Otto Friedrich Karl

Otto Friedrich Karl, Fürst zu Salm-Horstmar (8 February 1833 – 15 February 1892) was a German nobleman and politician.

Early life

Otto was born on 8 February 1833 at Coesfeld. He was the son of Countess Elisabeth Anna Caroline Julie Amalie zu Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim, and Rhinegrave Friedrich of Salm-Grumbach, who was created Prince of Salm-Horstmar in 1816. His younger brother was Prince Eduard of Salm-Horstmar, who married Countess Sophie von Schimmelmann. Another brother, Prince Karl of Salm-Horstmar, married Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (youngest daughter of Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst).

As a head of a former Imperial house in Prussia for the County of Horstmar, Salm-Horstmar was a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords from 1866 until his death in 1892. He was also a Colonel à la suite in the Army. With her, he had the following seven children:

Friedrich Julius Carl Ernst Casimir Max, Hereditary Prince of Salm-Horstmar (1865–1871), who died young. Princess Elisabeth Adelheid Mathilde Emma Karoline zu Salm-Horstmar (1870–1953), who married Count Adalbert Adolf zu Erbach-Fürstenau, a son of Count Raimund Alfred zu Erbach-Fürstenau and Princess Luise of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (a daughter of Prince Adolf of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen). a daughter of Karl Ludwig, 5th Prince of Carolath-Beuthen, and Katharina von Reichenbach-Goschütz.