Salm-Kyrburg was a state of the

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located in present-day

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, one of the various partitions of

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. 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

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). The first state of Salm-Kyrburg was partitioned between itself, Salm-Mörchingen and Salm-Tronecken in 1607, and was inherited by

Salm-Neuweiler Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. History Origins The County of Salm arose in the tenth century in Vielsalm, in the Ardennes region of present Belgium. It was ...

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 The Principality of Salm-Salm (german: Fürstentum Salm-Salm; french: Principauté de Salm-Salm) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the present-day French departments of Bas-Rhin and Vosges; it was one of a number of partitions ...

. Salm-Kyrburg was annexed by France in 1798; this was recognized by the

in the

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of 1801. As a compensation, the princes were granted new territories formerly belonging to the Bishops of

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in 1802, which formed the newly founded

Principality of Salm The Principality of Salm was a short-lived client state of Napoleonic France located in Westphalia. History Salm was created in 1802 as a state of the Holy Roman Empire in order to compensate the princes of Salm-Kyrburg and Salm-Salm, who ha ...

. 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

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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

) (1743–1779) * Frederick III (1779–1794) * Frederick IV (1794–1813)

Mediatised princes within Prussia (1813–1921)

* Frederick IV (1813–1859) * Frederick V (1859–1887) * Frederick VI (1887–1905) * Yvonne (1905-1921) {{Upper Rhenish Circle States and territories established in 1499 Counties of the Holy Roman Empire 1798 disestablishments