Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied was the grandson of William Frederick, 6th Prince of Wied

William Frederick, Prince of Wied

William Frederick, Prince of Wied was a German nobleman, eldest child of William, Prince of Wied. He was brother of William, Prince of Albania.-Early life:...

. He was the titular Prince of Wied from 1945 until his death.

Early life

Friedrich Wilhelm was born at Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

, Germany

Germany

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, the first child of Hermann, Hereditary Prince of Wied (1899–1941), (son of William Frederick, Prince of Wied

William Frederick, Prince of Wied

William Frederick, Prince of Wied was a German nobleman, eldest child of William, Prince of Wied. He was brother of William, Prince of Albania.-Early life:...

 and Princess Pauline of Württemberg

Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877–1965)

Princess Pauline of Württemberg was the only daughter of William II of Württemberg and wife of William Frederick, Prince of Wied. She was the last Princess of Württemberg, as well the last senior member of the House of Württemberg....

) and his wife, Countess Marie Antonia of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1909–2003), (daughter of Charles, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode and Hilde von Witzleben).

Marriage

Friedrich Wilhelm married on 9 September 1958 in Arolsen

Bad Arolsen

Bad Arolsen is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and then until 1929 as the capital of the Waldeck Free State...

 to Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont is the youngest daughter of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, head of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1946 to 1967 and first wife of Frederick William, Prince of Wied.-Early life:...

 (b. 1939), youngest daughter of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont was the heir apparent to the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a General in the SS. From 1946 until his death he was the head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont...

 and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg

Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg

Duchess Altburg Marie Matilda Olga of Oldenburg was a daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg by his second wife Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.-Early life:...

, daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Frederick Augustus II was the last ruling grand duke of Oldenburg. He married Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, daughter of Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia...

. They divorced in 1962.

They had two children:

• Prince Alexander of Wied (b. 29 September 1960), unmarried and without issue
• Carl, Prince of Wied
  Carl, Prince of Wied
  Carl, Prince of Wied is son of Frederick William, 7th Prince of Wied. Since 2000, he is the titular Prince of Wied.-Early life:Carl was born at Neuwied, West Germany, the second child of Frederick William, Prince of Wied , and his first wife, Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont Carl, Prince of...
  
   (b. 27 October 1961) married Princess Isabelle of Isenburg, had issue.

Friedrich Wilhelm married secondly on 15 July 1967 in Runkel

Runkel

Runkel is a town on the Lahn River in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.- Location :Runkel lies in the Lahn Valley on both sides of the river between the Westerwald and the Taunus, some eight kilometres east of Limburg....

 to Princess Sophie of Stolberg-Stolberg (b. 1943), youngest child of Wolff-Heinrich, Prince of Stolberg-Stolberg and Irma Erfert.

They had two children:

• Princess Christina of Wied (b. 9 June 1970), married Baron Wolf von Gemmingen-Hornberg, had issue.
• Prince Wolff-Heinrich of Wied (b. 12 February 1979)

Prince of Wied

In 1945, at the age of 14, Friedrich Wilhelm succeeded as head of the House of Wied after the death of his grandfather; his father Hermann had previously died of wounds received in action during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 in Rzeszów

Rzeszów

Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

, Poland.

At the death of Friedrich Wilhelm in 2000, the title was inherited by his second son Carl

Carl, Prince of Wied

Carl, Prince of Wied is son of Frederick William, 7th Prince of Wied. Since 2000, he is the titular Prince of Wied.-Early life:Carl was born at Neuwied, West Germany, the second child of Frederick William, Prince of Wied , and his first wife, Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont Carl, Prince of...

. (Frederick William's eldest son, Prince Alexander, renounced the title on 4 October 2000.)

Titles and styles

• 2 June 1931 – 18 June 1945: His Serene Highness Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Wied
• 18 June 1945 – 28 August 2000 : His Serene Highness The Prince of Wied

Ancestry