County of Wied

The County of Wied (German pronunciation: [viːt] ^ⓘ) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire located on the river Wied 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. The county was incorporated into the Duchy of Nassau in 1806 and into the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Since 1946, its territory has been part of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Via William of Albania, the House of Wied ruled the Principality of Albania in 1914.

County of Wied Grafschaft Wied
1093–1243 1462–1698
Coat of arms
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
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	1631
• Partitioned into W-Neuwied, W-Runkel	1698
• Both parts mediatised to Nassau-Weilburg	→   1806
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Franconia Wied-Dierdorf Wied-Neuwied Wied-Runkel

Counts of Wied (c. 860–1243)

• Matfried I (c. 860– ?)
• Eberhard
• Matfried II
• Richwin II
• Richwin III
• Richwin IV (1093–1112) with...
• Matfried III (1093–1129)
• Burchard (? –1152) with...
• Siegfried (1129–61) with...
• Theodoric (1158–89) with...
• George, in 1217-1218 he was a commander of the German crusaders of the 5th crusade
• Lothar (? –1243)

To Isenburg-Wied (1243–1462)

Counts of Wied (1462–1698)

• 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

•  
  Altwied Castle
•  
  Runkel Castle, residence of the Upper County
•  
  Neuwied Castle, residence of the Lower County

External links

• Map of Wied in 1789
• Héraldique européenne (in French)