Counties of Bentheim-Bentheim & Bentheim-Steinfurt
This page covers the lineage-based countries of Bentheim-Bentheim and Bentheim-Steinfurt, which were partitioned from Bentheim & Steinfurt in 1643. Their core territories were originally the geographic countries after which they were named. In 1693, however, they traded territories so that both of the geographic countries of Bentheim and Steinfurt were ruled by lines bearing the name of the other. To avoid confusion, I ignore the lineage-based names in the simplified names of the geographic countries after 1643.
County of Bentheim-Benthiem
- Nation: Bentheimian Germany
- Predecessor: County of Bentheim & Steinfurt
- Chronology
- 1643: Created upon the partition of Bentheim & Steinfurt
- 1693: Trades its core territory of Bentheim to Bentheim-Steinfurt in exchange for that country’s core territory of Steinfurt
- 1806: Terminated upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
- Personal unions
- as primary
- County of Benheim (1643-1693)
- County of Steinfurt (1693-1806)
- as primary
County of Bentheim-Steinfurt
- Nation: Bentheimian Germany
- Predecessor: County of Bentheim & Steinfurt
- Chronology
- 1643: Created upon the partition of Bentheim & Steinfurt
- 1693: Trades its core territory of Steinfurt to Bentheim-Bentheim in exchange for that country’s core territory of Bentheim
- 1806: Terminated upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
- Personal unions
- County of Steinfurt (1643-1693)
- County of Bentheim (1693-1806)