Bentheim-Tecklenburg [SEP] inception
Bentheim-Tecklenburg
Bentheim-Tecklenburg was a German county based in the region around Tecklenburg in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Bentheim-Tecklenburg emerged as a partition of the County of Bentheim in 1277, and was partitioned between itself and Bentheim-Lingen in 1450. Count Conrad converted his County to Lutheranism in 1541. In 1557, it was inherited by Bentheim-Steinfurt.
Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1277–1557).
- Otto III (1277–1338)
- Otto IV (1289–1302)
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Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda was a historical county located in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and southwestern Lower Saxony, Germany. Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda emerged as a partition of Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1606, and it was mediatised to Prussia in 1806.
The extant branches of the House of Bentheim are the Princes of Bentheim-Steinfurt with their family seat seat in Steinfurt , the Princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg and the Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda.
Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg