Emanuel to Salm-Salm

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Emanuel zu Salm-Salm with his wife Maria Christina in May 1902
Palace of his father-in-law Friedrich von Österreich-Teschen in Vienna
Location of the city of Pinsk / Belarus
the vast river Prypiat (Belarus. Prypjaz) between Bug and Dnepr in the district of Pinsk / Belarus

Emanuel Alfred Leopold Franz zu Salm-Salm (born November 30, 1871 in Münster , † August 19, 1916 in Pinsk / Belarus ) was the eldest son of Alfred zu Salm-Salm , the 7th Prince of Salm-Salm, and Rosa Countess from Lützow. He died during the First World War in Pinsk, a city in southwest Belarus, in the middle of the Pripjet swamps , near the border with Ukraine .

family

30-year-old he married in on May 10, 1902 Vienna Maria Christina of Austria-Teschen , Archduchess of Austria (*  17th November 1879 in Krakow ; † 6 August 1962 at Schloss Anholt ), the eldest daughter of Frederick of Austria- Teschen and Isabella von Croÿ . Emanuel and Maria Christina had five children:

  • Isabelle Princess zu Salm-Salm (1903–2009) ⚭ 1925 Felix von Loë (1896–1944)
  • Rosemary zu Salm-Salm (1904–2001) ⚭ 1926 Hubert Salvator Habsburg-Lothringen (1894–1971)
  • Nikolaus Prinz zu Salm-Salm (1906–1988), Hereditary Prince, then head of the Salm-Salm family
  • Cäcilie Princess zu Salm-Salm (1911–1991) ⚭ May 27, 1930 Franz Josef zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck
  • Franz Prince of Salm-Salm (1912–1917)

death

Before the beginning of the First World War, Emanual Hereditary Prince zu Salm-Salm was a so-called " characterized " Rittmeister who, like " à la suite of the army", had permission to wear the uniform of the Regiment of the Gardes du Corps Potsdam, although he was not an active officer . During the First World War he then served under Felix von Bothmer in the Corps Bothmer in the Southern Army. During the Brusilov Offensive (June – August 1916) of the Russian General Brusilov , which was successful for Russia and provided the Western allies struggling hard at Verdun and the Somme, Emanuel was among other things involved with the Southern Army in ensuring that the then Positions could be held. On the morning of August 18, 1916, the Hereditary Prince Salm, as leader and provisional commander of the regiment's 2nd squadron (a squadron or squadron consisted of around 150 horses and five officers), suffered a fatal shrapnel wound on the head. He died during the night in the 119 Field Hospital in Pinsk without regaining consciousness.

Burial place

His wife and widow stayed at Anholt Castle . After her death she was buried in the princely crypt chapel near Schloss Anholt in Westphalia .

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personal data
SURNAME Salm-Salm, Emanuel zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salm-Salm, Emanuel Alfred Leopold Franz Hereditary Prince zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hereditary Prince of Salm-Salm (1871–1916)
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1916
Place of death Pinsk