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Wied Runkel

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Capital
  
Runkel

Preceded by
  
Succeeded by

Date dissolved
  
1806

Government
  
Principality

Founded
  
1698

Wied-Runkel was a small German sovereign state. 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.

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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 Heinrich 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

    Wied-Runkel Wikipedia
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