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Freeman-Smith History and Ancestry
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 1080 - 1150 (70 years)
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| Name |
SALM Otto |
| Birth |
1080 |
Chateau de Salm, Luxembourg |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1150 |
Rheineck, Rheinland, Prussia |
| 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
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| Person ID |
I59379 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
LUXEMBOURG Hermann, b. Abt 1035, Chateau De Salm, Luxembourg, Belgium d. 28 Sep 1088, Cochem, Rheinland, Prussia (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 d. 26 Sep 1176, Jerusalem, Palestine (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F26372 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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