Principality of Salm-Salm
The Principality of 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 of Salm.
Key facts
- Country.common_name
- Salm-Salm
- Country.era
- Middle Ages, Modern Age
- Country.status
- Vassal
- Country.status_text
- State of the Holy Roman Empire
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.government_type
- Principality
- Country.year_start
- 1574
- Country.year_end
- 1811
- Country.life_span
- 1574–17931802–1811
- Country.event_start
- Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun
- Country.event1
- Partitioned to create Salm-Neuweiler
- Country.date_event1
- 1608
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8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Rulers
- Counts and Princes of Salm and Salm-Salm (1574–1738)
- Sovereign princes of Salm-Salm (1739–1813)
- Mediatised princes of Salm-Salm (1813–''present'')
- References
- External links
The Principality of 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 of Salm.
==History== Salm-Salm was created as a partition of Salm-Dhaun in 1574, and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1739 after being inherited and renamed by Count Nicholas Leopold of Salm-Hoogstraten. Salm-Salm was partitioned between itself and Salm-Neuweiler in 1608.