Wied-Runkel was a small German state with

Imperial immediacy In the Holy Roman Empire, imperial immediacy ( or ) was the status of an individual or a territory which was defined as 'immediate' () to Emperor and Empire () and not to any other intermediate authorities, while one that did not possess that stat ...

. Wied-Runkel was located around the town and castle of Runkel, located on the Lahn River. It extended from the town of Runkel to further north of Schupbach, but also held an exclave east of Villmar.

History

Wied-Runkel was a partition of Wied, and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1791. Wied-Runkel was mediatised to Nassau.

Counts of Wied-Runkel (1698–1791)

* 1698–1699: Johann Friederich Wilhelm von Wied-Runkel († 1698) * 1692–1706: Maximilian Henry von Wied-Runkel († 1706), his grandson * 1706–1762: Johann Ludwig Adolph von Wied-Runkel († 1762), his son * 1762–1791: Christian Ludwig von Wied-Runkel († 1791), his son

Princes of Wied-Runkel (1791–1806)

* 1791–1791: Christian Ludwig von Wied-Runkel († 1791) * 1791–1806: Karl Ludwig Friedrich Alexander († 1824), his son, until 1806, demoted to the rank of State Lord, with the titles of Prince of Wied and Lord of Runkel

References

*Wirtz, L.: ''Die Grafen von Wied'', Nassauische Annalen 48 (1927), 65; *Gensicke, H.: ''Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes'', 1958. 1698 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1806 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire States and territories established in 1698 Former monarchies of Europe {{Germany-hist-stub