Bentheimian Germany

Schwerinian Germany

Bentheimian Germany

 

 

• Lordship/County of Bentheim (1182-1530-1803)
  • in personal union with Steinfurt (1530-1693)
  • administered by Electorate of Hannover (1753-1803)
• Lordship/County of Steinfurt (1421-1530-1803)
  • in personal union with Bentheim (1421-1454) 
  • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Hohenlimburg (1610-1626)
• County of Tecklenburg (1262-1328; 1557-1696)
  • in personal union with Bentheim (1262-1279)
  • in personal union with Bentheim-Steinfurt (1557-1610)
• Lordship of Rheda (1557-1803)
  • in personal union with Bentheim-Steinfurt (1557-1610)
  • in personal union with Tecklenburg (1610-1696)
  • in personal union with Limburg-Hohenlimburg (1696-1806)
• County of Limburg-Hohenlimburg (1589-1806)
  • in personal union with Bentheim-Steinfurt (1589-1610)
  • in personal union with Bentheim-Alpen (1626-1629)
  • in personal union with Tecklenburg (1629-1696)

 

Schwerinian Germany

 

The Schwerinians emerged in Mecklenburg in the 12th century and founded the County of Schwerin. The county was partitioned once in 1282 and the younger line reunited the county in 1344. That line had already acquired the County of Tecklenburg (etymologically unrelated to Mecklenburg) by marriage in 1328. However, it lost Schwerin itself to the Duchy of Mecklenburg in 1358, leaving Tecklenburg as its only possession. Lingen was split off from Tecklenburg in 1493 but was lost to the Habsburgs in 1547. The line died out in 1557 and Tecklenburg reverted to Bentheimian Germany, where it had been prior to 1328. (Normally, I would place Tecklenburg and Lingen in Minor-Dynastic Germany, but I recognize Schwerinian Germany as a nation because of its intertwining with the Bentheimians.)

 

• County of Schwerin (1167-1358) 
  • County of Schwerin-Wittenburg (1282-1344)*
• County of Tecklenburg (1328-1534-1557)
• County of Lingen (1493-1541-1547)
  • in personal union with Tecklenburg (1541-1547)