Salmian Germany

Salmian lands were overwhelmingly located in either modern France or Belgium. They were formally partitioned along those lines in 1163, and the primary lines governing those territories died out in the 15th century. Only one Salmian country within modern Germany survived into the period covered by the database. Normally, I would place that country in Minor-Dynastic Germany, but the circumstances of the dispersal of the remaining territories compels me to recognize Salmian Germany.

 

The circumstances in question are that the territory of the two primary lines that died out in the 15th century were inherited by the lower-ranking husbands of Salmian countesses. In order to access the title of count, both retained the Salm name in their titles. That leaves the impression that Salmian Germany was much larger and longer-lived that it actually was. In fact, the Netherlandic and German territories of Lower Salm became part of Reifferschiedian Germany and the French and German territories of Upper Salm became part of Steinian Germany. This page is limited to the true Salmian territories. I have created separate pages for Reifferscheidian Germany and Steinian Germany.

 

In the following list of countries in Salmian Germany, countries and dates outside the chronological scope of the database are shown in italics. Entities in blue-gray fall outside the geographic scope of the database.

 

• County of Salm (1059-1163)
  • County of Lower Salm (1163-1416)
  • County of Upper Salm (1163-1475)
    • Lordship of Upper Salm-Blankenburg (1246-1506)
    • Lordship of Upper Salm-Püttlingen (1337-1368)
    • County of Upper Salm-Badenweiler (1431-1528-1600)
      • County of Upper Salm-Badenweiler-Neuburg (1528-1654)