| Native Name: | Grafschaft(en) Salm |
| Conventional Long Name: | County (Counties) of Salm |
| Common Name: | Salm |
| Era: | Middle Ages |
| Status: | Vassal |
| Status Text: | State of the Holy Roman Empire, then State of the Confederation of the Rhine |
| Empire: | Holy Roman Empire |
| Government Type: | Principality |
| Year Start: | 1019 |
| Year End: | 1815 |
| Event Start: | Partitioned from County of Saarbrücken |
| Event1: | First partitioned into Lower and Upper Salm |
| Date Event1: | 1165 |
| Event2: | Lower Salm extinct; to Reifferscheid-Dyck |
| Date Event2: | 1416 |
| Event3: | Part of Upper Salm to Wild- and Rhinegraves |
| Date Event3: | 1475 |
| Event4: | Annexed to Imperial département of Lippe |
| Date Event4: | 1810–11 |
| Event End: | Mediatised to Prussia |
| P1: | County of Saarbrücken |
| S1: | Kingdom of Prussia |
| Flag S1: | Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg |
| Capital: | Vielsalm (originally) |
Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France.
The County of Salm arose in the tenth century in Vielsalm, in the Ardennes region of present Belgium. It was ruled by a junior branch of the House of Luxembourg, called the House of Salm.
In 1165, it was divided into the counties of Lower Salm, in the Ardennes, situated in Belgium and Luxembourg, and the county of Upper Salm, situated in the Vosges mountains, present France.
See main article: Salm-Badenweiler.
In 1246 the County of Upper Salm was split up, and the County of Salm-Blankenburg came into existence, next to it.
In 1431 the County of Upper Salm was split up again, and the County of Salm-Badenweiler came into existence, next to it.
The County of Upper Salm was inherited by the Wild- and Rhinegraves in 1475, who then called their fief the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Upper Salm.
In 1499 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm was divided up into two entities, the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Kyrburg and the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Dhaun.
The county became extinct in 1506, and was inherited by the House of Lorraine.
In 1520 the County of Salm-Badenweiler was split up, and the County of Salm-Neuburg came into existence, next to it. In 1653 the fief was inherited by the Austrian House of Sinzendorf, but the House of Salm kept using the title until 1784, when the last lord died.
The county was annexed by the House of Lorraine from 1600 until 1608, when it came back into the family. 1670 the territory was finally annexed by France.
In 1607 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Kyrburg was divided in three by splitting off the Wild- and Rhinagraviate of Salm-Mörchingen and the Wild- and Rhinagraviate of Salm-Tronecken from the original Wild- and Rhinegraviate. In 1637 the lord of Salm-Tronecken died and his territories were joined with ... . In 1681 the last lord of Salm-Kyrburg died, and his territories were joined with Salm-Mörchingen.
In 1688 the last lord of Salm-Mörchingen died. His territories were joined with ... .
In 1743 a completely new territory of Salm-Kyrburg was created, this time the Principality of Salm-Kyrburg. It was shortly annexed by France in 1811 and mediatised in 1813. But the family kept using the titles.
In 1561 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Neuweiler and the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Grumbach were split off Salm-Dhaun.
In 1697 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Püttlingen was split off Salm-Dhaun.
In 1748 the Salm-Dhaun branch of the family became extinct, its territories went to the branch of Salm-Püttlingen.
Salm-Püttlingen became extinct in 1750. Their territories went to ... .
In 1610 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm was split off Salm-Neuweiler. It was elevated to the Principality of Salm in 1623.
In 1803, when the Bishopric of Münster was secularized, part of it was given to the princes of Salm-Salm who by then already were in possession of the Lordship of Anholt. This new Principality of Salm, covering the area around Borken, Ahaus and Bocholt, was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine. In 1810 it was annexed by France, as a part of the Imperial département of Lippe. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, it was mediatized to Prussia. The family branch exist until today.
In 1696 Salm-Neuweiler was divided in two, the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Leuze and the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Hoogstraten. Their lands were incorporated into Belgium. The branches became extinct in 1887 and 1186.
In 1668 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Rheingrafenstein-Grenzweiler was split off Salm-Grumbach. It was mediatised and incorporated into Prussia. The branch extinction occurred in 1819.
In 1803 Salm-Grumbach was annexed by France. The lords of Salm-Grumbach received the Principality of Salm-Horstmar as compensation in 1803. It was mediatised in 1813. The family branch sold its titles to Salm-Salm in 1892.
