Salm-Kyrburg

Forest- and Rhine-County of Salm-Kyrburg Wild- und Rheingrafschaft Salm-Kyrburg
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← 1499–1681 →
Capital	Kirn
Government	Principality
Historical era	Early modern Europe
- Partitioned from     Upper Salm	1499 1499
- Partitioned into three	1607
- Comital line extinct;     inherited by S-Neuweiler	1681 1681

Salm-Kyrburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, one of the various partitions of Salm. It was twice created: the first time as a Wild- and Rhinegraviate (partitioned from Upper Salm), and secondly as a Principality (succeeding the earlier Principality of Salm-Leuze). The first state of Salm-Kyrburg was partitioned between itself, Salm-Mörchingen and Salm-Tronecken in 1607, and was inherited by Salm-Neuweiler in 1681 upon the lines' extinction.

In 1742, Salm-Kyrburg was raised to a principality; it shared its vote in the Reichstag with Salm-Salm. Salm-Kyrburg was annexed by France in 1798; this was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Treaty of Lunéville of 1801. As a compensation, the princes were granted new territories formerly belonging to the Bishops of Münster in 1802, which formed the newly-founded Principality of Salm.

The full title used by the Princes of the resurrected state was "Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, Sovereign Prince of Ahaus, Bocholt and Gemen, Wildgrave of Dhaun and Kyrburg, Rhinegrave of Stein".

Princes of Salm-Kyrburg

Wild- and Rhinegraves (1499–1681)

• John VII (1499–1531)
• John VIII (1531–1548)
• Otto I (1548–1607)
• John Casimir (1607–1651)
• George Frederick (1651–1681)

Sovereign princes (1743–1813)

• Philip Joseph (Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Leuze) (1743–1779)
• Frederick III (1779–1794)
• Frederick IV (1794–1813)

Mediatised princes within Prussia (1813–1905)

• Frederick IV (1813–1859)
• Frederick V (1859–1887)
• Frederick VI (1887–1905)