County of Wied

State of the Holy Roman Empire (1093–1243; 1462–1698)

County of Wied

Grafschaft Wied

1093–1243
1462–1698

Coat of arms

Status

State of the Holy Roman Empire

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

←

1462

• Partitioned to create Wied-Dierdorf

1631

• Partitioned into W-Neuwied, W-Runkel

1698

• Both parts mediatised to Nassau-Weilburg

→

1806

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Duchy of Franconia

Wied-Dierdorf
Wied-Neuwied
Wied-Runkel

The County of Wied (German pronunciation: [viːt] ^ⓘ) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire 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. The county was incorporated into the Duchy of Nassau in 1806 and into the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Since 1946, its territory has been part of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. 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

Altwied Castle
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)

Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire

Prince-bishops

Cambrai (until 1678)
Corvey¹
Liège
Minden²
Münster
Osnabrück
Paderborn
Utrecht (until 1548)
Verden (until 1648)

Prince-abbots

Secular

Cleves with Mark
East Frisia¹
Jülich–Berg
Guelders (until 1548)
Luxemburg (until 1548)
Minden¹
Moers¹
Nassau-Dillenburg¹
Verden¹

Counts / Lords

From 1500	Bentheim Bronkhorst (until 1719) Diepholz Drenthe (until 1548) East Frisia (until 1667) Groningen (until 1548) Guelders (until 1548) Horne³ (until 1614) Hoya Lingen³ Lippe Manderscheid (until 1546) Moers (until 1541) Nassau Diez Hadamar Dillenburg (until 1664) Oldenburg Overijssel (until 1548) Pyrmont Ravensberg³ Reichenstein Rietberg Salm-Reifferscheid Sayn Schaumburg Tecklenburg Virneburg Wied Winneburg and Beilstein Zutphen (until 1548)
From 1792	Anholt Blankenheim and Gerolstein Gemen Gimborn Gronsfeld Hallermund Holzappel Kerpen-Lommersum Myllendonk Reckheim Schleiden Wickrath Wittem Utrecht (until 1548)
Status uncertain	Delmenhorst Fagnolle Schaumburg Hesse Lippe Spiegelberg Steinfurt