| < | ---Salm---> | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Salm (separated from the County of Luxembourg) (1019-1170) | County of Bentheim-Rheineck (1088-1176) | |||
| < | ---Upper Salm---> | County of Lower Salm (Salm-en-Ardennes) female-branch of Salm-Vianden (1170-1416) | ||
| Annexed to the County of Holland | ||||
| < | ---Upper Salm---> | County of Salm-Blâmont[1] (1246-1503) | ||
| Inherited by the Reifferscheidt family,[2] which adopted the name Salm-Reifferscheidt | ||||
| County of Puttlingen (1343-1368) | County of Upper Salm (Salm-en-Vosges) male main line of Salm (1170-1475) | |||
| < | ---Upper Salm---> | |||
| < | ---Kyrburg---> | < | ---Badenweiler---> | |
| County of Salm-Badonviller[3] (1475-1627) | County of Salm-Neuburg (1485-1654) | |||
| < | ---Kyrburg---> | County of Salm-Dhaun (1569-1750) | < | ---Kyrburg---> |
| Annexed to the Duchy of Lorraine | ||||
| County of Salm-Grumbach (1569-1803) | < | ---Dhaun---> | County of Salm-Neuviller[4] (1569-1681) | |
| County of Salm-Morchingen (1607-1718) | County of Salm-Kyrburg (female branch[5]) (1475-1742) | |||
| Half of Badonviller raised to: Principality of Salm (Salm-Neuviller branch) (1623-1738) | Half of Badonviller annexed to the Duchy of Lorraine | |||
| Sold to the Sinzendorf family | ||||
| < | ---Kyrburg---> | |||
| Annexed to the Duchy of Lorraine (1718-1729) Annexed to the Electoral Palatinate | (Salm-Neuviller branch from 1681) Raised to: Principality of Salm-Kyrburg (1742-1813) | County of Salm-Leuze (1707-1742) | ||
| Exchanged (by France) with: Principality of Salm-Horstmar (1803-1813) | Raised to: Principality of Salm-Salm (1742-1815) | |||
| (mediatized to Prussia in 1813) | (mediatized to Prussia in 1813) | Annexed to France (1811) (mediatized to Prussia in 1813) |
| Ruler | Born | Reign | Ruling part | Consort | Death | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giselbert | c.1007 Son of Frederick of Luxembourg, Count of Moselgau and Ermentrude of Gleiberg | 1019 - 14 August 1059 | County of Salm | Unknown seven children | 14 August 1059 aged 51–52 | Also Count of Luxembourg. | ||
| Herman I | c.1035 Son of Giselbert | 14 August 1059 - 28 September 1088 | County of Salm | Sophia of Formbach three children | 28 September 1088 Cochem aged 52–53 | Contested the Imperial throne against Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| Otto I | c.1075 First son of Herman I and Sophia of Formbach | 28 September 1088 - 1150 | Gertrude of Northeim c.1115 three children | c.1150 aged 74–75 | Children of Herman I, divided the land. | |||
| Herman II | c.1075 Second son of Herman I and Sophia of Formbach | 28 September 1088 - 11 July 1135 | County of Salm | Agnes of Bar c.1110 three children | 11 July 1135 aged 59–60 | |||
| Henry I | c.1110 First son of Herman II and Agnes of Bar | 11 July 1135 - 1170 | County of Salm | Clementia of Dagsburg two children | 1170 aged 59–60 | Children of Herman I, possibly ruled jointly. | ||
| Herman III | c.1110 Second son of Herman II and Agnes of Bar | 11 July 1135 - c.1150? | County of Salm | Mathilde de Paroy no children | c.1150? aged 39–40? | |||
| Sophia | c.1120 Daughter of Herman I and Sophia of Formbach | 1150 - 26 September 1176 | Gertrude of Northeim c.1115 three children | 26 September 1176 Jerusalem aged 55–56 | Heir of her father after his death. through her marriage, her property passed to the House of Holland. | |||
| Bentheim-Rheineck annexed to the County of Holland | ||||||||
| Henry II | c.1140 Son of Henry I and Clementia of Dagsburg | 1170-1204 | County of Upper Salm (Salm-en-Vosges) | Judith (d.1186)c.1150 four/five children | c.1204 aged 63–64 | Children of Henry I, divided the county. | ||
| Elisabeth | c.1140 Daughter of Henry I and Clementia of Dagsburg | 1170-c.1200 | County of Lower Salm (Salm-en-Ardennes) | Frederick II, Count of Vianden 1159 four children | c.1200 aged 59–60 | |||
| William I | c.1160 Son of Frederick II, Count of Vianden and Elisabeth | c.1200 - 5 September 1214 | County of Lower Salm | Unknown three children | 5 September 1214 aged 53–54 | |||
| Henry III | c.1175 Son of Henry II and Judith | 1204 - August 1246 | County of Upper Salm | Judith of Upper Lorraine (d.c.1245) 1189 seven children | August 1246 aged 70–71? | |||
| Henry II[6] | c.1180 First son of William I | c.1215 | County of Lower Salm | Unknown at least one child? | c.1215/20? aged c.39-40? | |||
| Gerhard | c.1180 Second son of William I | c.1215-1240 | County of Lower Salm | Unknown at least one child? | 1240 aged c.59-60 | |||
| Henry III | c.1200 Son of Henry II or Gerhard | 1240-1246 | County of Lower Salm | Unknown at least one child | 1246 aged 45–46 | |||
| Henry IV | c.1230 Son of Henry of Salm, Lord of Viviers and Margaret of Bar | August 1246 - 8 January 1292 | County of Upper Salm | Lauretta of Blieskastel 1242 four children | 8 January 1292 aged 61–62 | Division of land: Frederick, son of Henry III, took Blâmont for himself; Henry IV, Henry III's grandson, inherited the rest of the county. | ||
