Louis Otto, Prince of Salm
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Louis Otto, Prince of Salm was the Count of Salm-Salm from 1701, the only son of Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm
and Louise Marie of the Palatinate-Simmern. He died in Anhalt
.
He married Albertine Johannette, Princess of Nassau-Hadamar (5 July 1679 – 11 June 1716) on 20 July 1700. She was a great-granddaughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, brother of William the Silent
. The couple had three children:
Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm
Charles Theodore Otto, Prince of Salm , became Count of Salm-Salm in 1663.He was the son of Leopold Philip Charles, fuerst of Salm, and his wife, Maria Anna of Bronckhorst-Batenburg, a Dutch noblewoman from Gelderland. His paternal grandmother, Christina of Croÿ-Havré, was herself a granddaughter...
and Louise Marie of the Palatinate-Simmern. He died in Anhalt
Anhalt
Anhalt was a sovereign county in Germany, located between the Harz Mountains and the river Elbe in Middle Germany. It now forms part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.- Dukes of Anhalt :...
.
He married Albertine Johannette, Princess of Nassau-Hadamar (5 July 1679 – 11 June 1716) on 20 July 1700. She was a great-granddaughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, brother of William the Silent
William the Silent
William I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...
. The couple had three children:
- Dorothea Franziska Agnes (21 January 1702 – 25 January 1751); married Nicholas Leopold and they became the Prince and Princess of Salm-Salm, had eighteen children and have many descendants including Princess Rosemary of Salm-SalmPrincess Rosemary of Salm-SalmPrincess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, Wildgravine and Rhinegravine of Salm-Salm was a member of the Princely House of Salm-Salm and a Princess, Wildgravine, and Rhinegravine of Salm-Salm by birth...
and Princess Isabella of CroÿPrincess Isabella of CroÿPrincess Isabella Hedwig Franziska Natalie of Croÿ was the daughter of Rudolf, Duke of Croÿ, and his wife Princess Natalie of Ligne.-Marriage and issue:...
. - Elisabeth Alexandrine Felicite Charlotte Gotfriede (21 July 1704 – 27 December 1739); married Claude Lamoral, 6th Prince of LigneClaude Lamoral, 6th Prince of LigneClaude Lamoral II, Prince of Ligne was a Field marshal and sixth Prince in the House of Ligne....
and had issue. - Christine Anna Luise Oswaldine (29 April 1707 – 19 August 1775); married Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-RotenburgJoseph, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-RotenburgJoseph of Hesse-Rotenburg was the Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Rotenburg from his birth till his death in 1744. He was Heir apparent to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg.-Biography:...
, son of Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-RotenburgErnest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-RotenburgErnst Leopold of Hesse-Rotenburg was landgrave of Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg between 1725 and 1749.Born in Langenschwalbach, he was a son of landgrave William of Hesse-Rotenburg and Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim .He died in Rotenburg in 1749.-Marriage and issue:He married his first cousin...
and Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort; their eldest daughter Viktoria married the French prince de Soubise.