Ferdinand IV August Carl Joseph Johannes Nepomuk Thaddeus, Count of Limburg-Stirum zu Illereichen, (24 September 1785-5 December 1800) was sovereign lord of the immediate lordship of

Gemen Gemen was an immediate, sovereign lordship of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Lower Rhine region. Since Gemen had a vote in the Imperial Diet it was also an Imperial Estate. It was centered on Gemen, a small town and castle in the present municipal ...

. He was born in 1785, the son of Count

Johann of Limburg Stirum Johann Nepomuck of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum, sovereign lord zu Gemen, son of Alois of Limburg Stirum, was born in 1756. He married in 1784 Maria Walpurga vom Stain (born 1767, died 1787) and they had issue: * Ferdinand IV, count ...

and his wife Baroness Maria Walpurga vom Stain zu Rechtenstein. At the age of 13, when his grandfather

Karl Josef of Limburg Stirum Karl Josef Maximilian of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum, sovereign lord zu Gemen, was the son of Alois of Limburg Stirum. He inherited the immediate lordship of Gemen from his uncle Ferdinand I of Limburg Stirum in 1791 and remained unti ...

died, he inherited the immediate lordship of

along with the associated seat on the

Bench of Counts of Westphalia The Bench of Counts of Westphalia, a historical title of nobility, was one of the four Count, comital benches of the Reichstag (Holy Roman Empire), Reichstag in the Holy Roman Empire. Collectively, the Counts exercised one vote. Territories which b ...

in the Imperial Diet. He also inherited the fortress of

Simontornya Simontornya is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. File:SimonsTower.jpg, Simon's Tower at the center of town See also * Simontornya Castle The Castle of Simontornya is a 13th-century Renaissance castle in Simontornya, Hungary. The castle went ...

in Hungary. With his death at the age of 15, the Gemen-branch of the House of

Limburg Stirum The House of Limburg-Stirum (or Limburg-Styrum), which adopted its name in the 12th century from the immediate county of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany, is one of the oldest families in Europe. It is the eldest and only surviving br ...

became extinct. Historians assume that the Styrum-branch of the House of Limburg Stirum took over his seat in the Imperial Diet.Duke and Prince Jean Engelbert d'

Arenberg Arenberg, also spelled as Aremberg or Ahremberg, is a former county, principality and finally duchy that was located in what is now Germany. The Dukes of Arenberg remain a prominent Belgian noble family. History First mentioned in the 12th ...

, "The Lesser Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in the Napoleonic Era" dissertation, Washington, DC, 1950, published as Les Princes du St-Empire à l'époque napoléonienne (Louvain, 1951) 15ff

went to Reichsfreiherr Aloys von Boineburg-Bömelberg Zu Erolsheim. It was mediatized in 1806 to the princes of

Salm-Kyrburg Salm-Kyrburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, one of the various partitions of Salm. It was twice created: the first time as a Wild- and Rhinegraviate (partitioned from Upper Salm), and se ...

References

* W. Gf v. Limburg Stirum, "Stamtafel der Graven van Limburg Stirum", 's Gravenhage 1878; * A.M.H.J. Stokvis, "Manuel d'Histoire, de Genealogie et de Chronologie de tous les États du Globe", Tome III, Leiden 1890-93; * A. Giraud, M. Huberty, F. et B. Magdelaine, ''L'Allemagne Dynastique'', tome VII. {{DEFAULTSORT:Limburg Stirum, Ferdinand 04 of 1785 births 1800 deaths Ferdinand 04