page_title: Wied-Neuwied
section_title: Heads of the House of Wied-Neuwied (1806–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Wied-Neuwied / Heads of the House of Wied-Neuwied (1806–present)
caption_attribution_description: English: Palace in Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Deutsch: Residenzschloss der Fürsten zu Wied in Neuwied in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland Esperanto: rezidejo de la nobelaj regintoj en Neuwied, Rejnlando-Palatinato
context_page_description: 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 with William of Albania briefly ruled the Principality of Albania in 1914. Among the notable members of the family was Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian, the second son of Prince John Frederick Alexander and a famous explorer, ethnologist and naturalist.
context_section_description: John Augustus, 3rd Prince 1806-1836 (1779–1836)
  Hermann, 4th Prince 1836-1864 (1814–1864)
  William, 5th Prince 1864-1907 (1845–1907)
  William Frederick, 6th Prince 1907-1945 (1872–1945)
  Hermann, Hereditary Prince of Wied (1899-1941)
  Prince Alexander (b.1960) - renounced rights
  Carl, 8th Prince 2000-2015 (1961–2015)
  Maximilian, 9th Prince 2015–present (b.1999)
  Prince Friedrich (b.2001)
  Prince Wolff-Heinrich (b.1979)
  Prince Metfried (b.1935)
  Prince Christian (b.1968)
  Prince Constantin (b.2003)
  Prince Leopold (b.2006)
  Prince Alexander (b.2007)
  Prince Friedrich (b.2010)
  Prince Magnus (b.1972)
  Prince Dietrich (1901-1976)
  Prince Maximilian (1929-2008)
  Prince Ulrich (1931-2010)
  Prince Wilhelm (b.1970)
  Prince Friedrich (b.2001)
  Prince George (b.2004)
  Prince Philipp (b.2010)
  Prince Ludwig-Eugen (1938-2001)
  Prince Edzard (b.1968)
caption: Neuwied Castle
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