Salm-Salm was created as a partition of Salm-Dhaun in 1574, and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1739 after being inherited and renamed by Count Nicholas Leopold of Salm-Hoogstraten.
Salm-Salm eraldus Salm-Dhaunist aastal 1574 ja ülendati aastal 1739 krahvkonnast vürstkonnaks pärast seda, kui Salm-Hoogstrateni krahv Nikolaus Leopold selle päris ja ümber nimetas.