Alfred, 5th Prince of Salm-Salm


Alfred Konstantin Alexander Angelus Maria Konstantin Alexander Angelus Maria Fürst zu Salm-Salm was a Prussian nobleman.

Early life

Alfred Konstantin zu Salm-Salm was born on 27 December 1814 at Anholt Castle. He was the eldest son of Florentin, 4th Prince of Salm-Salm and Flaminia di Rossi. His younger brothers were Prince Emil of Salm-Salm, who married Agnes von Ising, and Prince Felix of Salm-Salm, who morganatically married an American woman named Agnes Leclerc Joy in 1862, was killed in action during the Franco-Prussian War.
His paternal grandparents were Princess Viktoria Felizitas of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort and Prince Konstantin Alexander zu Salm-Salm, who was Sovereign Prince of Salm-Salm from 1778 until the principality was mediatised in 1813. His maternal grandparents were Niccolò di' Rossi and Angela Maria Bacciochi. His uncle, Count Carlo di' Rossi, was married to the Opera singer Henriette Sontag.

Career

Upon the death of his father in 1846, he became the titular fifth Prince of Salm-Salm, which had been mediatised since 1813, and as Lord of Anholt. After he became Prince, he was a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords.

Personal life

On 13 June 1836 married Princess Auguste Adelheid Emanuele Constanze of Croÿ, a daughter of Prince Ferdinand Victor Philippe of Croÿ and Princess Constance Anne Louise de Croÿ-Solre. Together, they were the parents of:
Prince Alfred died at Arnhold on 8 October 1886. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Leopold. When he died childless in 1908, the title passed to his younger brother, Alfred.