Ludwig of Salm

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Ludwig zu Salm , also Ludwig von Salm-Neufville (* 1618 , † 1636 ), was a German imperial prince , a wild and Rhine count and the 2nd prince of Salm from the old princely line Salm- Dhaun - Neufville of the noble family Salm .

Life

Ludwig was the first-born son of Prince Philipp Otto zu Salm and his wife Christiane von Croÿ -Aarschot (approx. 1591–1664), a daughter of the Marquis d'Havré, Charles Philippe von Croÿ (1549–1613), and granddaughter of the first duke von Aarschot , Philippe II. de Croÿ . The French King Ludwig XIII took over the sponsorship for the boy . , in whose army Ludwig's father Philipp Otto was then active as lieutenant general. Like father, the 1623 military for his services and closer for the purpose binding to the House of Habsburg in the Imperial Prince had been raised, Ludwig explored a military career . First he served the Spanish King Philip III. , then in the Imperial Army of Ferdinand II , where he rose to the rank of Mestre de camp . In 1634 Ludwig became the second prince of Salm to inherit. As an 18-year-old captain of a regiment under the command of Octavio Piccolomini , he suffered severe wounds near the city of St. Omer in 1636 during the Franco-Spanish War and the Thirty Years' War , to which he died soon after. Ludwig's successor, who left no children behind, was his younger brother Leopold .

See also

literature

  • Alfred zu Salm-Salm : Brief historical notes . P. 43.
  • Jonas Stephan: Become a prince. The Salm family in the 17th century . Master's thesis at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster 2014, p. 78 ( digital copy ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Louis Moréri : Le grand dictionaire historique . Paris 1759, Volume 9, p. 162 ( Google Books )
  2. ^ Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Leipzig / Halle 1742, Volume 33, Sp. 977 ( Google Books )
  3. ↑ Georg Lohmeier: Historical trunk tables of the käyserlichen, royal. and princely families . Lipper, Frankfurt am Main 1701, Volume 2, Table CXXXIX ( Google Books , digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Salm, Ludwig to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salm-Neufville, Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German imperial prince, a wild and Rhine count and the 2nd prince to Principality of Salm # Principality of Salm or
DATE OF BIRTH 1618
DATE OF DEATH 1636