Bentheim-Tecklenburg

Bentheim-Tecklenburg was a German district based in the region around Tecklenburg in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Bentheim-Tecklenburg emerged as a partition of the County of Bentheim in 1277, and was partitioned between itself and Bentheim-Lingen in 1450. Count Conrad converted his County to Lutheranism in 1541. In 1557, it was inherited by Bentheim-Steinfurt.

Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1277–1557)

• Otto III (1277–1338)
• Otto IV (1289–1302)
• Otto V (1302–1328)
• Richardis (1328–1338)
• Nicholas I (Count of Alt-Bruchhausen and Schwerin) (1338–1360)
• Otto VI (1360–1388)
• Nicholas II (1388–1426)
• Otto VII (1426–1450)
• Nicholas III (Count of Bentheim-Lingen) (1450–1493)
• Otto VIII (1493–1526)
• Conrad (Count of Bentheim-Lingen) (1526–1557)

(Mediatized) Princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1817–)

• Emil, 1st Prince 1817–1837 (1765-1837)
  • Moritz Kasimir, 2nd Prince 1837–1872 (1795-1872)
  • Franz, 3rd Prince 1872-1885 (1800-1885)
  • Prince Adolf Ludwig (1804-1874)
    • Gustav, 4th Prince 1885-1909 (1849-1909)
      • Adolf, 5th Prince 1909-1967 (1889-1967)
        • Moritz Casimir, 6th Prince 1967-2014 (1923-2014)
          • Prince Carl-Gustav Moritz-Casimir (1960-) - renounced succession rights
          • Maximilian, 7th Prince 2014- (1969-)
            • Prince Moritz (2003-)
            • Prince Carl-Emil (2010-)

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