Alfred, 5th Prince of Salm-Salm

Alfred Konstantin Alexander Angelus Maria Konstantin Alexander Angelus Maria Fürst zu Salm-Salm (27 December 1814 – 5 October 1886) was a Prussian nobleman.

Early life Alfred Konstantin zu Salm-Salm was born on 27 December 1814 at Anholt Castle. He was the eldest son of Florentin, 4th Prince of Salm-Salm (1786–1846) and Flaminia di Rossi (1795–1840). His younger brothers were Prince Emil of Salm-Salm, who married Agnes von Ising, and Prince Felix of Salm-Salm, who morganatically married an American woman named Agnes Leclerc Joy in 1862, was killed in action during the Franco-Prussian War.

His paternal grandparents were Princess Viktoria Felizitas of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (sister of Dominic Constantine, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort) and Prince Konstantin Alexander zu Salm-Salm, who was Sovereign Prince of Salm-Salm from 1778 until the principality was mediatised in 1813. His maternal grandparents were Niccolò di' Rossi and Angela Maria Bacciochi (a daughter of Francesco Bacciochi). His uncle, Count Carlo di' Rossi, was married to the Opera singer Henriette Sontag.

Career

Upon the death of his father in 1846, he became the titular fifth Prince of Salm-Salm, which had been mediatised since 1813, and as Lord of Anholt. After he became Prince, he was a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords. Together, they were the parents of:

Princess Mahilde of Salm-Salm (1837–1898) Princess Franziska of Salm-Salm (1840–1916), who married Prince August-Philipp of Croÿ, a son of Prince Philipp Franz of Croÿ-Dülmen and Princess Johanna Wilhelmina of Salm-Salm. Prince Emanuel of Salm-Salm (1847–1866)