County of Bentheim

 

  • Simplified country name:
    • Bentheim (1693-1753)
    • Bentheim-Hannover (1753-1803)
  • Nation: Bentheimian Germany
  • Predecessor: County of Bentheim & Steinfurt
  • Chronology
    • 1182: Created as a county that included Tecklenburg, but not Steinfurt
    • 1328: Surrendered Tecklenburg to Schwerin
    • 1421: Acquired by the Götterswyk family, which adopted the Bentheim name and combined it in personal union with Steinfurt
    • 1454: Indepdndence restored upon the partition of Bentheim & Steinfurt
    • 1530: Reunified in personal union with Steinfurt/beginning of database
    • 1693: Indepndence restored again upon the repartition of Bentheim & Steinfurt
    • 1753: Administration shifted to the Electorate of Hannover
    • 1803: Occupied by Napoleonic France/end of database
  • Personal unions
    • as secondary
      • County of Bentheim & Steinfurt (1530-1693)
  • Outsourcing
    • from Bentheim to
      • Electorate of Hannover (1753-1803)