SALM Otto

Male 1080 - 1150  (70 years)

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  • Name SALM Otto 
    Birth 1080  Chateau de Salm, Luxembourg Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1150  Rheineck, Rheinland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Biography
      Otto I, Count of Salm c. 1080 – 1150

      EN: Count of Salm (1125 - 1137), Rheineck and Bentheim
      Deutch: Graf von Rheineck
      Family
      Spouse(s): Gertrude of Northeim
      House: Salm
      Father: Hermann of Salm
      Mother: Sophia of Formbach
      Born: c. 1080
      Died: 1150 (aged 69–70)
      Biographical Details
      Otto I, Count of Salm was born about 1080, the son of Hermann Luxembourg von Salm Sophia Unknown of Formbach, possibly in Luxembourg.

      Otto I, Count of Salm built castles including one at Rheineck. Eventually, he lost these castles to opponents in battle.

      Otto I, Count of Salm married Gertrude Northeim von Northeim, and had children:

      Otto von Salm, Jr., known as Otto, Count of Reineck
      Unknown von Salm
      Sophie von Salm-Rheineck who married Dirk Holland and had children
      Beatrix von Salm-Rheineck who married Wilbrand von Loccum-Hallermund and had children
      Otto I, Count of Salm passed away in 1150 when he was murdered by strangulation.

      Sources
      ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. III, page 299
      https://www.geni.com/people/Otto-I-von-Salm-Pfalzgraf-von-Lothringen/6000000012854993331
      Wikidata: Item Q95639 help.gif
    Person ID I59379  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father LUXEMBOURG Hermann,   b. Abt 1035, Chateau De Salm, Luxembourg, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1088, Cochem, Rheinland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother UNKNOWN Spophia,   b. Abt 1050   d. Aft 23 Sep 1088 (Age > 38 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F26378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family NORTHEIM Gertrud,   b. Abt 1095   d. Bef 1165 (Age < 69 years) 
    Children 
     1. RHEINECK Sophie,   b. 1117, Rheineck, Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1176, Jerusalem, Palestine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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