County of Bentheim (& Steinfurt)

 

• Simplified country name: Bentheim-Steinfurt
• Nation: Bentheimian Germany
• Chronology
  • 1421: Created when the Götterswyk family acquired the County of Bentheim and the Lordship of Steinfurt and adopted the Bentheim name
  • 1454: Suspended upon the partition between Bentheim and Steinfurt
  • 1530: Restored upon the reunification of Bentheim and Steinfurt/beginning of database
  • 1610: Partitioned to create Alpen, Limburg, and Tecklenburg spin-offs
  • 1693: Terminated upon the repartition between Bentheim and Steinfurt
• Successors
  • County of Bentheim
  • County of Steinfurt
• Personal unions
  • as primary
    • County of Bentheim (1421-1454; 1530-1693)
    • Lordship/County of Steinfurt (1421-1454; 1530-1693)
    • County of Tecklenburg (1557-1610)
    • Lordship of Rheda (1557-1610)
    • County of Hohenlimburg (1589-1610)
• Spin-offs
  • County of Bentheim & Steinfurt-Alpen
  • County of Bentheim & Steinfurt-Limburg
  • County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
• Insourcings
  • from to Electorate of Cologne
    • Herrschaft Alpen (1589-1610; 1629-1632)
    • Erbvogtei Köln (1589-1610; 1623-1632
    • Herrschaft Helpenstein (1589-1610; 1629-1632)
    • Hertrschaft Wevelinghoven (1589-1632)