Friedrich III. (Salm-Kyrburg)
Friedrich III. Johann Otto Franz Christian Philipp, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (born May 3, 1745 in Henri-Chapelle , Duchy of Limburg , † July 23, 1794 in Paris ) was the eldest son of Philipp Joseph zu Salm-Kyrburg and Maria Theresa, born of Horn. Moritz zu Salm-Kyrburg (1761–1813) was his brother, Amalie Zephyrine zu Salm-Kyrburg (1760–1841) his sister. Friedrich inherited the property of the von Horn family from his mother, who died in 1783 , including Kasteel Stapelen in Boxtel . He had the Hôtel de Salm built in Paris .
Life
Friedrich was educated at the Collège Louis-le-Grand in Paris. At the age of 17 he entered the imperial military service. In 1770 he became a French colonel. On September 5, 1778 he was promoted to brigadier . In 1779 he became the 3rd Prince of Salm-Kyrburg as heir to his father Philipp Joseph . In the age of the patriots he negotiated with Emperor Joseph II about the repeal of the border protection treaties . As commander of the Rhine Legion, Salm defended the republic. In 1787 he led his army to Utrecht ; When Friedrich Wilhelm II invaded, Salm gave up the city without a fight and fled with his regiment to Weesp .
Shortly after Alexandre de Beauharnais he died by guillotine on July 23, 1794 , towards the end of Maximilien de Robespierre's reign of terror . The proximity to the group of Dantonists was Salm's undoing.
Marriage and offspring
He had four children with Johanna Franziska von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (married in 1781):
- Philippine Friederike Wilhelmine (July 12, 1783 - December 4, 1786)
- Friedrich Heinrich Otto (April 7, 1785 - November 17, 1786)
- Friedrich Emanuel Otto Ludwig Philipp Konrad (* October 9, 1786; † November 7, 1786)
- Frederick IV (December 14, 1789 - August 14, 1859)
- ⚭ 1815 Cécile Rosalie Prévôt, Baronne de Bourdeaux (1783–1866)
See also
literature
- Joachim Emig: Friedrich III. von Salm-Kyrburg (1745–1794). A German imperial prince caught between the ancien régime and the revolution (= European university publications. Series 3: History and its auxiliary sciences. 750). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1997, ISBN 3-631-31352-7 (also: University of Mainz, dissertation, 1990).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Salm-Kyrburg, Friedrich Graf von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 28th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 133 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry to Friedrich III. in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://de.rodovid.org/wk/Sippe:Salm-Kyrburg
- ↑ http://www.vonhorn.info/
- ↑ Rudolf Augstein: Vom Freiheitsrausch bis Waterloo , article from January 23, 1989 in the portal spiegel.de , accessed on August 25, 2013
- ^ Genealogy of the Salm family from Friedrich I. Magnus (* June 29, 1606; † January 27, 1673) , accessed on the genealogy.euweb.cz portal on August 25, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrich III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedrich III. Prince of Salm-Kyrburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | sovereign prince in the principality of Salm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Henri-Chapelle , Duchy of Limburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1794 |
| Place of death | Paris |