| Frederick I | c.1220 Son of Henry III and Judith of Upper Lorraine | August 1246 - 1255 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Jeanne de Dombasle (d.c.1240) c.1225 one child Jeanne of Bar (d.c.1300) c.1250 two children | 1255 aged 34–35 | |||
| Henry IV | c.1220 Son of Henry III | 1246-1259 | County of Lower Salm | Clementia of Rozoy (c.1195-1285) c.1225 two children | 1259 aged 38–39 | |||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Jeanne of Bar (1255-1269) | |||||||
| Henry I Strong-Head | 1242 or 1255 Son of Frederick I and Jeanne of Bar | 1255 - 1331 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Kunigunde of Leiningen (1259-c.1310) c.1265 eight children | 1331 aged 75–76 or 88-89 | |||
| William II | c.1240 Son of Henry IV and Clementia of Rozoy | 1259-1292 | County of Lower Salm | Richardis of Julich (c.1243-c.1295) 1265 at least two children | 1292 aged 51–52 | |||
| John I | c.1250 Son of Henry IV and Lauretta of Blieskastel | 8 January 1292 -c.1330 | County of Upper Salm | Jeanne de Joinville (1266-c.1300) 1290 five children | c.1330 aged c.79-80? | |||
| William III | c.1260 Son of William II and Richardis of Julich | 1292-1297 | County of Lower Salm | Catherine of Prouvy c.1280 five children | 1297 aged 36–37 | |||
| Henry V | c.1280 Son of William III and Catherine of Prouvy | 1297-1333 | County of Lower Salm | Philippa of Grandpré c.1280 four children | 1333 aged 59–60 | |||
| Simon I | c.1290 Son of John I and Jeanne of Joinville | c.1330 - 26 July 1346 | County of Upper Salm | Matilda of Saarbrücken 1334 one child | 26 July 1346 Battle of Crécyaged c.55-56 | |||
| Henry II | c.1310 First son of Henry of Salm-Blâmont and Margaret of Montfaucon | 1331 - 1342 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Unmarried | 1342 aged 31–32 | Grandson of Henry I, left no descendants. | ||
| William IV | c.1300 First son of Henry V and Philippa of Grandpré | 1334 | County of Lower Salm | Unmarried | 1334 aged 33–34 | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | ||
| John I | c.1300 Second son of Henry V and Philippa of Grandpré | 1334-1336 | County of Lower Salm | Unmarried | 1336 aged 35–36? | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | ||
| Henry VI | 1315 Third son of Henry V and Philippa of Grandpré | 1336-1360 | County of Lower Salm | Mathilde of Thuin c.1345 two children | 1360 aged 59–60 | |||
| Theobald I | c.1310 Second son of Henry of Salm-Blâmont and Margaret of Montfaucon | 1342 - April/May 1376 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Margaret d’Oricourt (1259-c.1310) 21 July 1346 seven children | April/May 1376 aged 75–76 or 88-89 | Brother of Henry II. | ||
| John II | c.1335 Son of Simon I and Matilda of Saarbrücken | 26 July 1346 - c.1400 | County of Upper Salm | Margaret c.1350 no children Philippa of Falkenburg (1340-1385) 23 May 1355 fou children | c.1400 aged c.64-65 | In 1396 John possibly associated his son to the rulership, as despite having predeceased him, Simon was by 1396 already Lord of Born, Sittard, Ravenstein and Susteren.[7] | ||
| Simon II | c.1355 First son of John II and Philippa of Falkenburg | 1396 - 16 January 1397 | County of Upper Salm | Unmarried | 16 January 1397 aged 63–64 | |||
| John II | c.1350 First son of Henry VI and Mathilde of Thuin | 1360-c.1380 | County of Lower Salm | Unmarried | c.1380 aged 29–30 | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | ||
| Henry III | c.1350 Son of Theobald I and Margaret d’Oricourt | April/May 1376 - 1421 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Walpurga of Vinstingen (d.c.1425) 1369/70 six children | 1421 aged c.70-71 | |||
| Henry VII | c.1350 Second son of Henry VI and Mathilde of Thuin | c.1380-1416 | County of Lower Salm | Philippa Mascherell van Schoonvorst 1366 three children | 1416 aged 65–66 | |||
| Lower Salm inherited by the Reifferscheidt family (see below the table) | ||||||||
| John III | c.1370 Second son of John II and Philippa of Falkenburg | c.1400 - 2 July 1431 | County of Upper Salm | Guillemette de Vergy (d.1412) 1403 one child Jeanne Alix de Joinville 1422 one child | 2 July 1431 Bulgneville aged 60–61 | |||
| Theobald II | c.1370 Son of Henry III and Walpurga of Vinstingen | 1421- 2 September 1431 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Margaret of Vaudémont (d.c.1470) 1415 six children | 2 September 1431 aged 75–76 or 88-89 | |||
| Simon III | c.1405 Son of John III and Guillemette de Vergy | 2 July 1431 - 1475 | County of Upper Salm | Jeanne van Rotselaer (c.1430 - 2 Aug 1487) c.1420 two children | 1475 aged 69–70 | |||
| Frederick II | c.1415 First son of Theobald II and Margaret of Vaudémont | 2 September 1431 - 1494 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Marie de Vienne, Lady of Saint-Georges c.1450 eight children | 1494 aged c.78-79 | |||
