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County in far northern

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, located around

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, to the northeast of

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. It was created in 1803 for Wild- and Rhinegrave Wilhelm Frederick Charles Augustus of Salm-Grumbach (1799-1865), member of an ancient German

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, following the loss of

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and other territories west of the

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. The county was mediatised to the

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in 1813 and the Wild- and Rhinegrave was awarded a princely title within the

three years later, on 22 November 1816 by

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Count of Salm-Horstmar (1803–1813)

* Frederick Charles Augustus (1803–1813)

Princes of Salm-Horstmar (1816-present)

* Wilhelm Friedrich, 1st Prince 1816-1865 (1799-1865) ** Otto I, 2nd Prince 1865-1892 (1833-1892) ***

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, 3rd Prince 1892-1941 (1867-1941) **** Philipp Franz, 4th Prince 1941-1996 (1909-1996) ***** Philipp Otto, 5th Prince 1996–present (born 1938) ****** Philipp,

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of Salm-Horstmar (born 1973) ****** Prince Christian of Salm-Horstmar (born 1975) ***** Prince Gustav Friedrich of Salm-Horstmar (born 1942) ****** Prince Maximilian of Salm-Horstmar (born 1979) ****** Prince Leopold of Salm-Horstmar (born 1982) ***** Prince Johann Christof of Salm-Horstmar (born 1949) ***** Prince Carlos Federico of Salm-Horstmar (born 1965) ****** Prince Constantin of Salm-Horstmar (born 1994) ****** Prince Adrian of Salm-Horstmar (born 1996)

References

Bibliography

* Alfred Bruns: ''Fürstentum Salm-Horstmar'' in: Gerhard Taddey: Lexikon der Deutschen Geschichte, Stuttgart, 1998, S. 1104f
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* Gerhard Köbler: ''Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder.'' 7.Aufl. München, 2007 S.302 S.605 * Wilhelm Kohl: ''Das Bistum Münster: Die Diözese 4.'' Berlin, New York, 2004 (Germania Sacra NF 37,4) S.231ff. *Wilhelm Kohl: ''Das Bistum Münster: Die Diözese 1'' Berlin, New York, 1999 (Germania Sacra NF 37,7) S.573-576 1803 establishments in Europe 1813 disestablishments in Europe States of the Confederation of the Rhine States and territories established in 1803 {{Germany-hist-stub