Hermann, Prince of Wied

Hermann
Prince of Wied
Born (1814-05-22)22 May 1814
Neuwied, Duchy of Nassau
Died 5 March 1864(1864-03-05) (aged 49)
Neuwied, Duchy of Nassau
Spouse Princess Marie of Nassau
Issue Elisabeth, Queen of Romania
William, Prince of Wied
Prince Otto
Full name
German: Wilhelm Hermann Karl
House House of Wied-Neuwied
Father Johann August Karl, Prince of Wied
Mother Princess Sophie Auguste of Solms-Braunfels

Hermann, Prince of Wied (German: Wilhelm Hermann Karl Fürst von Wied; 22 May 1814  5 March 1864) was a German nobleman, elder son of Johann August Karl, Prince of Wied. He was the father of Queen Elisabeth of Romania and grandfather of William, Prince of Albania.

Early life

Hermann was the second child and first son of Johann August Karl, Prince of Wied (1779–1836), son of Friedrich Karl, Prince of Wied and Countess Marie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and his wife, Princess Sophie Auguste of Solms-Braunfels (1796–1855), daughter of William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels and his wife Countess Auguste of Salm-Grumbach.

Texas

Logo of Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas

In 1842 with other 20 representatives of the German nobility, founded the "Adelsverein, Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas".

The settlement of New Wied, Texas, a few miles north of New Braunfels on the Guadalupe River located in the eastern side of Comal County, was established after the epidemic of 1846, as more than 300 German settlers in the region had died. Also was established in Lavaca County, the village of Wied, Texas.

Hermann purchased a share in the society as he was engaged to the sister of Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau, the protector of the society. He took no active part in the society until 1847, when it became apparent because of debts and dissension, that a new more business like approach must be taken in order to save the reputations and investments of the noblemen. From 1847 Hermann’s director of business affairs, August von Bibra was actively involved in the affairs of the Verein; and, when the prince was elected president in 1851 following Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Bibra took over complete management of the enterprise. Bibra struggled to repay the Verein debts and to revitalize the emigration program for more than ten years.

Marriage

Hermann married on 20 June 1842 in Biebrich, Princess Marie of Nassau (1825–1902), daughter of William, Duke of Nassau and his first wife Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

They had three children:

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Ancestry

Notes and sources

Hermann, Prince of Wied
Cadet branch of the House of Wied
Born: 22 August 1845 Died: 22 October 1907
German nobility
Preceded by
Johann August Karl
Prince of Wied
1836–1864
Succeeded by
William
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