Philip Joseph, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1709–1779) was the first

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Salm-Kyrburg Salm-Kyrburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, one of the various partitions of Salm. It was twice created: the first time as a Wild- and Rhinegraviate (partitioned from Upper Salm), and s ...

, from 1743 to 1779.

Life and reign

He was the second son of Hendrik Gabriel Joseph of Salm-Kyrburg, regent of Salm-Kyrburg from 1696 to 1716, and his wife Princess Maria Theresia de Croÿ. He had an elder brother, John, and a sister, Henriëtte (who married Maximilian, Prince van Hornes, who already had two daughters from a previous marriage, the eldest of whom later married Philip Joseph). The Salm-Mörchingen family lost the titles of " Wildgrave of Dhaun" and "

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" in 1681, when they lacked a male successor. Salm-Kyrburg was from then on run by regents on their behalf. Philip Joseph reigned with his brother John from 1716. When Salm-Kyrburg again arose, this time as a principality, Philip Joseph became its first prince.

Marriage and issue

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and mother of Charles Edward Stuart's wife Louise, agreed to this without protest. Philip Joseph and Maria Theresa had 10 children, including a pair of twins: * Marie Maximiliane Louise (1744–1790), married

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