Hermann, Prince of Wied was a German nobleman, elder son of Johann August Karl, Prince of Wied.
Background
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.
Career
In 1842 with other 20 representatives of the German nobility, founded the "Adelsverein, Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in ". The settlement of New Wied,, 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, 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. 22 May 1814 – 21 April 1836: His Serene Highness Prince Hermann of Wied 21 April 1836 – 5 March 1864: His Serene Highness The Prince of Wied.