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{{Infobox country
|native_name            = ''Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Wied-Neuwied''
|conventional_long_name = County (Principality) of <br /> Wied-Neuwied
|common_name            = Wied-Neuwied
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|era                    = Early modern period
|status                 = Vassal
|empire                 = Holy Roman Empire
|government_type        = Principality
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|year_start             = 1698
|year_end               = 1806
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|event_start            = Partitioned from [[County of Wied|Wied]]
|date_start             = <!-- Optional: Date of establishment, as 1 January 1801, but omit the year -->
|event1                 = Raised to [[principality]]
|date_event1            = 1784
|event_end              = [[German Mediatisation|Mediatised]] to<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Nassau-Weilburg]]
|date_end               = 
|event_post             = [[Duchy of Nassau|Nassau]] [[Austro-Prussian War|annexed]]<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]
|date_post              = 1866
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|p1                     = County of Wied
|image_p1               = [[File:Arms of the house of Wied.svg|20px|Wied]]
|s1                     = Duchy of Nassau
|flag_s1                = Flag of the House of Nassau-Weilburg.png
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|s2                     = Kingdom of Prussia
|flag_s2                = Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg
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|image_flag             = <!-- Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}}.svg -->
|image_coat             = Arms of the house of Wied-Neuwied (2).svg
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|image_map              =
|image_map_caption      =
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|capital                = Neuwied
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|footnotes              = <!-- Accepts wikilinks -->
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[[File:Arms_of_the_house_of_Wied-Neuwied.svg|thumb|262px|Version of the coat of arms of Wied-Neuwied]]
[[File:Neuwied_palace.jpg|thumb|262px|[[Neuwied]] Castle]]
'''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 [[County of Wied]]. Its status was elevated from county to [[principality]] in 1784. It was [[German Mediatisation|mediatised]] to [[Duchy of Nassau|Nassau]] and [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] in 1806.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Fürstentum Wied-Neuwied {{!}} Portal Rheinische Geschichte | url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Orte-und-Raeume/fuerstentum-wied-neuwied/DE-2086/lido/5d0215dcc4cc10.19983005 | access-date=2025-08-17 | website=www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de}}</ref>

==Principality of Albania==
The [[Mediatised houses#List of Princely mediatised houses (Durchlaucht)|House of Wied-Neuwied]] briefly ruled the [[Principality of Albania]] in 1914 through [[William of Albania]], the younger son of [[William, Prince of Wied|Prince William]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=PRINCE WIED: THE PRINCIPALITY OF ALBANIA IN 1914 {{!}} 74214 | url=https://www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/abstract/prince-wied-the-principality-of-albania-in-1914-74214.html | access-date=2025-08-17 | website=www.sosyalarastirmalar.com}}</ref> Among other notable members of the family were [[Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied|Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian]], the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and a famous [[explorer]], [[ethnologist]] and [[natural history|naturalist]], and [[Elisabeth of Wied|Princess Elisabeth]], a daughter of [[Hermann, Prince of Wied|Prince Hermann]], who married King [[Carol I of Romania]] and became the first modern [[List of Romanian royal consorts|Queen consort of Romania]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Romanian Personalities - Carmen Sylva | url=https://www.romanianculture.org/personalities/romanian_royal_family.htm | access-date=2025-08-17 | website=www.romanianculture.org}}</ref>

==Counts of Wied-Neuwied (1698–1784)==
*Frederick William, 1698–1737
*[[Johann Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Wied|John Frederick Alexander]], 1737–1784

==Princes of Wied-Neuwied (1784–1806)==
*[[Johann Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Wied|John Frederick Alexander]], 1784–1791
*Frederick Charles, 1791–1802
*John Augustus, 1802–1806

==Heads of the House of Wied-Neuwied (1806–present)==
* {{Tree list/final branch}} '''John Augustus''', 3rd Prince (1779–1836) from 1806 to 1836<ref>{{Cite web| title=Das Haus Wied und seine Wappen | url=http://www.welt-der-wappen.de/Heraldik/seiten/wied.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302070945/http://www.welt-der-wappen.de/Heraldik/seiten/wied.htm | archive-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>
** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Hermann, Prince of Wied|Hermann]]''', 4th Prince (1814–1864)
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[William, Prince of Wied|William]]''', 5th Prince (1845–1907)
**** '''[[William Frederick, Prince of Wied|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)
******** {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Friedrich (b. 2001)
******* {{Tree list/final branch}} Prince Wolff-Heinrich (b. 1979) 
**** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[Wilhelm, Prince of Albania|Wilhelm]], [[List of Albanian monarchs|Prince of Albania]] in 1914 (1876–1945)
***** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania]] (1917–1973)
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{{Short description|Former microstate in northeastern Rhineland-Palatinate, part of the Holy Roman Empire}}

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