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The House of Salm was a noble family originating in the Belgian Ardennes and ruling Salm. It is above all known for the experiences of the branch which came to be located in the Vosges Mountains and over time came to rule over a principality whose capital was Badonviller then Senones.

Its notable members were the counts of Salm en Ardenne, advocati of the abbaye Saint-Pierre at Senones, counts of Salm en Vosges, governors of Nancy, marshals of Lorraine, marshals of Bar, princes of the Holy Roman Empire and sovereign princes of the Principality of Salm-Salm.

History

The first counts of Salm

Two branches

Branches of Salm Germany

The French Revolution forced the princes of Salm-Salm in exile in 's their castle Anholt in Westphalia ( Germany ), where their descendants still reside. Other branches of Salm, almost all princes, had already created in the Empire over the centuries, from one or another branch of Salm (in the Ardennes or Vosge). Prince Frederick III Salm-Kyrbourg built the Hotel de Salm in Paris, the current Palace of the Legion of Honor .

In the nineteenth century, all these princes of Salm, formerly sovereign, were mediatized : they lost their independent states, while retaining the rank of sovereigns.

In 1830, one of the princes of the House of Salm ran unsuccessfully in the National Congress , which was to choose a new king in the Kingdom of Belgium .

Family tree

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+===Branches of Salm Germany===
+The French Revolution forced the princes of Salm-Salm in exile in 's their castle Anholt in Westphalia ( Germany ), where their descendants still reside.  Other branches of Salm, almost all princes, had already created in the Empire over the centuries, from one or another branch of Salm (in the Ardennes or Vosge).  Prince Frederick III Salm-Kyrbourg built the Hotel de Salm in Paris, the current Palace of the Legion of Honor .
+In the nineteenth century, all these princes of Salm, formerly sovereign, were mediatized : they lost their independent states, while retaining the rank of sovereigns.
+In 1830, one of the princes of the House of Salm ran unsuccessfully in the National Congress , which was to choose a new king in the Kingdom of Belgium  .
 ==Family tree==