European Heraldry

House of Salm

Counts of Salm (1019–1165)

Divided into Lower Salm and Upper Salm in 1165.
Over the centuries the House of Salm was divided and reunited as shown by the table above. All surviving branches were mediatised to larger states in 1813.
Altgrave (Old Count) was a title used by the counts of Lower Salm to distinguish themselves from the Wild- and Rhinegraves of Upper Salm, since Lower Salm was the senior branch of the family.

Counts of Lower Salm

• 1165–1416 County of Lower Salm / 1416–1628 County of Salm-Reifferscheid / 1628-1639 Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid
• 1639–1803 Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg
• 1803–1804 Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
• 1804–1806 Principality of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim (mediatised to Prussia, branch became extinct in 1893)
• 1734–1790 County of Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz
• 1790–1811 Principality of of Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz (mediatised to Austria, branch still extant)
• 1734–1811 County of Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach (mediatised to Prussia, branch became extinct in 1897)
• 1639–1806 Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (mediatised to Prussia, branch became extinct in 1888)

• Antonius, (1728-1769), Count of Salm-Reifferscheid -Raitz, Knight of the Golden Fleece.
• Hugo,(1803 1888), Prince of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim, Knight of the Golden Fleece.

• Antonius, (1728-1769), Count of Salm-Reifferscheid -Raitz, Knight of the Golden Fleece.
• Hugo,(1803 1888), Prince of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim, Knight of the Golden Fleece.

Counts of Upper Salm

1165–1475 County of Upper Salm / 1475-1499 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Upper Salm (House of Salm-Dhaun and House of Salm-Kyrburg)

1210–1500 County of Salm-Blankenburg (to House of Lorraine)
1431–1670 County of Salm-Badenweiler (to House of Bourbon)
1520–1784 County of Salm-Neuburg (to House of Sinzendorf)

1499–1748 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of of Salm-Dhaun (House of Salm-Püttlingen)
1697–1750 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Püttlingen
1561–1696 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Neuweiler (House of Salm-Leuze and House of Salm-Hoogstraten)
1574-1738 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Salm
1738–1810 Principality of Salm-Salm (mediatised to Prussia)
1696–1742Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Leuze
1742–1743 Principality of Salm-Leuze (House of Salm-Kyrburg)
1696–1738 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Hoogstraten (later known as House of Salm-Salm)
1561–1803 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Grumbach (mediatised to Prussia)
1803–1813 Principality of Salm-Horstmar (mediatised to Prussia, branch still extant)
1668-1819 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Rheingrafenstein-Grenzweiler (branch became extinct in 1819)
1499–1681 Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Kyrburg (House of Salm-Mörchingen)
1607-1637 Wild and Rhinegraviate of Salm-Tronecken (branch became extinct in 1637)
1607–1688 Wild- and Rhinegraviate Salm-Mörchingen (branch became extinct in 1688)
1743–1810 Principality of Salm-Kyrburg (mediatised to Prussia)

• John VI, (d.1499),Wild- and Rhinegrave of Upper Salm, Knight of the Crescent.
• Nicolas II, (1503-1550), Count of Salm-Neuburg, Stadholder of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece.
• Nicholas Leopold, (1701-1770), Prince of Salm-Salm and Duke of Hoogstraten, , Knight of the Golden Fleece.
• Maximilian, (1732 1773), Prince of Salm-Salm and Duke of Hoogstraten, Knight of the Golden Fleece.