Limburg-Styrum-Gemen

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Limburg-Styrum-Gemen
Limburg-Styrum-Gehmen
1644 – 1782

Capital
Circle
Bench
Gemen
Lower Rhenish-West.
Counts of Westphalia
Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum 1644
Partitioned 1657
Extinct; to Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim 1782

Limburg-Styrum-Gemen was a county of medieval Germany, based in the Lordship of Gemen in modern North Rhine-Westphalia. It was partitioned from Limburg-Styrum in 1644, and in 1657 partitioned into itself and Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim. As Limburg-Styrum-Gemen ruled an Imperial Estate (Gemen), the Counts had a seat on the Bench of Counts of Westphalia. The line of Counts became extinct in 1782 and was inherited by the Counts of Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim.

Counts of Limburg-Styrum-Gemen (1644–1782)[edit]

Name

Reign

Adolph Ernest 1644–1657
Herman Otto II 1657–1704
Otto Leopold Ernest 1704–1754
Frederick Charles 1754–1771
August Philip Charles 1771–1782