Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda

Coat of arms of the Princes of 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.

Today, the still-existing branches of the House of Bentheim are the Princes of Bentheim-Steinfurt with their seat at Steinfurt Castle (also still owners of the ancestral seat, Burg Bentheim), and the Princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda with their seat at Rheda Castle (also still owners of Hohenlimburg Castle).

Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda (1606–1806)

Rheda Castle

Hohenlimburg Castle

• Adolph (1606–1625)
• Maurice (1625–1674)
• John Adolph (1674–1701)
• Frederick Maurice (1701–1710)
• Maurice Casimir I (1710–1768)
• Maurice Casimir II (1768–1805)
• Emil (1805–1806)

Mediatized Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda

• Emil (1806-1817)

Mediatized Princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda

1. Emil (1817-1837)
2. Moritz Kasimir (1837-1872)
3. Franz (1872-1885)
4. Gustav (1885-1909)
5. Adolf (1909-1967)
6. Moritz-Casimir (1967-2014)
7. Maximilian (2014-)

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References

1. Online Gotha–Bentheim