| Jacob | c.1420 Son of Simon III and Jeanne van Rotselaer | 1475 | County of Upper Salm | Unmarried | 1475 aged 54–55 | Left no descendants. | ||
| John IV | c.1405 Son of John III and Jeanne Alix de Joinville | 1475 - 14 June 1485 | County of Salm-Badonviller | Margarete of Sirck (1437-12 February 1520) four children | 14 June 1485 aged 63–64 | Uncle and niece (or according to some sources, brother and sister), divided the county. John founded the Badonviller branch, and Johannetta the Salm-Kyrburg branch. | ||
| Johannetta | c.1420 Daughter of Simon III and Jeanne van Rotselaer | 1475-1496 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | John V, Rheingraf of Stein and Dhaun (17 November 1436 - September 1495) 14 November 1459 four children | 1496 aged 75–76 | |||
| John V | 1451 First son of John IV and Margarete of Sirck | 14 June 1485 - 11 April 1505 | County of Salm-Badonviller | Anne de Haraucourt (1465-14 May 1550) four children | 11 April 1505 aged 53–54 | Children of John IV, divided the land. | ||
| Nicholas I | 1459 Vielsalm Second son of John IV and Margarete of Sirck | 14 June 1485 - 4 May 1530 | County of Salm-Neuburg | Elisabeth von Rogendorff (d.1550) 18 June 1502 eight children | 4 May 1530 Marchegg aged 70–71 | |||
| Claude | c.1450 First son of Frederick II and Marie de Vienne | 1494 - 4 July 1496 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Unknown at least one child | 4 July 1496 aged 45–46 | |||
| Louis | c.1450 Second son of Frederick II and Marie de Vienne | 4 July 1496 - 1503 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Bonne de Neuchâtel no children | 1503 aged 52–53 | |||
| John VI[8] | c.1460 Son of John V, Rheingraf of Stein and Dhaun and Johannetta | 1496 - 27 December 1499 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | Joanna, Countess of Moers and Saarwerden (d.1513) 17 November 1478 seven children | 27 December 1499 aged 38–39 | |||
| Philip | 8 September 1492 First son of John VI and Joanna of Moers and Saarwerden | 27 December 1499 - 27 August 1521 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Antoinette de Neufchatel (c. 1495/1500 - 29 October 1544) 31 May 1514 Amanck four children | 27 August 1521 Yvoir aged 28 | Children of John VI, divided the county. | ||
| John VII | 1493 Second son of John VI and Joanna of Moers and Saarwerden | 27 December 1499 - 11 December 1531 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | Anna of Isenburg-Ronneburg 9 January 1515 eight children | 11 December 1531 aged 37–38 | |||
| Ulrich | c.1425 Second son of Theobald II and Margaret of Vaudémont | 1503 - 3 May 1506 | County of Salm-Blâmont | Unmarried | 3 May 1506 aged 80–81 | Uncle of Claude and Louis, also Bishop of Toul. After his childless death Blâmont was annexed to Lorraine. | ||
| Blâmont annexed to the Duchy of Lorraine | ||||||||
| John VI | c.1495 Salm Son of John V and Anne de Haraucourt | 11 April 1505 - 15 March 1548 | County of Salm-Badonviller | Louise de Stainville (1500 - 6 May 1554) four children | 15 March 1548 aged 51–52 | |||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Antoinette de Neufchatel (1521-1532) | |||||||
| Philip Francis | 4 August 1518 Dhaun Son of Philip and Antoinette de Neufchatel | 27 August 1521 - 28 January 1561 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Maria Aegyptiaca of Oettingen-Oettingen 27 January 1539 nine children | 28 January 1561 Naumburg aged 42 | |||
| Nicholas II | 1503 Son of Nicholas I and Elisabeth von Regendorff | 4 May 1530 - 15 June 1550 | County of Salm-Neuburg | Emiliana of Eberstein 28 October 1524 two children Margareta Széchy of Felsőlendva 8 September 1540 one child | 15 June 1550 Eger aged 46–47 | |||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Anna of Isenburg-Ronneburg (1531-1536) | |||||||
| John VIII | 1522 Son of John VII and Anna of Isenburg-Ronneburg | 11 December 1531 - October 1548 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | Anna of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (1520 - 7 March 1594) 14 January 1540 Waldenburg three children | October 1548 aged 25–26 | |||
| John VII | c.1520 Son of John VI and Louise de Stainville | 15 March 1548 - 14 January 1600 | County of Salm-Badonviller | Unmarried | 14 January 1600 aged 63–64 | |||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Anna of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (1548-1555) | |||||||
| Otto I the Elder | 15 January 1541? Son of John VIII and Anna of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg | October 1548 - 7 June 1607 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | Ottilia of Nassau-Weilburg 23 June 1567 Weilburg thirteen children | 7 June 1607 Kyrburg aged 66? | |||
| Nicholas III | 1528 First son of Nicholas II and Emiliana of Eberstein | 15 June 1550 - 26 November 1580 | County of Salm-Neuburg | Catherine of Isenburg-Büdingen (11 April 1532 - 16 April 1574) 1562 no children Judith of Polheim (5 March 1559 - 1613) 1575 no children | 26 November 1580 aged 70–71 | |||
