Wied

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

Wied was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 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. Via William of Albania, the House of Wied ruled the Principality of Albania in 1914.

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

• Burg Altwied.jpg

  Altwied Castle

• Runkel Lahn.jpg

  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)