Charles, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun | |
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Born | Hochstetten-Dhaun | 21 September 1675
Died | 26 March 1733 57) Hochstetten-Dhaun | (aged
Noble family | House of Salm |
Spouse(s) | Louise of Nassau-Ottweiler |
Father | John Philip II, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun |
Mother | Anna Catherine of Nassau-Ottweiler |
Wild- and Rhinegrave Charles of Salm-Dhaun (21 September 1675 – 26 March 1733) was Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun from 1693 to 1733. He was born in Hochstetten-Dhaun, the son of Wild- and Rhinegrave John Philip II of Salm-Dhaun and his wife, Anna Catherine of Nassau-Ottweiler.
He married on 19 January 1704 in Ottweiler to his first cousin Louise, the daughter of Count Frederick Louis of Nassau-Ottweiler. Charles and Louise had ten children:
Charles died in Hochstetten-Dhaun, aged 57.
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