Alfred zu Salm-Salm

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Alfred Ferdinand Stephan Maria Prinz (since 1908 Prince ) zu Salm-Salm (born March 13, 1846 at Anholt Castle ; † April 20, 1923 there ) was a registrar in the Kingdom of Prussia and a member of the Prussian mansion .

biography

Alfred zu Salm-Salm was a cavalry captain in the Austrian service and after leaving the company he lived at Haus Rhede . After his older brother Leopold zu Salm-Salm died in 1908 without a legitimate heir, Alfred became the seventh Prince of Salm-Salm and took over the extensive family inheritance. With this, Alfred zu Salm-Salm also took over the hereditary seats to which the family was entitled in the Westphalian provincial parliament and in the Prussian mansion . Salm-Salm was a member of the manor house from 1908 until its dissolution in 1918, most recently as the second chairman of the house.

In May 1898 he became the first founder of the Historical Commission for Westphalia .

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 as a result of the Vienna Congress since 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 Alfred Konstantin zu Salm-Salm (1814-1886), fifth Prince of Salm-Salm, and Auguste, née Princess von Croÿ (1815-1886). He was the sixth of eleven children. At the age of 23, he married Countess Rosa von Lützow in Vienna on October 18, 1869 (born March 31, 1850 in Hamburg ; † February 5, 1927 at Borohradek Castle in Borohrádek ). This castle came into the Salm-Salm family through the inheritance of the daughter-in-law Maria Anna von und zu Dalberg . The couple Alfred Ferdinand and Rosa had several children:

  • Marie Emma Henriette Franz Princess zu Salm-Salm (* February 20, 1874 at Anholt Palace; † August 17, 1966)
  • Henriette Franziska Alexia Princess zu Salm-Salm (born June 21, 1875 at Anholt Castle; † July 2, 1961 in Bozen ), married to Carlo Lucchesi Palli, 10th principe di Campofranco, Duke of Grazia (1868–1951), grandson of Ettore Lucchesi Palli .
  • Franz Emanuel Konstantin Prince zu Salm-Salm (born August 30, 1876 at Anholt Castle; † January 10, 1964 Loburg House in Coesfeld ), married to Maria Anna Freifrau von und zu Dalberg . Franz zu Salm-Salm was the grandfather of the current owner of the House of Loburg and the ancestor of the family branch of today's Salm-Salm from Wallhausen Castle near Bad Kreuznach .
  • Alfred Florentin Konstantin Prince zu Salm-Salm (born November 29, 1879 at Anholt Castle; † January 19, 1952)
  • Eleonore Henriette Christi Princess zu Salm-Salm (* February 23, 1887 in Kleve , † July 13, 1978 in Haus Hombusch, Gut Nesselrode, Mechernich ), married to Carl Rieniets (1891–1957)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Justus Perthes: Gothaischer Hofkalender year 1917, page 191
personal data
SURNAME Salm-Salm, Alfred zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salm-Salm, Alfred Ferdinand Stephan Maria Fürst zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Salm-Salm (1846 to 1923)
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Anholt Castle
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1923
Place of death Anholt Castle