Alfred, 5th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim
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| Alfred | |||||
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| Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim | |||||
| Reign | 1893–1924 | ||||
| Predecessor | Leopold | ||||
| Successor | Franz Josef | ||||
| Born | 23 June 1863 Celje, Duchy of Styria | ||||
| Died | 6 July 1924 (aged 61) Morken-Harff, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | ||||
| Spouse |
Countess Marie-Dorothea von Bellegarde
(m. 1898; died 1924) | ||||
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| Father | Leopold, 4th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim | ||||
| Mother | Baroness Anna Maria von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli | ||||
Alfred Georg Konstantin Leopold Prosper Joseph Maria, Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck (23 June 1863 – 6 July 1924) was a nobleman and member of the German Reichstag.
Alfred was born in Celje in the Duchy of Styria on 23 June 1863. He was the son of Leopold, 4th Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim (1833–1893) and, his first wife, Baroness Anna Maria von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli (1837–1864). After his mother's death in 1864, his father married Countess Marie Christine Caroline Rosa Gabriele Adolphine von Spiegel zum Desenberg.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Konstantin, 2nd Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Princess Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg. His aunt, Princess Eleonore of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim, married Baron Stanislaus Bourguignon von Baumberg.[2] His uncle, Prince Friedrich Karl of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim, was killed in the Battle of Náchod, the first major action of the Austro-Prussian War.[3] His maternal grandparents were Georg von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli and Countess Emilie Chorinsky.[4]
Alfred attended college at Kalksburg near Vienna, studied law, including two semesters at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Universität in Strasbourg, France, and passed the state law examinations at the University of Graz.[5]
Career
In 1888, his father inherited Dyck Castle in Jüchen from Prince Alfred of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck. In 1893, after his father's death, he took over the majorat and family estates on the Rhine and in Baden. He was a member of the District Council and District Committee in the Grevenbroich district, vice president of The German Association of the Holy Land, and a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords.[6]
He was promoted to Major (27 January 1912) à la suite of the army, awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class, the Order of the Crown, 1st Class, the Order of the Zähringer Lion, 1st Class, a Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Commander of the Order of St. George and the Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.[6]
From 1912 to 1918, he was a member of the German Reichstag for the Aachen constituency (Düren, Jülich) and the German Centre Party. Between 1907 and 1912, he was a member of the Provincial Parliament (Provinziallandtag in German) of the Rhine Province.[6]