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Florentin, 4th Prince Of Salm-Salm
Wilhelm ''Florentin'' Ludwig Karl Fürst zu Salm-Salm (17 March 1786 – 2 August 1846) was a Prussian nobleman and general. Early life Florentin zu Salm-Salm was born on 17 March 1786 at Senones, Vosges, which was the capital of the Principality of Salm-Salm until 1793. He was the only surviving child of Konstantin, 3rd Prince of Salm-Salm, Konstantin Alexander, 3rd Prince of Salm-Salm (1762–1828) and, his first wife, Princess Viktoria Felizitas of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1769–1786). His father was the sovereign Prince of Salm-Salm from 1778 until the principality was German mediatisation, mediatised in 1813. After his mother's death a few month's after his birth, his father remarried to Countess Maria Walpurga von Sternberg-Manderscheid in 1788. She died in 1806 and his father married, thirdly, to Catharina Bender in 1810. Florentin had half-siblings from both of his father's later marriages. His paternal grandparents were Prince Maximilian Friedrich of Salm-Salm ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Salm-Salm
The Principality of Salm-Salm (; ) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the present-day French departments of Bas-Rhin and Vosges (department), Vosges; it was one of a number of partitions of Salm (state), Salm. History Salm-Salm was created as a partition of Salm-Dhaun in 1574, and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1739 after being inherited and renamed by Count Nicholas Leopold of Salm-Hoogstraten. Salm-Salm was partitioned between itself and Salm-Neuweiler in 1608. The last territorial partition occurred in 1751, when Salm-Salm reorganized its borders with the Duchy of Lorraine. Since 1743 the Princes were also Dukes of Hoogstraten, with the seat at Hoogstraten Castle (Gelmelslot). In 1790, after the French Revolution, the princes of Salm fled the territory and moved to their castle in Anholt, Borken, Anholt, Westphalia, Anholt Castle. Salm-Salm then was besieged by the revolutionary army, which blocked food supplies from reaching the state. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
