In 1697, Kriechingen was inherited by the Principality of East Frisia, and later by the County of Wied-Runkel.
In addition, the following mediatised areas were added under his sovereignty: the Herrlichkeit Westerburg, the Herrlichkeit Schadeck, and that part of the county Wied-Runkel that lay on the right bank of the river Lahn.
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# William (d. 1612), succeeded his father in 1581 in Runkel and Dierdorf, the so-called "Upper County of Wied"; married Countess Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Corcilius (also Corzilius, Corzillius and variants) is a German surname recorded from the 18th century in the German Rhineland, more specifically in the county of Wied-Neuwied.
Dietkirchen is situated at the eastern end of this widening, with the valley becoming narrow again near Runkel.
Adjacent to the church, archaeological finds indicate that the chapel was once part of a castle belonging to the Wied family.
He married in 1543 in Königstein to Catherine (26 March 1525 – 15 June 1581 in Runkel), the daughter of Philip II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (17 August 1501 – 28 March 1529) and Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg – 18 June 1580 in Dillenburg), who after Philip's death remarried to William the Rich.
The fifth of the eleven children of Carl August Wied and Catha Wied, Gustav was born in Branderslev near Nakskov.
The River Wied flows around this hilltop which is strategically located between the old "Cologne-Frankfurt Road" (now the B 8) and the old Cologne-Leipzig road (now the B 414).
Wied Mazza (Mazza Valley), separate Żejtun from the localities of Żabbar and Marsaskala.
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In this area there are many medieval building that goes to the Norman period.
Isenburg-Kempenich emerged around the Lordship of Kempenich, which was first mentioned in 1093 as being ruled by Richwin of Wied.
William succeeded his father in 1581 as Count of Upper Wied (Runkel and Dierdorf) and in the rest of Wied in 1595.
Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg (30 June 1604 in Schadeck, today part of Runkel – 13 August 1667 at Wiesenburg Castle), was a Countess of Leiningen and regent of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg.
His part of the county included Altwied Castle, the village of Isenburg, the parish of Maysheid and the Lordship of Meud (which had previously been part of Lower Wied).
Peter A. Van Bergen's great-great-great-great-granddaughter Marie Princess of Wied (b. 1973) married Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, the heir apparent to the Pretender to the Throne of the Kingdom of Württemberg.
Elisabeth of Wied, Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise zu Wied (1843–1916); Queen Consort of King Carol I of Romania, widely known by her literary name of Carmen Sylva
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Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1885–1936), wife of Prince William of Wied; With her husband's ascension to the Albanian throne she became the Princess of Albania
Steinebach an der Wied is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 8, which also links the community with the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen.
SV Roßbach/Verscheid is a German association football club based in Roßbach/Wied, Rhineland-Palatinate that currently plays in the Oberliga Südwest (IV).
Thekla Carola Wied (b. Thekla Wiedmann 5 February 1944 in Breslau, Germany) is a German actress educated in West Berlin at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster.
The wreck sits upright on the sandy seabed southwest of Wied iz-Zurrieq near Qrendi.
Żurrieq is also well known for the belvedere that overlooks the Blue Grotto that can be found seaward end of the Wied Babu.