Maximilian zu Salm-Salm

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Maximilian Friedrich Ernst von Salm-Salm (born November 28, 1732 at Anholt Palace ; † September 14, 1773 in Antwerp ) was Prince of Salm-Salm , Duke of Hoogstraten , bearer of the Golden Fleece , knight of the Order of Hubertus and Maria-Theresia -Order . He was imperial and royal chamberlain , governor of the fortress of Luxembourg , imperial field marshal lieutenant and field marshal lieutenant of the Upper Rhine Empire .

His parents were Prince Nikolaus Leopold zu Salm-Salm (1701–1770) and his wife Dorothea Franziska Agnes von Salm (1702–1751).

Life

In his youth he was a member of the Order of Malta , but then switched to a position as Domicellar in the Archbishopric of Cologne . He left the intellectual class and became captain of the imperial infantry regiment No. 14 "Graf Salm" , in which his father was regiment chief . In 1755 he became lieutenant colonel, in 1758 colonel and on February 26, 1763 general sergeant major. On February 2, 1749, he received the Order of Hubertus from the Electorate of the Palatinate and the Order of Maria Theresa on December 4, 1758. On November 30, 1772, he was also awarded the Golden Fleece. During the Seven Years' War he fought in the Battle of Kolin , where he was wounded. In 1759 he was taken prisoner of war in Prussia during a battle near Asch.

After the death of his father, there were inheritance disputes that preoccupied the imperial courts. On July 5, 1771, there was a settlement in Paris. He received the Duchy of Hoogstraten, while his older brother Ludwig zu Salm-Salm received sole government power over the Principality of Salm-Salm . When the older brother died without an heir, Maximilian's son Konstantin zu Salm-Salm became sole prince of Salm and Salm-Salm.

family

He was married to Maria Louise Eleonore von Hessen-Rheinfels (born April 18, 1729, † January 6, 1800) since 1756. The couple had the following children:

⚭ December 31, 1782 Viktoria Felizitas zu Löwenstein-Wertheim- Rochefort (* January 2, 1769; † November 29, 1786)
⚭ February 4, 1788 Countess Maria Walpurgis von Sternberg-Manderscheid (* May 11, 1770; † June 16, 1806)
⚭ June 12, 1810 Catharina Bender, from September 28, 1830 Mrs. Salm de Loon by the King of Prussia (* January 19, 1791; † March 13, 1831)
  • Ludwig (born May 26, 1765 - † October 23, 1765)
  • Georg Adam Franz (born May 26, 1766; † July 12, 1834) KuK Rittmeister
  • Wilhelm Florentin Friedrich (born September 28, 1769, † March 2, 1824) Capitular in Cologne, Strasbourg and Speyer
  • Ludwig Otto Oswald, (* July 2, 1772; † February 5, 1822) Sardinian Colonel ⚭ Felicitas Moreno
  • Maria Anna Henrietta (October 28, 1773 - January 18, 1776)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jaromir Hirtenfeld : The Military Maria Theresa Order and its Members , Imperial Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1857, pp. 1727–1728.
  2. ↑ Emanuel Prinz zu Salm-Salm : The emergence of the Princely Salm-Salm'schen Fideikommiss with special consideration of the trials before the highest imperial courts up to the Paris Brothers Comparison on July 5, 1771 , University of Münster, dissertation 1995, ISBN 3-8258-2605 -8th
  3. ^ Emanuel Weber, New genealogical paperback . - Vienna, Tandler 1820-21, p. 170, digitized
personal data
SURNAME Maximilian zu Salm-Salm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maximilian Friedrich Ernst von Salm-Salm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Field Marshal Lieutenant, Prince of Salm-Salm
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Anholt Castle
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1773
Place of death Antwerp