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Principality of Salm

French client state in Westphalia, 1802–1811

Summary

French client state in Westphalia, 1802–1811

Field	Value
native_name	de
conventional_long_name	Principality of Salm
common_name	Salm
era	Napoleonic Wars
status	Client state
status_text	Client of the First French Empire,
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
empire	First French Empire
government_type	Principality
year_start	1803
year_end	1811
event_start	Created from Cty Anholt and Bp Münster
date_start
event1	Joined Confed.
of the Rhine
date_event1
1806
event_end	Annexed by France
date_end
event_post	Mediatised to Prussia
date_post	1815
p1	Bishopric of Münster
flag_p1	Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster.svg
p2	County of Anholt
flag_p2	Wappen Anholt.svg
border_p2	no
s1	Lippe (department)
flag_s1	Flag of France.svg
image_flag	Flag of Salm principalities (1798-1811).svg
image_map	Rheinbund 1808, political map.png
image_map_caption	Map of the Principality of Salm within the Confederation of the Rhine in 1808.
(South of Holland)
capital	Bocholt
footnotes

State of the Confederation of the Rhine of the Rhine](confederation-of-the-rhine) 1806 (South of Holland) The second Principality of Salm (German: Fürstentum Salm) was a short-lived client state of Napoleonic France located in Westphalia.

History

The Principality of Salm was created in 1632 as a state of the Holy Roman Empire, and re-created in 1803 in order to compensate the princes of Salm-Kyrburg and Salm-Salm, who had lost their states to France in 1793–1795. The territory of the new principality was formally assigned by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803. The new territory was not near most of the old territories of the princes, but instead extended the County of Anholt, which had been a minor possession of the prince of Salm-Salm. Most of the area was taken from the dissolved Bishopric of Münster.

The Principality of Salm was ruled jointly by the princes of Salm-Kyrburg and Salm-Salm, Frederick IV, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, and Constantine, Prince of Salm-Salm; each line had equal sovereign rights, but neither had a separate territory. Salm became independent and joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806. It was annexed by France in 1811. Its territory was given to Prussia by the Congress of Vienna in 1815; it became the westernmost part of the Prussian Province of Westphalia. The flag of Salm would be copied in 1871 by the newly created German Empire, who used the exact same flag.

Geography

The capital of Salm was Bocholt. Salm had an area of about 1,700 km2 and a population of about 59,000. It covered approximately the same area as the present-day District of Borken.

References

Bénévent), Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (prince de. (1891). "Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand". G.P. Putnam's sons.
Burg, Martijn van der. (2021-03-29). "Napoleonic Governance in the Netherlands and Northwest Germany: Conquest, Incorporation, and Integration". Springer Nature.
"Fürstentum Salm - Flagge in Lexikon und Shop".
"Salm-Salm 1386-1811 (Germany)".
"German Empire {{!}} Facts, History, Flag, & Map {{!}} Britannica".
"DNB, Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek".

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