County of Wied explained

Native Name:German: Grafschaft Wied
Conventional Long Name:County of Wied
Common Name:Wied
Era:Middle Ages
Status:Vassal
Empire:Holy Roman Empire
Government Type:Principality
Year Start:1093
Year End:1698
Life Span:1093–1243
1462–1698
Event Start:Established / German: [[Reichsfrei]]heit
Event1:Comital line extinct; passed to Isenburg-Wied
Date Event1:

 
1243

Event2:Inherited by Lords of Runkel and restored
Date Event2:

 
1462

Event3:Partitioned to create Wied-Dierdorf
Date Event3:1631
Event End:Partitioned into W-Neuwied, W-Runkel
Event Post:Both parts mediatised to Nassau-Weilburg
Date Post:

 
1806

P1:Duchy of Franconia
S1:Wied-Dierdorf
S2:Wied-Neuwied
S3:Wied-Runkel
Capital:Wied

The County of Wied (pronounced as /de/) 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)

To Isenburg-Wied (1243–1462)

Counts of Wied (1462–1698)

Partitioned between Wied-Neuwied and Wied-Runkel

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