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Salm
The House of Salm descended from the noble family
of Stein [10: Band VI; t. 97-103].
Siegfried of Stein married Lukardis (+1194), who
inherited possessions of the Rhine Counts (Rheingrafen).
Johann I (+1333), Count of the Rhine, married
Hedwig, who inherited possessions of the Forest Counts (Wildgrafen) of
Dhaun and Grumbach.
Their son Johann III (+1383), Forest Count of
Dhaun and Rhine Count of Stein, married Margareta (+1368), who inherited a half
of possessions of the Forest Counts of Kyrburg.
Forest & Rhine Count Johann V (+1495),
married Johannette (+1496), who inherited a half of the County of the Upper Salm
(en-Vosges).
Their sons Philipp (+1521) and Johann VII
(+1531), divided the family's possessions and established the branches of Dhaun
and of Kyrburg (Elder). The Elder branch of Kyrburg became extinct in
1688.
Friedrich (+1608), Johann-Christoff (+1585) and
Adolf-Heinrich (+1606), sons of Forest & Rhine Count Philipp-Franz of Dhaun
(+1561), founded, respectively, the branches of Neufville, Grumbach and Dhaun.
The branch of Dhaun became extinct in the male line in 1750.
1. Neufville / Neuviller
Friedrich (+1608), son of Forest & Rhine
Count Philipp-Franz, received Neufville / Neuviller-sur-Moselle, Finstingen,
Langenstein, a half of Salm, etc., and founded the branch of
Neufville.
His sons Philipp-Otto (+1634) and Friedrich I
Magnus (+1673) founded, respectively, the Elder Salm-Salm and Neufville
branches.
Friedrich I Magnus (+1673), son of Friedrich
(+1608), continued the branch of Neufville.
Karl-Florentin (+1676), son of Friedrich I Magnus
(+1673), married Marie-Gabrielle of Lalaing (+1709), the heir to the
non-immediate County of Hoogstraeten and the Barony of Leuze.
Wilhelm-Florentin (+1707) and
Heinrich-Gabriel-Joseph (+1716), the sons of Karl-Florentin, founded,
respectively, the branches of Hoogstraeten (the Younger Salm-Salm) and Leuze
(the Younger Salm-Kyrburg).
Notes:
1. In 1623, Philipp-Otto, the founder of the
Elder branch of Salm-Salm, received the title of Prince [8: Band 4; p.218].
In 1654, Leopold-Philipp-Karl (+1663), son of
Philipp-Otto, received an individual voice in the Council of Princes of the
Imperial Diet.
Prince Leopold-Philipp-Karl married Anna of
Bronckhorst (+1661), the heir of the immediate Lordship of Anholt.
Karl-Theodor-Otto (+1710), son of
Leopold-Philipp-Karl, inherited possessions of the Elder branch of Salm-Kyrburg.
With the death of Prince Ludwig-Otto of Salm
(+1738), the Salm became extinct in the male line and its possessions passed to
the branch of Neufville.
1.1. Salm-Salm
-1810]
Wilhelm-Florentin (+1707), son of Forest &
Rhine Count Karl-Florentin (+1676), inherited the County of Hoogstraeten, and
founded the branch of Hoogstraeten, later named the Younger
Salm-Salm.
His son Nikolaus-Leopold (+1770) married
Dorothea-Franziska-Agnes (+1751), and Christine-Agnes-Luise-Oswaldine (+1775),
daughters of Prince Ludwig-Otto of Salm-Salm (+1738). In 1738, Nikolaus-Leopold
inherited a part of the County of Salm and some other possessions of his
father-in-law, the last representative of the Elder branch of Salm-Salm.
In 1739, Nikolaus-Leopold inherited the
title of Prince and the individual voice in the Council of Princes
of the Imperial Diet that belonged to the Elder Salm-Salm branch.
By the agreement of 1743, the voice in the
Council of Princes was shared with the Younger Salm-Kyrburg branch [1: Theil
III; p.1299].
In 1740, Prince Nikolaus-Leopold (+1770)
received the title of Duke of Hoogstraeten in the Austrian Low Countries.
Nikolaus-Leopold ceded Neufville to
France.
In July 1806, the Prince of Salm-Salm
became a sovereign ruler, when he left the Holy Roman Empire and joined
the Confederation of the Rhine as founding member [3: Abtheilung II; Band I;
p.157].
In Dec 1810, the Prince of Salm-Salm
lost his status of sovereign territorial ruler, when his possessions were
annexed to the French Empire [2: p.157-158].
