Dorothea Diana of Salm
| Dorothea Diana of Salm | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Philip Louis of Rappoltstein Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Noble family | House of Salm |
| Father | John IX of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen |
| Mother | Anna Catherine of Criechingen |
| Born |
25 July 1604 Criechingen |
| Died | 19 December 1672 (aged 68) Wörth |
| Buried | Buchsweiler |
Wild- and Rhinegravine Diana Dorothea of Salm (25 July 1604 in Criechingen – 19 December 1672 in Wörth) was the daughter of Wild- and Rhinegrave John IX of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen and his wife, Baroness Anna Catherine of Criechingen and Puttigny. An hour after her birth, her twin sister Anna Amalia, later Countess of Königseck, was born.
Her father died while the twin sisters were still young. During the Thirty Years' War, their brothers and uncle served in the Swedish army; her brother Otto Louis rose to the ranke of General. The two girls and their mother often had to flee for the Catholic troops. Eventually they settled in Strasbourg. Here, Dorothea Diana married twice:
After her second marriage, she left Strasbourt. The couple first live at Lichtenberg Castle and later in Buchsweiler, the capital of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Philip Wolfgang died after less than a year after their marriage. At this time, five of the ten children from his first marriage, viz. Frederick Casimir, John Philip, Johann Reinhard II, Sophie Eleonore and Agatha Christine were still alive; they were all minors. Dorothea Diana took up their education and also provided some continuity to the regency of the county, when there were several deaths among the official regents of the county. Initially, the official regents were Count John Ernest of Hanau-Münzenberg and Baron George II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl. George II was a grandson of Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, who was a daughter of Count Philip IV. After John Ernest died in 1642, George II acted as the sole regent. After George II died in 1644, Count George Albert of Erbach took up the guardianship. He died in 1647. Since this was only a few months before Frederick Casimir came of age on his 25th birthday, no new regent was appointed.
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