| Father | Prince Hermann of Wied |
| Mother | Countess Marie Antonia of Stolberg-Wernigerode |
| Born | 2 June 1931 Stuttgart, Nazi Germany |
| Died | 28 August 2000 (aged 69) Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada |
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Konstantin Fürst von Wied; 2 June 1931 – 28 August 2000) was the grandson of William Frederick, 6th Prince of Wied. He was the titular Prince of Wied from 1945 until his death.
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Friedrich Wilhelm was born at Stuttgart, Germany, the first child of Hermann, Hereditary Prince of Wied (1899–1941), (son of William Frederick, Prince of Wied and Princess Pauline of Württemberg) and his wife, Countess Marie Antonia of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1909–2003), (daughter of Charles, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode and Hilde von Witzleben).
Friedrich Wilhelm married on 9 September 1958 in Arolsen to Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1939), youngest daughter of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg, daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. They divorced in 1962.[1]
They had two children:
Friedrich Wilhelm married secondly on 15 July 1967 in Runkel to Princess Sophie of Stolberg-Stolberg (b. 1943), youngest child of Wolff-Heinrich, Prince of Stolberg-Stolberg and Irma Erfert.
They had two children:
In 1945, at the age of 14, Friedrich Wilhelm succeeded as head of the House of Wied after the death of his grandfather; his father Hermann had previously died of wounds received in action during World War II in Rzeszów, Poland.[1]
At the death of Friedrich Wilhelm in 2000, the title was inherited by his second son Carl. (Frederick William's eldest son, Prince Alexander, renounced the title on 4 October 2000.)[2]
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Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied
Cadet branch of the House of Wied
Born: 2 June 1931 Died: 28 August 2000 |
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| Preceded by William Frederick |
— TITULAR — Prince of Wied 1945–2000 Reason for succession failure: German nobiliy titles abolished |
Succeeded by Carl |