| John Philip I | 30 September 1545 First son of Philip Francis and Maria Aegyptiaca of Oettingen-Oettingen | 28 January 1561 - 3 October 1569 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Diana de Dompmartin (1552-1625) 1566 no children | 3 October 1569 aged 24 | Left no children. His brothers split the patrimony. | ||
| Frederick I | 3 February 1547 Dhaun Second son of Philip Francis and Maria Aegyptiaca of Oettingen-Oettingen | 3 October 1569 - 26 October 1608 | County of Salm-Neuviller | Francisca of Salm-Badenweiler (1545 - 22 May 1587) 10 April 1570 six children Anna Emilia of Nassau-Weilburg (26 July 1549 - 7 January 1598) 27 May 1588 Saarbrücken no children Sybilla Juliana of Isenburg-Birstein (29 January 1574 - 2 May 1604) 15 July 1598 Birstein five children Anna Amalia of Erbach 21 October 1604 Erbach im Odenwald three children | 26 October 1608 Finstingen aged 61 | Siblings of John Philip I, divided the county. Frederick inherited (possibly already in 1600) half of the County of Salm-Badonviller. | ||
| John Christopher | 20 October 1555 Third son of Philip Francis and Maria Aegyptiaca of Oettingen-Oettingen | 3 October 1569 - 3 August 1585 | County of Salm-Grumbach | Dorothea of Mansfeld-Einsleben (1549-1626) 1581 two children | 3 August 1585 aged 29 | |||
| Adolph Henry | 1557 Fourth son of Philip Francis and Maria Aegyptiaca of Oettingen-Oettingen | 3 October 1569 - 20 February 1606 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Juliana of Nassau-Siegen 24 April 1588 ten children | 20 February 1606 aged 49 | |||
| Julius I | 11 November 1531 Second son of Nicholas II and Emiliana of Eberstein | 26 November 1580 - 2 July 1595 | County of Salm-Neuburg | Elisabeth Thurzó of Bethlenfalva (d.29 November 1573) c.1570 no children Anna Maria of Dietrichstein (7 December 1557 - 5 March 1586) 1575 one child | 2 July 1595 aged 63 | |||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Dorothea of Mansfeld-Einsleben (1585-1596) | |||||||
| John | 1582 Son of John Christopher and Dorothea of Mansfeld-Einsleben | 3 August 1585 - 19 January 1630 | County of Salm-Grumbach | Anna Juliana of Mansfeld-Hinterort (5 April 1591 - 1626) 3 July 1609 six children | 19 January 1630 aged 47–48 | |||
| Weichard | 16 September 1575 Son of Julius I and Anna Maria of Dietrichstein | 2 July 1595 - 1617 | County of Salm-Neuburg | Sidonia von Munchwitz (1579-1638) 26 November 1596 seven children | 1617 aged 41–42 | |||
| Christina Catharina | 1575 Daughter of Paul of Salm-Badenweiler and Marie La Veneur | 14 January 1600 - 31 December 1627 | County of Salm-Badonviller (in half Badonviller) | Francis II, Duke of Lorraine 1597 six children | 31 December 1627 aged 51–52 | Niece of John VII, and Duchess consort of Lorraine. She inherits her uncle's land. A division took place: some of the Badonviller possessions were kept with her and later inherited by Lorraine; another half was kept within the Salm family, specifically of the Dhaun branch. From this Salm half emerged the Principality of Salm. | ||
| Half of Badonviller annexed to the Duchy of Lorraine; the other part formed the Principality of Salm | ||||||||
| Wolfgang Frederick | 1589 Dhaun Son of Adolph Henry and Juliana of Nassau-Siegen | 20 February 1606 - 24 December 1638 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Elisabeth of Solms-Braunfels (8 October 1593 - 14 August 1637) 1619 seven children Joanna of Hanau-Münzenberg (12 April 1610 - 26 July 1673) 1637 no children | 24 December 1638 Dhaun aged 48–49 | |||
| John IX | 1575 First son of Otto I and Ottilia of Nassau-Weilburg | 7 June 1607 - 1623 | County of Salm-Mörchingen | Anna Catharina of Criechingen (d.1638) 15 October 1593 nine children | 1623 aged 47–48 | Children of Otto I, divided their patrimony. | ||
| John Casimir | 6 July 1577 Kyrburg Second son of Otto I and Ottilia of Nassau-Weilburg | 7 June 1607 - 4 February 1651 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | Dorothea of Solms-Laubach (31 January 1579 - 19 July 1631) 17 May 1607 Laubach eight children Anna Juliana of Leiningen-Hardenburg (1599-1685) 1633 no children | 4 February 1651 Kyrburg aged 73 | |||
| Otto II | 5 September 1578 Third son of Otto I and Ottilia of Nassau-Weilburg | 7 June 1607 - 4 February 1651 | County of Salm-Kyrburg (at Dhronecken) | Claudia von Manderscheid-Schleiden (7 October 1581 - 1 January/14 December 1622) 22 November 1614 no children Philippa Barbara von Fleckenstein (d.1637) 21 July 1623 no children | 3 April 1637 Strasbourg aged 58 | |||
| Philip Otto | 22 May 1575 Dhaun First son of Frederick I and Francisca of Salm-Badenweiler | 26 October 1608 - 23 November 1634 | County of Salm-Badonviller (in half Badonviller; 1608–1623) Principality of Salm (1623-1634) | Christine de Croy (1590 - 17 January 1664) 1616 three children | 23 November 1634 Neuviller aged 59 | Children of Frederick I, divided the county. In 8 January 1623, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor granted Philip Otto the title of Prince. John George left no male descendants, and his county passed to his half-brother. | ||
