Nicholas, Count of Salm

In 1502, he married Elisabeth von Rogendorff; they had several children, including: In the Battle of Pavia in 1525 Nicholas of Salm played an important role in taking King Francis I of France prisoner.

In 1529 aged 70, he was asked to organize the defense of Vienna during the first siege by the Turks, which he did with great skill and success.

Salm is the central figure in the modern era German author Wolfgang Hohlbein's novel Die Wiederkehr.

Salm figures in The Shadow of the Vulture, by Robert E. Howard, where he is acquainted with, and still has respect for, fallen knight von Kalmbach.

As "Von Salm", he figures as a supporting character in the Tim Powers novel The Drawing of the Dark.