He was a son of George Herman of Wied (1640-1690) and his second wife Johanna Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg (1659-1708). He was the founder of the younger Wied-Runkel line. On 27 August 1692, he received the Upper part of the
County of Wied from his paternal grandfather
Frederick the Elder, initially under guardianship. 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). He served in the army of Landgrave
Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, where he climbed to the rank of
Rittmeister. He was killed in a duel on 19 December 1706. His underage son John Louis Adolph succeeded him as Count of Wied-Runkel. == Marriage and issue ==