| John George | 1580 Neuviller Second son of Frederick I and Francisca of Salm-Badenweiler | 26 October 1608 - 13 September 1650 | County of Salm-Neuviller | Margaret of Mansfeld-Hinterort-Pütlingen (August 1592 - 1638) 21 October 1609 two children Anna Maria of Criehingen (7 April 1614 - 7 November 1676) 17 November 1644 no children | 13 September 1650 aged 69–70 | |||
| Julius II | 1600 First son of Weichard and Elisabeth von Regendorff | 1617 - May 1654 | County of Salm-Neuburg | Juliana of Collalto (1625-1647) c.1640? no children Maria Salomea of Windisch-Gretz (d. 28 May 1665) c.1650 one child | May 1654 aged 53–54 | |||
| Otto Louis | 13 October 1597 First son of John IX and Anna Catharina of Criechingen | 1623 - 6 October 1634 | County of Salm-Mörchingen | Anna Magdalena of Hanau-Lichtenberg (14 December 1600 - 22 February 1673) 1633 no children | 6 October 1634 Speyer aged 36 | Children of John IX, ruled jointly. | ||
| John X | c.1600 Second son of John IX and Anna Catharina of Criechingen | 1623-1634 | County of Salm-Mörchingen | Unmarried | 1634 aged c.33-34 | |||
| Adolph | 1614 Son of John and Anna Juliana of Mansfeld-Hinterort | 19 January 1630 - 16 November 1668 | County of Salm-Grumbach | Anna Juliana of Salm-Dhaun (1622-1667) 1640 sixteen children | 16 November 1668 aged 53–54 | |||
| Louis | 1618 First son of Philip Otto and Christine de Croy | 23 November 1634 - 1636 | Principality of Salm | Unmarried | 1636 aged 17–18 | Left no descendants; he was succeeded by his brother. | ||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Anna Magdalena of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1634-1648) | With no descendants, left the county to his wife. | ||||||
| John XI | 17 April 1635 Son of Otto Louis and Anna Magdalena of Hanau-Lichtenberg | 17 April 1635 - 16 November 1688 | County of Salm-Mörchingen | Elisabeth Joanna of Palatinate-Veldenz 27 December 1669 Mörchingen no children | 16 November 1688 Flönheim aged 53 | |||
| Leopold Philip Charles | 1619 Neuviller Second son of Philip Otto and Christine de Croy | 1636 - 15 December 1663 | Principality of Salm | Maria Anna of Bronckhorst-Batenburg (4 May 1624 - 16 October 1661) 22 October 1641 three children | 15 December 1663 Anholt aged 43–44 | |||
| John Louis | 1620 Dhaun Son of Wolfgang Frederick and Elisabeth of Solms-Braunfels | 24 December 1638 - 6 November 1673 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Elisabeth of Salm-Neuviller (1620-1653) 30 October 1643 five children Eva Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (3 February 1624 - 5 February 1678) 31 August 1649 Neuenstein seven children | 6 November 1673 Vienna aged 52–53 | |||
| Frederick Magnus[9] | 29 July 1606 Neuviller Son of Frederick I and Anna Amalia of Erbach | 13 September 1650 - 25 January 1673 | County of Salm-Neuviller | Marguerite Tissard two children | 25 January 1673 Maastricht aged 66 | |||
| George Frederick | 31 May 1611 Son of John Casimir and Dorothea of Solms-Laubach | 4 February 1651 - 3 August 1681 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | Anna Elisabeth of Stolberg (7 July 1611 - 16 December 1671) 19 February 1638 six children Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein 19 July 1672 no children | 3 August 1681 aged 70 | Left no male descendants; the county was inherited by the Neufville line of the family. | ||
| Charles | 1604 Second son of Weichard and Elisabeth von Regendorff | 1654 | County of Salm-Neuburg | Elisabeth Bernhardine of Tübingen 26 November 1637 ten children | 1662 aged 57–58 | Sold the county to the Sinzendorf family in the same year of his accession. | ||
| Neuburg sold to the Sinzendorf family | ||||||||
| Charles Theodore Otto | 7 July 1645 Anholt Son of Leopold Philip Charles and Maria Anna of Bronckhorst-Batenburg | 15 December 1663 - 10 November 1710 | Principality of Salm | Luise Marie of the Palatinate 20 March 1671 Asnières-sur-Seine four children | 10 November 1710 Aachen aged 65 | |||
| George Frederick | 4 April 1641 First son of Adolph and Anna Juliana of Salm-Dhaun | 16 November 1668 - 1687 | County of Salm-Grumbach | Unmarried | 1687 aged 45–46 | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | ||
| Charles Florentin | 14 January 1638 Neuviller Son of Frederick Magnus and Marguerite Tissard | 25 January 1673 - 4 September 1676 | County of Salm-Neuviller | Maria Gabriella of Lalaing (c.1640-1709) 14 September 1657 Maastricht six children | 4 September 1676 Pietersheim (close to Lanaken) aged 38 | |||
| John Philip II | 28 October 1645 Dhaun Son of John Louis and Elisabeth of Salm-Neuviller | 6 November 1673 - 26 June 1693 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Anna Catherine of Nassau-Ottweiler 11 November 1761 Ottweiler seven children | 26 June 1693 Dhaun aged 28 | |||
