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Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda

Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda was a historical county located in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and southwestern Lower Saxony, Germany. Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda emerged as a partition of Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1606, and it was mediatised to Prussia in 1806.

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Today, the still-existing branches of the House of Bentheim are the Princes of Bentheim-Steinfurt with their seat at Steinfurt Castle (also still owners of the ancestral seat, Burg Bentheim), and the Princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda with their seat at Rheda Castle (also still owners of Hohenlimburg Castle).

Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda (1606–1806)

  • Adolph (1606–1625)
  • Maurice (1625–1674)
  • John Adolph (1674–1701)
  • Frederick Maurice (1701–1710)
  • Maurice Casimir I (1710–1768)
  • Maurice Casimir II (1768–1805)
  • Emil (1805–1806)

    • Mediatized Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda

  • Emil (1806-1817)

    • Mediatized Princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda

    1. Emil (1817-1837)
    2. Moritz Kasimir (1837-1872)
    3. Franz (1872-1885)
    4. Gustav (1885-1909)
    5. Adolf (1909-1967)
    6. Moritz-Casimir (1967-2014)
    7. Maximilian (2014-)

    References

    Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda Wikipedia
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