Agnes Salm-Salm was the American wife of Prince Felix zu Salm-Salm, a Prussian mercenary beside whom she played a role in the American Civil War, the Mexican Civil War between President Benito Juarez and the Austrian archduke Maximilian I of Mexico, and the Franco-Prussian War.
14 Facts About Agnes Salm-Salm
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Agnes Salm-Salm was described as red-haired, strong willed, small, and dainty.
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Agnes Salm-Salm had been riding her horse one morning through the city when Felix first saw her and he made sure she was invited to a party that he would be attending.
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In January 1863 the troops were ordered to go to Aquia Creek, Virginia, and of course Agnes Salm-Salm followed her husband.
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Agnes Salm-Salm made great efforts to spare the life of Maximilian and her husband, traveling several times from Queretaro to Mexico City and San Luis Potosi where she held interviews with President Benito Juarez, General Mariano Escobedo, General Porfirio Diaz and several other prominent officers of the Republican Army.
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Agnes Salm-Salm knelt and, crying, begged President Juarez to forgive the Emperor.
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Agnes Salm-Salm had offered two promissory notes for 100,000 pesos to each of them which would be honored by Maximilian's brother, Franz Joseph.
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Agnes Salm-Salm agreed, believing he would go through with it, but the escape plan fell through and Maximilian was executed 19 June 1867 in Santiago de Queretaro.
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Felix Salm-Salm was released from custody in December 1867 and soon after, he returned to Europe, where Agnes joined him, and re-entered the Prussian Army.
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When Felix went to Europe to fight again in the Prussian Army, Agnes Salm-Salm soon joined him via New York.
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Agnes Salm-Salm was awarded the Cross of Merit for Women and Girls for army relief work.
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Agnes Salm-Salm lived for several years in Switzerland and Italy, part of the time with her friends, the Baron and Baroness von Stein.
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Agnes Salm-Salm returned briefly to the United States in 1899, but later settled in southern Germany.
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Agnes Salm-Salm died in her apartment in Karlsruhe, Germany, on December 21,1912.