Karl Joseph, 1st Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz
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Vienna, Archduchy of Austria
| Karl Joseph | |||||
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 Portrait of then Count Karl Joseph, by Joseph Hickel | |||||
| Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz | |||||
| Reign | 1790–1839 (mediatized in 1811) | ||||
| Predecessor | None | ||||
| Successor | Hugo I | ||||
| Born | 3 April 1750 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria | ||||
| Died | 16 June 1838 (aged 88) Vienna, Austrian Empire | ||||
| Spouse |
Countess Antonia Maria Paar
(m. 1792; died 1838) | ||||
| Issue | Franz Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz | ||||
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| Father | Anton, 1st Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz | ||||
| Mother | Countess Raphaele von Rogendorf | ||||
Karl Borromäus Joseph Franz de Paula Joachim Richard, 1st Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (3 April 1750 – 16 June 1838), previously 2nd Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz from 1769 to 1790, was a German prince.
Karl Joseph was born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria on 3 April 1750. He was the son of Countess Maria Anna Raphaele von Rogendorf (1718–1807) and Anton Joseph Franz von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1720–1769). His sister, Maria Theresia zu Salm-Reifferscheidt, married Friedrich von Kageneck and, after his death in 1800, Auguste de Buissy.[1][2] His father was the fourth surviving son of Franz Wilhelm I, Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg, and Princess Maria Karoline Anna of Liechtenstein (a daughter of reigning Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein and Countess Eleonore Barbara von Thun und Hohenstein).[3] His maternal grandparents were Count Karl Ludwig Josef von Rogendorf and Countess Karolina Anna Dorothea Pálffy of Erdöd.[4]
Career
His father Anton Joseph Franz was created 1st Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz in 1734 when the County came into existence in Central Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) after a partition of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg line in 1734.[5]
Upon the death of his father in 1769, he succeeded as the 2nd Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz. In 1790, he was further ennobled when he was elevated to the rank of Reichsfürst. He ruled his Imperial Estate as Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz until his territory was mediatized in 1811.[6]
