Alfred Konstantin zu Salm-Salm

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Prince Alfred Konstantin zu Salm-Salm

Konstantin Alexander Angelus Maria Alfred Prince of Salm-Salm (born December 26, 1814 at Anholt Castle ; † October 5, 1886 there ) was a registrar of the Kingdom of Prussia .

biography

Alfred zu Salm-Salm was a Knight of Honor of the Order of Malta . After his father's death in 1846, he inherited the family's extensive property. He became a hereditary member of the Westphalian Provincial Parliament, in 1847/48 of the First and Second United State Parliament and in 1849 of the Prussian First Chamber. After it was converted into the manor house , Alfred zu Salm-Salm also became a member there, joined in 1855 and remained so until his death.

In addition, he devoted himself to his parks and horse racing. He was also involved as a patron of the arts. In 1862 he visited Rome . In 1886 he had himself portrayed by the Düsseldorf painter Emil Schwabe . Alfred also sponsored the Fürstlich Salm-Salm'sche archive located in Anholt Castle . The establishment of the same as a princely library is still preserved today and consists of oak bookshelves embedded in the wall paneling, which are provided with grating. They were executed in 1852 on behalf of Prince Alfred according to plans by the Parisian architect Frölicher and designed with the intimate character of a cabinet library.

Alfred zu Salm-Salm was buried in the family crypt, which is located in the chapel of the Holy Cross and the Sorrowful Mother in Anholt, built around 1670.

family

Alfred zu Salm-Salm came from the Salm-Salm family branch of the Obersalm line of the ancient Salm family . The princes Salm-Salm had received two thirds of the offices in Bocholt and Ahaus with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in replacement for territories in Lorraine , which together with the rule of Anholt, which was already in the family's possession and the allocations for the Salm-Kyrburg house from 1802 to 1811, the direct Reich , then formed the sovereign Principality of Salm . After media coverage of the Principality, the 1810/1811 from the French Empire was annexed and following the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to Prussia belonged to Prince Salm-Salm enjoyed unable glorious privileges. The Salm-Salm family had a hereditary seat in the Prussian manor house and in the Westphalian provincial parliament .

Alfred zu Salm-Salm's parents were Florentin zu Salm-Salm (1786–1846), fourth prince of Salm-Salm, and Flaminia de Rossi (1795–1840), a niece of Félix Baciocchi, prince of Lucca and Piobino , husband by Napoleon's sister Elisa Bonaparte , born in Corsica. He had two younger brothers Emil zu Salm-Salm (1820-1858) and Felix zu Salm-Salm (1828-1870).

marriage

At the age of 22, Alfred zu Salm-Salm married the 21-year-old Princess Auguste Adelheid Emanuele Constanze Auguste von Croÿ (1815–1886), daughter of Ferdinand von Croy-Dülmen auf Roeulx (1791–1865) on June 13, 1836 .

progeny

The couple Alfred and Auguste zu Salm-Salm had the following children:

  • Mathilde zu Salm-Salm (1837–1898)
  • Nikolaus Leopold Joseph Maria zu Salm-Salm (* July 18, 1838 - February 16, 1908), Hereditary Prince and 1886–1908 sixth Prince of Salm-Salm, ⚭ Princess Eleonore Leopoldine Aloysia von Croÿ (1855–1903).
  • Adelheid zu Salm-Salm (1840–1916) ⚭ August-Philipp von Croÿ (1840–1913), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Marie zu Salm-Salm (1843–1908)
  • Carl Theodor (Karl) zu Salm-Salm (1845–1923)
  • Alfred Ferdinand Stephan Maria zu Salm-Salm (born March 13, 1846 in Anholt; † April 20, 1923 in Anholt), prince and 1908–1923 seventh Prince of Salm-Salm. ⚭ 1869 Rosa Countess von Lützow (1850–1927)
  • Emanuel zu Salm-Salm (1847–1866)
  • Florentin zu Salm-Salm (1848–1894)
  • Maximilian zu Salm-Salm (1849–1873)
  • Constanze zu Salm-Salm (1851–1931)
  • Flaminia zu Salm-Salm (1853–1913)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Noack : The Germanness in Rome since the end of the Middle Ages . 2 volumes. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1927, Volume 1, p. 565
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ [2]
personal data
SURNAME Salm-Salm, Alfred Konstantin zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salm-Salm, Alfred Konstantin Alexander Fürst zu; Salm-Salm, Alfred Konstantin Alexander Angelus Maria Fürst zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Class gentleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Anholt Castle
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1886
Place of death Anholt Castle