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Frederick III, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg

1745–1794 · 18th century

Frederick III, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, was a German prince who lived mainly in Paris, where he built the Hôtel de Salm, now the Palace of the Legion of Honour. He sympathised with the early French Revolution but was arrested during the Terror and guillotined in July 1794. His son Frederick IV later ruled the Principality of Salm.

Frederick III, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg
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Principality of Salm

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