Louis Otto, Prince of Salm (24 October 1674 – 23 November 1738) was the Count of Salm-Salm from 1710, the only son of the Imperial

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(''Reichskämmerer'')

Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm Charles Theodore Otto, Prince of Salm (; 1645-1710), was Count of Salm-Salm since 1663 and Obersthofmeister at the Austrian Court. Family He was the son of Leopold Philip Charles, Fürst (Prince) of Salm, and his wife, Maria Anna of Bronckhors ...

(1645–1710) and Countess Palatine Luise Maria of Simmern (1647–1679).

Family

Louis (Ludwig) Otto married Princess Albertine Johannette of

Nassau-Hadamar Nassau-Hadamar is the name of two side lines of the Ottonian main line of the House of Nassau. The older line of the counts of Nassau-Hadamar existed from 1303 to 1394; the younger line existed from 1607 to 1711 and received the hereditary title o ...

(5 July 1679 – 11 June 1716) on 20 July 1700. She was a great-granddaughter of

John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg (22 November 1536 – 8 October 1606) was the second son of William the Rich and the younger brother of William the Silent. He has a special place in the history of the Netherlands because he is the male-lin ...

, brother of

William the Silent William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Re ...

. The couple had three children: *Dorothea Franziska Agnes (21 January 1702 – 25 January 1751); married Nikolaus Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm, who became the Prince of

Salm-Salm The Principality of Salm-Salm (german: Fürstentum Salm-Salm; french: Principauté de Salm-Salm) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the present-day French departments of Bas-Rhin and Vosges; it was one of a number of partitions ...

, and has many descendants from his 18 children, including

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and Princess Isabella de Croÿ. *Elisabeth Alexandrine Felicite Charlotte Gotfriede (21 July 1704 – 27 December 1739); married Claude Lamoral, 6th Prince de Ligne and had issue. *Christine Anna Luise Oswaldine (29 April 1707 – 19 August 1775); married

Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg Joseph of Hesse-Rotenburg (23 September 1705 – 24 June 1744) was the Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg from his birth till his death in 1744. He was heir apparent to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg. Biography Born at Langenschwalbac ...

; their eldest daughter Viktoria married Charles, Duc de Rohan-Rohan, the last male of the

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of the French

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House of Rohan. After the death of his aunt Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Princesse of Arches, he was opposed by his brother-in law, the Duke of Ursel. Eventually the duke obtained the rights to the principality, and his descendants still hold the title ''Prince d'Arches et de Charleville''. Ludwig Otto died in Anholt Castle in 1738. His death ended his branch (the '' altfürstliche'' line) of the

House of Salm The House of Salm was an ancient Lotharingian noble family originating from Salmchâteau in the Ardennes (present-day Belgium) and ruling Salm. The dynasty is above all known for the experiences of the Upper Salm branch which came to be located ...

, since Ludwig Otto had no son as heir.

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External links

''Salm''
in ''Brockhaus Bilder-Conversations-Lexikon'' (1837), at zeno.org (in German)

at deutsche-biographie.de (in German)
''House of Salm''
at europeanheraldry.org

at dr-bernhard-peter.de (in German) 1674 births 1738 deaths Salm-Salm {{Germany-noble-stub

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