Her family belonged to the high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire, with strong ties to other German princely houses.

[1][2] On 26 February 1637, Anna Katharina Dorothea married Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, one of the rulers in southwestern Germany during the Thirty Years' War.

The marriage strengthened ties between the Salm-Kyrburg family and the Duchy of Württemberg.

Anna Katharina Dorothea and Eberhard III had several children, many of whom played important roles in European nobility:[1] Anna Katharina Dorothea died on 27 June 1655 in Stuttgart, the capital of Württemberg.

[3][4] She was buried in the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart, the traditional burial place of Württemberg's ducal family.