House of Salm

The House of Salm was a noble family originating from Vielsalm in the Ardennes in present-day Belgium and ruling Salm. It is above all known for the experiences of the branch which came to be located in the Vosges Mountains and over time came to rule over a principality whose capital was Badonviller then Senones.

Its notable members were the counts of Lower Salm in the Ardennes, advocati of the abbaye Saint-Pierre at Senones, counts of Upper Salm in the Vosges mountains, governors of Nancy, marshals of Lorraine, marshals of Bar, princes of the Holy Roman Empire and sovereign princes of the Principality of Salm-Salm.

See also

• Salm (state)
• Salm-Salm
• Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459–1530), defender of Vienna against the Turks in 1529.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Salm.

• House of Salm, at europeanheraldry.org
• (French) History of the Principality of Salm, at the Office de Tourisme Pays des Abbayes
• (French) Salm Castle
• Information and symbols of the Principality of Salm
• Flags of the Principality of Salm-Salm