Wied

County of Wied
Grafschaft Wied
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1093–1243 1462–1698
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	←   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

• 
  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
Ecclesiastical	Cambrai (until 1678) Corvey1 Liège Minden2 Münster Stavelot–Malmedy1 Osnabrück Paderborn Utrecht (until 1548) Verden (until 1648)	The Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (red) within the Holy Roman Empire (white)
Prelates	Corvey2 Essen Herford Kornelimünster Stavelot–Malmedy2 Thorn Werden
Secular	Cleves with Mark East Frisia1 Jülich–Berg Guelders Minden1 Moers1 Nassau-Dillenburg1 Verden1
Counts and lords	From 1500 Bentheim Bronkhorst (until 1719) Diepholz East Frisia (until 1667) Horne3 (until 1614) Hoya Lingen3 Lippe Manderscheid (until 1546) Moers (until 1541) Nassau Diez Hadamar Dillenburg (until 1664) Oldenburg (until 1777) Pyrmont Ravensberg3 Reichenstein Rietberg Salm-Reifferscheid Sayn Schaumburg Tecklenburg Virneburg Wied Winneburg and Beilstein Zimerauff? From 1792 Anholt Blankenheim and Gerolstein Gemen Gimborn Gronsfeld Hallermund Holzappel Kerpen-Lommersum Myllendonk Reckheim Schleiden Wickrath Wittem Status uncertain Delmenhorst Fagnolle Schaumburg Hesse Lippe Spiegelberg Steinfurt
Cities	Aachen Cologne Dortmund Duisburg? Herford? Verden (until 1648) Warburg?
1 from 1792 2 until 1792 3 without seat in Imperial Diet ? status uncertain Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish     Unencircled territories