| Frederick II | 28 December 1658 First son of Charles Florentin and Marie Gabrielle de Lalaing | 4 September 1676 - 29 December 1696 | County of Salm-Neuviller | Brigitte Louise de Rubempré (d.15 August 1730) no children | 29 December 1696 aged 38 | Left no descendants. His brothers split the patrimony. | ||
| 3 August 1681 - 29 December 1696 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | |||||||
| Leopold Philip William | 26 December 1642 Second son of Adolph and Anna Juliana of Salm-Dhaun | 1687 - 25 August 1719 | County of Salm-Grumbach | Frederica Juliana of Salm-Kyrburg (9 October 1651 - 7 February 1705) 23 September 1673 three children | 25 August 1719 aged 76 | |||
| Elisabeth Joanna of Palatinate-Veldenz | 22 February 1653 Lauterrecken Daughter of Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz and Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg | 16 November 1688 - 5 February 1718 | County of Salm-Mörchingen | John XI 27 December 1669 Mörchingen no children | 5 February 1718 Mörchingen aged 64 | |||
| Morchingen was annexed to Lorraine (1718-29) and then the Electoral Palatinate | ||||||||
| Charles | 21 September 1675 Dhaun First son of John Philip II and Anna Catherine of Nassau-Ottweiler | 26 June 1693 - 26 March 1733 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Louise of Nassau-Ottweiler 19 January 1704 Ottweiler ten children | 26 March 1733 Dhaun aged 57 | |||
| William Florentin | 12 May 1670 Second son of Charles Florentin and Marie Gabrielle de Lalaing | 29 December 1696 - 6 June 1707 | County of Salm-Leuze | Maria Anna of Mansfeld (16 October 1680 - 16 January 1723) 28 September 1699 Vienna one child | 6 June 1707 aged 37 | Brothers of Frederick II, divided the land between them. | ||
| Henry Gabriel | 21 July 1674 Third son of Charles Florentin and Marie Gabrielle de Lalaing | 29 December 1696 - 15 October 1716 | County of Salm-Kyrburg | Marie Therese de Croy (1678 - 18 June 1713) 17 November 1478 seven children | 15 October 1716 aged 42 | |||
| Nicholas Leopold | 25 January 1701 Nancy Son of William Florentin and Maria Anna of Mansfeld | 6 June 1707 - 4 February 1770 | County of Salm-Leuze (1696-1742) Principality of Salm-Salm (1742-1770) | Dorothea Franziska of Salm (21 February 1702 – 25 January 1751) 25 March 1719 Anholt eighteen children Christina Anna of Salm (29 April 1707 - 19 August 1775) 12 July 1753 Anholt no children | 4 February 1770 Hoogstraten aged 69 | |||
| Louis Otto | 24 October 1674 Aachen Son of Charles Theodore Otto and Luise Marie of the Palatinate | 10 November 1710 - 23 November 1738 | Principality of Salm | Albertina Johannetta of Nassau-Hadamar (6 July 1679 – 24 April 1716) 20 July 1700 Anholt three children | 23 November 1738 Anholt aged 64 | |||
| Salm annexed to Kyrburg | ||||||||
| John Dominic | 26 July 1708 First son of Henry Gabriel and Marie Therese de Croy | 15 October 1716 - 2 June 1778 | County of Salm-Kyrburg (1716-1743) Principality of Salm-Kyrburg (1743-1778) | Unmarried | 2 June 1778 Kirn aged 69 | Children of Henry Gabriel, ruled jointly. | ||
| Philip Joseph | 21 July 1709 Second son of Henry Gabriel and Marie Therese de Croy | 15 October 1716 - 7 June 1779 | Maria Theresa Josepha of Horn (19 October 1725 - 19 June 1783) 12 August 1742 Ische ten children | 7 June 1779 Paris aged 69 | ||||
| Charles Louis Philip | 27 May 1678 Son of Leopold Philip William and Frederica Juliana of Salm-Kyrburg | 25 August 1719 - 1 June 1727 | County of Salm-Grumbach | Maria Wilhelmina Henrietta of Nassau-Usingen (13 April 1679 - 1 November 1718) 10 January 1701 Usingen ten children Sophia Dorothea of Nassau-Saarbrücken (14 July 1670 - 21 June 1748) 13 July 1720 Grumbach no children | 1 June 1727 aged 49 | |||
| Charles Walrad William | 10 October 1701 Son of Charles Louis Philip and Maria Wilhelmina Henrietta of Nassau-Usingen | 1 June 1727 - 11 July 1763 | County of Salm-Grumbach | Juliana Francisca von Prösing 13 September 1728 Grumbach seventeen children | 11 July 1763 aged 61 | |||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Louise of Nassau-Ottweiler (1733-1738) | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his uncle, Christian Otto. | ||||||
| John Philip III | 20 January 1724 First son of Charles and Louise of Nassau-Ottweiler | 27 March 1733 - 13 September 1742 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Unmarried | 13 September 1742 Dhaun aged 18 | |||
| Christian Otto | 14 April 1680 Dhaun Second son of John Philip II and Anna Catherine of Nassau-Ottweiler | 13 September 1742 - 24 April 1748 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Unmarried | 24 April 1748 Dhaun aged 68 | Like his nephew, to whom he succeeded, he also didn't marry or had children. The county passed to one of his nephews, son of his brother Walrad. | ||
