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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 chamberlain (''Reichskämmerer'') Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm (1645–1710) and Countess Palatine Luise Maria of Simmern (1647–1679).


Family

Louis (Ludwig) Otto married Princess Albertine Johannette of Nassau-Hadamar (5 July 1679 – 11 June 1716) on 20 July 1700. She was a great-granddaughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, brother of
William the Silent William the Silent or William the Taciturn (; 24 April 153310 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburg Netherlands, Habsburgs that set off the ...
. 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, and has many descendants from his 18 children, including Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm 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; their eldest daughter Viktoria married Charles, Duc de Rohan-Rohan, the last male of the Soubise
cadet branch A cadet branch consists of the male-line descendants of a monarch's or patriarch's younger sons ( cadets). In the ruling dynasties and noble families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets (realm, titles, fiefs, property and incom ...
of the French princely 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, since Ludwig Otto had no son as heir.


See also

* Salm-Salm *
Salm (state) Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. History Origins and first division The County of Salm arose in the tenth century in Vielsalm, in the Ardennes region of pre ...


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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 Princes of Salm-Salm {{Germany-noble-stub