Bentheim-Bentheim was a county in southeastern

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

, Germany, the borders of which by 1806 were the modern borders of the District of Bentheim. This county was formed from the county of Bentheim in 1277, and from it was formed

Bentheim-Steinfurt Bentheim-Steinfurt was a historical county located in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia in the region surrounding Steinfurt, Germany. Bentheim-Steinfurt was a partition of Bentheim-Bentheim, itself a partition of the County of Bentheim. Bentheim- ...

in 1454. Bentheim-Bentheim reemerged as a county in 1643 and was mediatised to

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in 1806, before being annexed to France in 1810. It was granted to

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

by the

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Counts of Bentheim-Bentheim (1277–1530)

Gerulfingen *Egbert (1277–1305) *John (1305–1333) *Simon (1333–1348) *Otto III (1348–1364) *Bernard I (1364–1421) Götterswyk *Eberwin I (1421–1454) *Bernard II (1454–1473) *Eberwin II (1473–1530)

Counts of Bentheim-Bentheim (1643–1806)

* Philip Conrad (1643–1668) * Arnold Maurice (1668–1701) * Herman Frederick (1701–1723) * Louis Francis (1723–1731) * Frederick Charles (1731–1803) *Louis (Count of

) (1803–1806) Counties of the Holy Roman Empire States and territories established in 1277 {{Germany-hist-stub