John IX of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen (1575–1623) was

Wild- and Rhinegrave (feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "coun ...

Kyrburg Kirn is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Kirner Land. Kirn is a middle centre serving an area on the Nahe and in the Hunsrück. Geography Location Kirn lies in a la ...

and

Count of Salm Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. History Origins The County of Salm arose in the tenth century in Vielsalm, in the Ardennes region of present Belgium. It was r ...

. He was the son of Otto I (1538–1607) and Ottilie of Nassau-Weilburg (1546-). Many of his relatives served as soldiers in Swedish service, including his brother John Casimir of Salm-Kyrburg (1577–1651). Because of this, the family was often on the run during the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

Marriage and issue

He had since about 1593 married to Anna Catherine of Criechingen (d. 1638). They had the following children: * John Casimir (died young) * John Philip (died in 1638 in the

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) : married in 1634 Countess Anna Juliane of Erbach-Erbach (1614–1637) * Otto Louis (1597–1634) * John X (died: ) * George (died: ) * Mary Elizabeth (died: after 1626) * Dorothea Diana (1604–1672) : married firstly in 1636 Lord Philip Louis of Rappoltstein (born: 22 September 1601 – died: 25 February 1637) : married secondly in 1640 Count Philip Wolfgang of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595–1641) * Anna Amalia (1604–1676) (twin sister of Diana Dorothea) : married firstly with Michael of Freyberg, Baron of Justingen and

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(d. 1641) : married secondly with Count Kaspar Bernhard II of Rechenberg and Aichen (1588–1651) : married thirdly with Count Hugo of Königsegg-Rothenfels (1596–1666) * Esther (?)

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* Counts of Salm Salm family 1575 births 1623 deaths 16th-century German people 17th-century German people {{Germany-count-stub