List of the Rulers
Konstantin-Alexander-Joseph (1762-1828) [1778-1810]
Titles
>-1803
Prince de Salm-Salm,
Forest Count of Dhaun &
Kyrburg;
Rhine Count of Stein;
Sovereign Lord of Anholt;
Duke of Hoogstraeten;
Viscount of Alost;
Lord of Loon-op Zand;
1803-1806
Prince of Salm-Salm, Bocholt,
Ahaus;
Sovereign Lord of Anholt;
1806-1810
Prince of Salm-Salm;
Sovereign Prince of Bocholt, Ahaus,
Anholt;
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789 [2: p.13-14]
The Lower
Rhine-Westphalia:
- Anholt;
The Upper Rhine:
= The Bench of the Secular
Princes:
- % Salm;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
[2: p.4, 9, 51-52]
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- % Salm;
Curial voices in the Council of
Princes:
= the Counts of Westphalia
=
- Anholt;
Territorial Possessions in 1789 [2:
p.51-52]
The Imperial Circle of the Lower
Rhine-Westphalia:
- Anholt;
The Imperial Circle of the Upper
Rhine:
- Salm;
- % Rhaunen;
- % Kyrburg;
- 5/16 Flonheim;
- 1/8 Tronecken;
- 3/16 Dimringen / Diemeringen;
- 1/8 Wildenburg;
- 1/16 Wörstadt;
Non-immediate:
The Imperial Circle of Burgundy:
= under the Territorial Supremacy of Brabant
(Austrian) =
- Hoogstraeten;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation)
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Salm-Salm;
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since
1789 [11: Heft II; p.130-131] [2: p.74, 88]
- In 1793, Salm was annexed to
France.
1794, the French armies occupied immediate
territories of the Prince of Salm-Salm on the left bank of the Rhine (% Rhaunen,
%Kyrburg, % Flonheim, % Tronecken, % Dimringen, % Wildenburg, % Wörstadt,
etc.).
1795, the Prince of Salm-Salm lost all of his
non-immediate possessions in the Austrian Low Countries.
In 1801,
the
Treaty of
Lunéville
recognized these territorial losses.
- In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation the Prince of Salm-Salm acquired some possessions of the secularized
Bishopric of Münster (2/3 Ahaus and 2/3 Boholt) [3: Abtheilung II; Band I;
p.272, 282].
1.2. Salm-Kyrburg
-1810]
Heinrich-Gabriel-Joseph (+1716), founded the
branch of Leuze (later known as the Younger Salm-Kyrburg).
In 1738, Johann XI-Dominik-Albrecht (+1778) and
Philipp-Joseph (+1779), the sons of Heinrich-Gabriel-Joseph, inherited Kyrburg
and some other possessions of the Elder branch of Salm-Salm.
In 1742, the Roman Emperors granted the
title of Prince to Johann XI-Dominik-Albrecht and his brother
Philipp-Joseph (+1779) [8: Band 4; p.218].
In 1794, the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg
lost all of his Imperial immediate territories.
In 1803, the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation restored the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg as Imperial immediate
ruler by giving him new possessions.
In July 1806, the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg
became a sovereign ruler, when he left the Holy Roman Empire and joined
the Confederation of the Rhine as founding member [3: Abtheilung II; Band I;
p.157].
In Dec 1810, the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg
lost his status of sovereign territorial ruler, when his possessions were
annexed to the French Empire [2: p.157].
List of the Rulers
Friedrich III (1745-1794) [1779-1794]
Friedrich IV Otto (1789-1859) [1803-1810]
// minority: Regents: Amalia (+1841) &
Moritz (+1813)
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789 [2: p.13]
The Upper Rhine:
= The Bench of the Secular
Princes:
- % Salm;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- % Salm;
Territorial Possessions in 1789 [2:
p.51-52]
The Imperial Circle of the Upper
Rhine:
- % Kyrburg;
- 5/16 Flonheim;
- 1/8 Tronecken;
- 3/16 Dimringen;
- 1/8 Wildenburg;
- 1/16 Wörstadt;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation)
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Salm-Kyrburg
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since
1789 [11: Heft II; p.130-131] [2: p.74, 88]
1794, the French armies occupied all immediate
territories of the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg.
In 1795, the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg lost all of
his non-immediate possessions in the Austrian Low Countries.
In 1801,
the
Treaty of
Lunéville
recognized these territorial losses.
- In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg acquired some possessions of the
secularized Bishopric of Münster (1/3 Ahaus, 1/3 Boholt, Werth) [3:
Abtheilung II; Band I; p.272, 282].
- In July 1806, by the Confederation of the Rhine
Act, the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg mediatized Gemen, a possession of the Baron of
Bömelberg.
