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 was elevated from county to principality in 1784. It was mediatised to Nassau and Prussia in 1806.

The House of Wied-Neuwied briefly ruled the Principality of Albania in 1914 through William of Albania, the younger son of Prince William. Among other notable members of the family were Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian, the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and a famous explorer, ethnologist and naturalist, and Princess Elisabeth, a daughter of Prince Hermann, who married King Carol I of Romania.

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–present)



 * John Augustus, 3rd Prince (1779–1836) from 1806 to 1836
 * Hermann, 4th Prince (1814–1864)
 * William, 5th Prince (1845–1907)
 * William Frederick, 6th Prince (1872–1945)
 * Hereditary Prince Hermann (1899–1941)
 * Friedrich William, 7th Prince (1931–2000)
 * Prince Alexander (b. 1960) – renounced his rights
 * Carl, 8th Prince (1961–2015)
 * Maximilian, 9th Prince (b. 1999)
 * Prince Friedrich (b. 2001)
 * Prince Wolff-Heinrich (b. 1979)
 * Wilhelm, Prince of Albania in 1914 (1876–1945)
 * Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (1917–1977)