Moritz Hermann of Limburg, (born 1664, died 1703), count 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 ...
was the second reigning count of the branch
Limburg-Styrum-Styrum
Limburg-Styrum-Styrum was a County of medieval Germany, based in the Lordship of Styrum in modern North Rhine-Westphalia. Limburg-Styrum-Styrum was a partition of Limburg-Styrum in 1644. When the line of Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim became exti ...
.
Early life
He was son of
Count Moritz of Limburg-Stirum and his wife Countess Maria Bernhardine of
Limburg-Bronckhorst (1637-1713)
Personal life
He married in 1692 Countess Elisabeth Dorothea von
Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1665-1722), daughter of
Count Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg and his wife Countess Christine Luise von
Daun-Falkenstein (1640-1702). They had issue:
*
Christian Otto, count of
Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
* Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...
Bronkhorst
Bronkhorst is a village in the municipality of Bronckhorst, Gelderland, the Netherlands. Technically, it is a city (see below) and with only 157 inhabitants (2010), it is one of the smallest cities in the Netherlands (after Staverden, Eembrugge a ...
and
Stirum
Styrum (; sometimes spelled "Stirum") was an immediate lordship in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It held no seat in the Diet and was circumvened by the Lordship of Broich.
The exact dat ...
(born 1694, died 1749);
*
Johann Philipp Wilhelm, count 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 ...
(born 1695, died 1758);
* Bernhard Alexander, born 1698 and died 1758. He married in 1740 Countess Luise von
Wiser Wiser may refer to:
* Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders, known as WISER
* ''Wiser'' (album), by Halou
* Wiser, Indiana, a small town in the United States
* Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER), a non-pr ...
(born 1711, died 1786);
* Maria Ludowika, born 1699, died 1719, a nun in Köln;
* Karl Moritz, born 1701 and died 1744.
* Johann Ludwig, born 1702 and died 1706.
Sources
* De takken Gemen en Styrum van het geslacht van Limburg Stirum; Dr. A.J. Bonke; Stichting van Limburg Stirum; 's-Gravenhage, 2007
* Iconografie van het Geslacht van Limburg Stirum; C.J. Graaf van Limburg Stirum; Walburg Instituut, Amsterdam, 1994
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Counts of Limburg Stirum
1650 births
1703 deaths