Wied-Neuwied was a German statelet in northeastern

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, located northeast of the

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flanking the northern side of the city of

Neuwied Neuwied (, ) is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the Neuwied (district), District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt ...

. Wied-Neuwied emerged from the partitioning of Wied. Its status was elevated from county to

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in 1784. It was mediatised to Nassau and

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in 1806. The

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briefly ruled the

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in 1914 through William of Albania, the younger son of

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. Among other notable members of the family were Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian, the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and a famous

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and

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, and Princess Elisabeth, a daughter of Prince Hermann, who married King

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Counts of Wied-Neuwied (1698–1784)

*Frederick William, 1698–1737 * John Frederick Alexander, 1737–1784

Princes of Wied-Neuwied (1784–1806)

* John Frederick Alexander, 1784–1791 *Frederick Charles, 1791–1802 *John Augustus, 1802–1806

Heads of the House of Wied-Neuwied (1806–present)

* John Augustus, 3rd Prince (1779–1836) from 1806 to 1836 ** Hermann, 4th Prince (1814–1864) ***

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, 5th Prince (1845–1907) **** William Frederick, 6th Prince (1872–1945) ***** ''Hereditary Prince Hermann (1899–1941)'' ****** Friedrich William, 7th Prince (1931–2000) ******* ''Prince Alexander (b. 1960)'' – renounced his rights ******* Carl, 8th Prince (1961–2015) ******** Maximilian, 9th Prince (b. 1999) ******** Prince Friedrich (b. 2001) ******* Prince Wolff-Heinrich (b. 1979) ****

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in 1914 (1876–1945) ***** Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (1917–1973)

References

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