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Birth:          ABT 1080 of Chateau de Salm, Luxembourg
Death:          1150 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Count_of_Salm
Otto I, Count of Salm (c.?1080 – 1150) was a German nobleman. He was a ruling count 
of Salm and from 1125 to 1137, he was co-ruler of the County Palatine of the Rhine 
with his stepson William.

Life[edit]

His parents were the German anti-king Hermann of Salm and his wife Sophia of 
Formbach. Around 1115, he married Gertrude of Northeim, the widow of Count Palatine 
Sigfried of the Rhine and heiress of Margrave Henry of Frisia and Northeim and 
Gertrude of Brunswick, who was the sister of Richenza of Northeim, the consort of 
Emperor Lothair III.

He constructed Rheineck Castle and from c.?1124, he styled himself Otto of 
Rheineck, after his castle. After his stepson Count Palatine William of the Rhine had 
died in 1140, he claimed the County Palatine of the Rhine. However, King Conrad III 
of Germany, who had been elected in 1138, decided that the County Palatine was a 
completed fief, and hence fell back to the King, who gave it to his brother-in-law and 
devoted supporter Herman of Stahleck.

Otto managed to keep Treis Castle until 1148, and Rheineck Castle until 1151. In 
1148, war broke out between Otto and the Emperor. The Emperor took Treis Castle in 
1148, and gave it to the Elector of Trier. In 1151, he captured and destroyed 
Rheineck Castle.

Family[edit]

Otto Married Gertrude of Nordheim, daughter of Henry, Margrave of Frisia. They had 
several children, including:
Otto II (c.?1115 – 1148/1149), fought against Herman of Stahleck to recapture the 
County Palatine of the Rhine and was taken prisoner in 1148. He was later strangled 
at Schönburg Castle, near Oberwesel in 1148 or 1149
Sophia, married Dirk VI, Count of Holland (d. 6 August 1157)
Beatrix, married Wilbrand I, Margrave of Frisia

Parents
____ Hermann I (ABT 1035 - 28 Sep 1088)
____ Sofie (ABT 1046 - )

Siblings
OF LUXEMBURG Otto I (ABT 1080 - 1150)

Marriage To VON NORTHEIM Gertrude (ABT 1088 - AFT 1154)
    m. 1115 

Notes
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Parents
____ Henry ("the Fat") (ABT 1055 - 1101)
VON BRAUNSCHWEIG Gertrude (ABT 1060 - 9 Dec 1117)

Children by VON NORTHEIM Gertrude ABT 1088 - AFT 1154
OF RHEINECK Sophia (Sofie) (ABT 1117 - 26 Sep 1176)

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