John IX of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen (1575-1623) was Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg and Count of Salm

House of Salm

The House of Salm was a noble family originating in the Belgian Ardennes 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...

. He was the son of Otto I (1538-1607) and Ottilie of Nassau-Weilburg (1546-). Many of his relatives served as soldiers in Swedish service, including his brother John Casimir of Salm-Kyrburg (1577-1651). Because of this, the family was often on the run during the Thirty Years' War

Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....

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Marriage and issue

He had since about 1593 married to Anna Catherine of Criechingen (d. 1638). They had the following children:

• John Casimir (died young)
• John Philip (died in 1638 in the Battle of Rheinfelden
  Battle of Rheinfelden
  The Battle of Rheinfelden was a military event in the course of the Thirty Years' War, consisting in fact of two battles fought in 1638 to the north and south of the present-day town of Rheinfelden, between a mercenary army led by Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar and an Holy Roman Empire army led by Johann...
  
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married in 1634 Countess Anna Juliane of Erbach-Erbach (1614-1637)

• Otto Louis
  Otto Louis of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen
  Otto Louis of Salm, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg and Mörchingen was a Swedish general during the Thirty Years' War. He was governor in the Alsace and Commander of the Swedish troops in the Upper Rhine...
  
   (1597-1634)
• John X (died: )
• George (died: )
• Mary Elizabeth (died: after 1626)
• Diana Dorothea (1604-1672)

married firstly in 1636 Lord Philip Louis of Rappoltstein (born: 22 September 1601; died: 25 February 1637)

married secondly in 1640 Count Philip Wolfgang of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (31 July 1595, Bouxwiller – , Bouxwiller was a count of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He ruled the county from 1625 until his death.- Youth :...

 (1595-1641)

• Anna Amalia (1604-1676) (twin sister of Diana Dorothea)

married firstly with Michael of Freyberg, Baron of Justingen and Öpfingen

Öpfingen

Öpfingen is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-References:...

(d. 1641)

married secondly with Count Kaspar Bernhard II of Rechenberg and Aichen (1588-1651)

married thirdly with Count Hugo of Königsegg-Rothenfels (1596–1666)

• Esther (?)

External links

• Genealogy of Salm