Titles
1806-1810
Prince of Salm-Kyrburg;
Sovereign Prince of Bocholt, Ahaus,
Gemen;
2. Grumbach
Johann-Christoff (+1585), son of Forest &
Rhine Count Philipp-Franz of Dhaun (+1561), established the branch of
Grumbach.
Leopold-Philipp-Wilhelm (+1719) and
Friedrich-Wilhelm (+1706), the sons of Forest & Rhine Count Adolf (+1668),
established the branches of Grumbach and Grehweiler.
2.1. Grumbach (1803 Horstmar)
-1806]
Leopold-Philipp-Wilhelm (+1719) continued the
branch of Grumbach (since 1803 Horstmar).
During the French revolutionary wars, the Forest
& Rhine Counts of Grumbach lost all of his Imperial immediate
territories.
In 1803, the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation restored the Rhine Counts of Grumbach as Imperial immediate
ruler by giving him new possessions (Horstmar).
In July 1806, the Rhine Counts of Horstmar
lost their status of Imperial immediate ruler when all of his possessions
were mediatized by the Confederation of the Rhine Act [2: p.157] [3: Abtheilung
II; Band I; p.187].
In 1816, the King of Prussia granted Rhine Count
Friedrich (+1865) the title of Prince of Salm-Horstmar (primogenit.).
Notes.
1. In 1803, Franzisca-Augusta (1771-1810),
daughter of Count Karl-Ludwig-Wilhelm-Theodor of Salm-Grumbach (+1799), wife
(since 1792) of Prince Wilhelm-Christian-Karl of Solms-Braunfels (+1837),
succeeded in a portion of Limpurg-Gaildorf. Franzisca-Augusta had a share
in the voice of Limpurg-Gaildorf in the College of the Counts of Franconia. Her
possessions were mediatized by the Confederation of the Rhine Act in
1806.
List of the Rulers
Karl-Ludwig-Wilhelm-Theodor (1720-1799)
[1763-1794]
Wilhelm-Friedrich-Karl-August (1799-1865)
[1803-1806]
Wilhelm-Christian (1741-1810) [17..-1794; 1803-1806]
// in Rheingrafenstein; 1803-1806 in
Horstmar
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789 [2: p.13]
The Upper Rhine:
= The Bench of Counts &
Lords:
- % Dhaun;
- Grumbach;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
[2: p.51-52]
Curial voices in the Council of
Princes:
= the Counts of Wetterau
=
- Grumbach;
- % Dhaun;
Territorial Possessions in 1789 [2: p.7,
51-52]
The Imperial Circle of the Upper
Rhine:
- Grumbach;
- 1/2 Dhaun;
- % Kyrburg;
- % Flonheim;
- % Tronecken;
- % Dimringen;
- % Wildenburg;
- % Wörstadt;
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since
1789 [11: Heft II; p.158]
- In 1794, the Forest & Rhine Counts of
Grumbach lost of all of his immediate territories on the left bank of the Rhine.
In 1801,
the
Treaty of
Lunéville
recognized these territorial losses.
- In 1803, the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation compensated the Forest & Rhine Counts of Grumbach with some
possessions of the secularized Bishopric of Münster (Horstmar) [3:
Abtheilung II; Band I; p.272, 282].
- In 1806, the possessions of the Forest &
Rhine Counts of Horstmar were mediatized.
2.2. Grehweiler / Rheingrafenstein
+1793
Friedrich-Wilhelm (+1706), son of Forest &
Rhine Count Adolf (+1668), established the branch of Grehweiler / Gaugrehweiler
or Rheingrafenstein / Stein.
In 1793, with the death of Forest &
Rhine Count Karl-Magnus the branch of Grehweiler became extinct in the
male line. The Forest & Rhine Counts became his successors.
Notes:
1. In 1783, Emperor Joseph II sentenced Forest
& Rhine Count Karl-Magnus to ten years imprisonment for fraudulent
transactions [12: p.451].
List of the Rulers
Karl-Magnus (1718-1793) [1740-1783/1793]
Titles
>-1793
Forest Count of Dhaun &
Kyrburg;
Rhine Count of Stein;
Lord of Finstingen, Dimringen;
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789 [2: p.13]
The Upper Rhine:
= The Bench of Counts &
Lords:
- % Dhaun;
- Grehweiler;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
[2: p.7, 51-52]
Curial voices in the Council of
Princes:
= the Counts of Wetterau
=
- Rheingrafenstein;
- % Dhaun;
Territorial Possessions in 1789 [2:
p.51-52]
The Imperial Circle of the Upper
Rhine:
- Rheingrafenstein / Stein;
- % Kyrburg;
- 1/2 Dhaun;
- % Wildenburg;
- % Dimringen;
- % Tronecken;
- % Flonheim;
- % Wörstadt;
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