Friedrich Karl of Limburg Stirum, count of
Limburg Styrum
The House of Limburg-Stirum (or Limburg-Styrum), which adopted its name in the 12th century from the Imperial immediacy, immediate county of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany, is one of the oldest families in Europe. It is the eldest an ...
and
Bronckhorst
Bronckhorst () is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005. The municipality is named afte ...
, sovereign lord 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 ...
, son of
Otto Leopold of Limburg Stirum
August von Limburg-Stirum.
Otto Leopold of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord zu Gemen and Raesfeld, was born in 1688 the son of Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum.
He became lord zu Gemen in 1704 at the death ...
, was born in 1710.
He was lord 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 ...
between 1743 and 1771. He died in 1771 without descendants.
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 ...
passed to his
brother
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.
Friedrich Karl
1710 births
1771 deaths
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