County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg/Hohenlimburg

 

• Nation: Bentheimian Germany
• Predecessor: County of Bentheim & Steinfurt
• Chronology
  • 1610: Created upon partition of Bentheim & Steinfurt
  • 1696: Renamed as Bentheim-Hohenlimburg upon the awarding of Tecklenburg to Solm-Braunfels by an Imperial court (1)
  • 1806: Terminated upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
• Personal unions
  • as primary
    • County of Tecklenburg (1610-1696)
    • Lordship of Rheda (1610-1806)
    • County of Hohenlimburg (1629-1806)
• Insourcings
  • within the Electorate of Cologne (1610-1794)

 

(1) The lineage-based country did not, in fact, rename itself. However, I use the alternate name to avoid the confusion associated with using the Tecklenburg name for a country that no longer contains Tecklenburg proper.