Karl Joseph, 1st Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz
| Karl Joseph | |||||
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 Portrait of then Count Karl Joseph, by Joseph Hickel | |||||
| Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz | |||||
| Reign | 1790–1839 (mediatized in 1811) | ||||
| Predecessor | None | ||||
| Successor | Hugo I | ||||
| Born | 3 April 1750 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria | ||||
| Died | 16 June 1838 (aged 88) Vienna, Austrian Empire | ||||
| Spouse |
Princess Maria Franziska of Auersperg
(m. 1775; died 1791)Countess Antonia Maria Paar
(m. 1792; died 1838) | ||||
| Issue | Franz Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz | ||||
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| Father | Anton, 1st Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz | ||||
| Mother | Countess Raphaele von Rogendorf | ||||
Karl Borromäus Joseph Franz de Paula Joachim Richard, 1st Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (3 April 1750 – 16 June 1838), previously 2nd Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz from 1769 to 1790, was a German prince.
Early life
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Karl Joseph was born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria on 3 April 1750. He was the son of Countess Maria Anna Raphaele von Rogendorf (1718–1807) and Anton Joseph Franz von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1720–1769). His sister, Maria Theresia zu Salm-Reifferscheidt, married Friedrich von Kageneck and, after his death in 1800, Auguste de Buissy.[1][2]
His father was the fourth surviving son of Franz Wilhelm I, Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg, and Princess Maria Karoline Anna of Liechtenstein (a daughter of reigning Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein and Countess Eleonore Barbara von Thun und Hohenstein).[3] His maternal grandparents were Count Karl Ludwig Josef von Rogendorf and Karolina Anna Dorottya Pálffy ab Erdöd.[4]
Career
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His father was created 1st Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz in 1734 when the County came into existence in Central Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) after a partition of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg line in 1734.[5]
Upon the death of his father in 1769, he succeeded as the 2nd Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz. In 1790, he was further ennobled when he was elevated to Reichsfürst. He ruled his Imperial Estate as Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz until his territory was mediatized in 1811.[6]
Personal life
[edit]On 8 June 1775 in Vienna, Karl Joseph was married to Princess Maria Franziska of Auersperg (1752–1791), a daughter of Karl Josef, 5th Prince of Auersperg and Countess Maria Josepha Trautson von Falkenstein. Her elder brother was Wilhelm, 6th Prince of Auersperg. Together, they were the parents of:
- Franz Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1776–1836), who married Countess Maria Josepha McCaffry von Keanmore, a daughter of Count Robert McCaffry von Keanmore and Countess Maria Anna von Blümegen.[7]
After her death, he married Countess Antonia Maria Paar (1768–1838), a daughter of Prince Wenzel Chrisostumus Paar and Princess Maria Antonia of Liechtenstein (a daughter of Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein), in Vienna on 1 May 1792.[8]
Prince Karl Joseph died in Vienna on 16 June 1838. As he was predeceased by his only son, he was succeeded by his grandson, Hugo.[9] His widow died shortly thereafter on 25 October 1838 and was buried at Graz.[8]
Descendants
[edit]Through his son Franz Joseph, he was a grandfather of Hugo, 2nd Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1803–1888) and Count Robert of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1804–1875), who married Countess Felicitas von Clary und Aldringen (a daughter of Carl Joseph, 3rd Prince of Clary-Aldringen).[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Franklin, Benjamin (1 January 2018). The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Yale University Press. pp. 140, 539. ISBN 978-0-300-23606-4. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Feill, Franz (1872). Cardinal Salm und seine Friedenswerke: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte Kärntens. Inaug. Diss. ... von Franz Feill (in German). Leykam-Josephsthal. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Geschichte des fürstlichen Hauses Liechtenstein (in German). Braumüller. 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Schönfeld, Ignaz Ritter von (1824). Adels-Schematismus Des Österreichischen Kaiserstaates (in German). Schaumburg. p. 33. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Orgelbrand, Samuel (1902). Encyklopedja powszechna (in Polish). S. Orgelbranda Synów. p. 272. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Poczai, Péter (15 June 2022). Heredity Before Mendel: Festetics and the Question of Sheep's Wool in Central Europe. CRC Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-000-59468-3. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Stumm, Petra (21 December 2016). Leopold Gmelin (1788 - 1853): Leben und Werk eines Heidelberger Chemikers (in German). Springer-Verlag. pp. 393, 464. ISBN 978-3-86226-844-3. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin “von” (1874). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich: enthaltend die Lebensskizzen der denkwürdigen Personen, welche 1750 bis 1850 im Kaiserstaate und in seinen Kronländern gelebt haben. Saal - Sawiczewski und Nachträge (VII. Folge). 28 (in German). Zamarski. p. 1. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ a b The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. 1914. p. 1276. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
External links
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Media related to Karel Josef Salm-Reifferscheidt at Wikimedia Commons