| John Frederick | 24 July 1724 Dhaun Son of Walrad Victor of Salm-Dhaun, Lord of Putlingen and Dorothea of Nassau-Ottweiler | 24 April 1748 - 27 January 1750 | County of Salm-Dhaun | Carolina Frederica of Salm-Grumbach (4 April 1733 - 23 July 1783) 25 October 1747 Grumbach four children | 27 January 1750 Dhaun aged 28 | Left no surviving descendants. Dhaun possibly passed to Salm-Salm. | ||
| Salm-Dhaun possibly annexed to Salm-Grumbach | ||||||||
| Charles Louis William | 14 July 1729 Grumbach Son of Charles Walrad William and Juliana Francisca von Prösing | 11 July 1763 - 23 May 1799 | County of Salm-Grumbach | Elisabeth Christiana Marianna of Leiningen-Dagsburg (27 October 1753 - 16 February 1792) 17 May 1768 Hardenburg five children Augusta Louise of Solms-Braunfels (15 January 1764 - 8 September 1797) 3 September 1792 Braunfels two children Frederica Wilhelmina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (26 March 1767 - 20 December 1849) 22 January 1798 one child | 23 May 1799 Wetzlar aged 69 | |||
| Louis Charles Otto | 22 August 1721 Hoogstraten Son of Nicholas Leopold and Dorothea Franziska of Salm | 4 February 1770 - 29 July 1778 | Principality of Salm-Salm | Unmarried | 29 July 1778 Senones aged 56 | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his nephew. | ||
| Constantine | 22 November 1762 Hoogstraten Son of Maximilian Frederick Ernest of Salm-Salm and Maria Louise of Hesse-Rotenburg | 29 July 1778 - 13 December 1810 | Principality of Salm-Salm | Victoria Felicitas of Löwenstein-Wertheim -Rochefort (2 January 1769 - 29 November 1786) 31 December 1782 Pütlingen two children Maria Walpurga of Sternberg-Manderscheid (11 May 1770 - 16 June 1806) 4 February 1788 Wiener Neustadt seven children Catharina Bender (19 January 1791 - 13 March 1831) 12 June 1810 The Hague (morganatic) five children | 25 February 1828 Karlsruhe aged 65 | |||
| Salm-Salm was annexed to France (1810-1815) and then the Kingdom of Prussia | ||||||||
| Frederick III | 3 May 1744 Son of Philip Joseph and Maria Theresa Josepha of Horn | 7 June 1779 - 23 July 1794 | Principality of Salm-Kyrburg | Joanna Franziska of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 29 November 1781 Strasbourg four children | 23 July 1794 aged 50 | |||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg and Maurice of Salm-Kyrburg (1794-1810) | Under regency of his aunt and uncle, by the time he reached majority the principality lost its sovereignty. | ||||||
| Frederick IV | 14 December 1789 Paris Son of Frederick III and Joanna Franziska of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | 23 July 1794 - 13 December 1810[10] | Cécile-Rosalie Prévost 11 January 1815 Paris one child | 14 August 1859 Fontainebleau aged 69 | ||||
| Kyrburg was annexed to France (1810-1815) and then the Kingdom of Prussia | ||||||||
| align=center colspan="7" | Regency of Frederica Wilhelmina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1799-1815) | Under regency of his mother; Lost sovereignty after the German mediatization. | ||||||
| William Frederick | 11 March 1799 Grumbach Son of Charles Louis William and Frederica Wilhelmina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein | 23 May 1799 - 9 June 1815 | County of Salm-Grumbach (1799-1803) Principality of Salm-Horstmar (1803-1813) | Elisabeth Anna Carolina of Solms-Rödelheim (9 June 1806 - 5 February 1885) 5 October 1826 Hungen five children | 27 March 1865 aged 66 | |||
| Grumbach annexed to France; Horstmar annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia | ||||||||
See main article: Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg, Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck and Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim.
The counts of Lower Salm became extinct in 1416, and the county was inherited by the House of Reifferscheid-Dyck. In 1628 the county was elevated to an altgraviate, and henceforth the fief was renamed the Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid.
In 1639 the Altgraviate was divided up into the Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg, to the Northwest of Cologne, and the Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, Neuss.
House of Reifferscheidt-Dyck (1416-1803; in Dyck, from 1639 in Bedburg, renamed Krautheim 1803–1806)
House of Reifferscheidt-Dyck (in Bedburg 1639–1803, renamed Krautheim 1803–1806)
See main article: Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz and Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach.
In 1734 the Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg was divided in three by splitting off the Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz, from Bohemian descent, and the Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach from the original altgraviate.
In 1803 the, smaller, Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg was renamed the Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim. In 1804 it was raised to a principality, und existed until 1806, when it was mediatised.
House of Reifferscheid-Dyck (in Raitz 1734–1811)
House of Reifferscheidt-Dyck (in Hainsbach 1734–1811)