Werner von Salm-Reifferscheid

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Werner von Salm-Reifferscheid (17 August 1545 - 16 December 1629) was a German nobleman who served as the ruler of Salm-Reifferscheid from 1559 to 1629.

Life
He was the third son of Count Johann IX of Salm-Reifferscheid (1513–1559) and his wife Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen (1517–1577). He succeeded his father in 1559 and the ruled for 70 years until he died in 1629. He was notable for being against Protestantism.Anton Fahne: Geschichte der Grafen jetzigen Fürsten zu Salm-Reifferscheid. J. M. Heberle, Köln 1866, Erster Band und Köln 1858, Zweiter Band.Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser. 1955
Europaische Stammtafeln, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. IV, Tafel 108.Werner Graf und Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, genealogics.org, Genealogics – Leo van de Pas

Marriage
Werner married on 21 August 1567 in Terborg , Gelderland , Netherlands , Countess Anna Maria von Limburg (c. 1543-1637), daughter of Count Georg von Limburg-Stierum and Countess Irmgard von Wisch. They had the following children:
 Johann Christoph (21 September 1573 – 26 August 1600, killed in battle), canon at St. Gereon in Cologne
 Hermann Adolf (5 March 1575 – 13 January 1637), Administrator-General of the Bishopric of Strasbourg
 Wilhelm Salentin (12 January 1580 – 6 September 1634, killed in battle), canon at St. Gereon in Cologne
 Elisabeth (5 October 1571 – c. 1616), married c. 1600 to Count Philipp Franz von Daun-Falkenstein (died 1616)
 Ernst Friedrich (29 May 1583 – 13 September 1639), Count and Altgrave of Salm-Reiferscheid, married on 12 June 1616 to Countess Maria Ursula von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1590 – 1649)
 Irmgard (18 October 1568 – 22 June 1578), canoness in Thorn

Werner also had illegitimate daughters:
 Maria Sophia (born on 7 April 1577), canoness in Elten
 Maximiliana (23 July 1578 – 1625), Canoness in Elten Cleves 8, genealogy.euweb.czSalm/Reifferscheid 2, genealogy.euweb.czWerner Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheidt, ww-person.comWerner, Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheidt in Reifferscheidt, Dyck, Alfter, Bedburg, & Hackenbroich, our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com

References

Category:1545 births
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Category:German people
Category:16th century in Germany
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