The statelet was created on 25 February 1803 as one of the results of the
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (
Imperial Recess of 1803), in which the House of Salm-Reifferscheidt-
Bedburg was compensated for the loss of its areas on the
left bank of the Rhine by becoming a principality formed from
Mainz and
Würzburg possessions. The territory of the new principality included the former possessions of
Schöntal Abbey,
Krautheim, the and the of Würzburg. The ruling prince was
Franz, 1st Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim. The principality was mediatised after only three years on 12 July 1806 in Article 24 of the , and the territory north of the
Jagst given to the Grand Duchy of Baden, and to the south of the Jagst to the Kingdom of Württemberg. His son,
Konstantine, succeeded him in 1831, but sold his lordly privileges to the
Grand Duchy of Baden in 1839. His son,
Leopold, the 4th Prince, inherited
Schloss Dyck from
Alfred, 2nd Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1888. Upon the death of
Franz, 6th Prince and Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim und Dyck, the male line of the Princes of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck of the Salm-Reifferscheidt family became extinct. ==Counts of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim (1803–1804)==