Ludwig Friedrich zu Wied

Ludwig Friedrich zu Wied ( April 1, 1656 ; † November 1, 1709 in Neuwied ) was a German soldier and court official, as well as ruling count of the Upper County of Wied (Wied-Runkel) from 1664 to 1691 and of the city from 1679 to around 1690 Massow in Pomerania.

Life

Ludwig Friedrich zu Wied was born at Fier Castle (later Vierhof) north of Naugard . He was the second child of Hans Ernst von Wied and Hedwig Eleonore von Eberstein. This was the only descendant of Ludwig Christoph von Eberstein . The couple received the city of Massow as their wedding property, which later became the property of their son.

On September 10, 1675, he married Salome Sophia Ursula, née Countess zu Manderscheid-Sayn and Blankenheim († June 29, 1678) in Hachenburg , the daughter of Count Valentin Ernst zu Manderscheid-Sayn and Blankenheim and his wife Ernestina.

On June 13, 1679, he married Dorothea Amalia († January 1, 1740) the daughter of Count Johannes zu Nassau-Idstein and his wife Anna, née Countess zu Leinigen-Dachsburg.

Both marriages remained childless.

Reign

His reign was determined by the armed conflicts between France and the Holy Roman Empire . The county of Wied was particularly affected by troop positions, billeting and marching through during the Dutch War and the Reunion War . As a small Protestant state, the county took in Huguenots , who poured into Germany after the Edict of Nantes was repealed in 1685.

In 1690 Ludwig Friedrich was visited by the Brandenburg Legation Councilor Nikolaus Ernst von Natzmer on behalf of Elector Friedrich and the city of Naugard at his residence at Runkel Castle near Limburg an der Lahn . Von Natzmer had the order to buy the town of Massow from Ludwig Friedrich. Since the city had hardly any income, they agreed on two-fifths of the 1664 estimated value.

Towards the end of the 1680s, the upper county, Wied-Runkel and Dierdorf were less exhausted by the war, but suffered from the weak and disorderly government of the count. Both his wife Dorothea Amalia and himself were suspected of improper treatment of the servants. Dorothea Amalia then had to leave him. In 1691 he decided to give his uncle Friedrich III. to hand over the upper county hereditary and peculiar. Soon after, however, he revoked his statement. The Reichshofrat appointed a commission on Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife obtained an administrative commission on Hessendarmstadt, Nassau-Siegen and Habamar. In 1693 the count repeated the handover to his uncle. After a settlement before the Imperial Commission in Frankfurt, after which he received an annual allowance, the Eleonorenburg court was given to him for use. Here he lived with his wife Dorothea Amalia, with whom he had made up again. Ludwig Friedrich died on November 1, 1709 at the baronial Dernisches Schloss Hartenfels and was buried in the church in Altwied. His demise reduced the annual payments to the very poor income in the upper county. His property in Pomerania, which he had inherited from his mother, reverted to the Eberstein family.

literature

• J. St Reck History of the princely houses of Isenburg, Runkel, Wied, connected with the history of the Rhine valley between Koblenz and Andernach, 1825, pp. 218 and 229–241, digitized
• Christian Hiskias Heinrich von Fischer, gender register of the ancient German estates houses Isenburg Wied and Runkel , p. 383, digitized

Web links

• family tree

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gustav Rudolphson: History of Naugards his area and the counts of Eberstein. Mayer & Müller, Berlin 1911, pp. 167, 168.
2. ↑ Gustav Rudolphson: History of Naugards his area and the counts of Eberstein. Mayer & Müller, Berlin 1911, pp. 184, 186.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hans Ernst	Count von Wied-Runkel 1664–1691	Friedrich III.