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Capital
  
Neuwied

Historical era
  
Middle Ages

Founded
  
1698

Government
  
Principality

Preceded by
  
Succeeded by

Date dissolved
  
1806

Wied-Neuwied

Wied-Neuwied was a German statelet in northeastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located northeast of the Rhine River flanking the northern side of the city of Neuwied. Wied-Neuwied emerged from the partitioning of Wied. Its status elevated from County to Principality in 1784. Pried-Neuwied was mediatised to Nassau and Prussia in 1806.

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The House of Wied-Neuwied with William of Albania ruled Albania (Principality of Albania). Among the notable members of the family are Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian, the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and a famous explorer, ethnologist and naturalist. The latest successor of this family is a possible claimant of the vacant Albanian throne.

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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-

    References

    Wied-Neuwied Wikipedia