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-Steinfurt was partitioned: between itself and Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda in 1606; and between itself and Bentheim-Bentheim in 1643.
County of Bentheim-Steinfurt | |||||||||||||
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| 1454–1806 | |||||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Steinfurt | ||||||||||||
| Religion | (Majority from 1544) | ||||||||||||
| Government | County | ||||||||||||
| Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt | |||||||||||||
• 1454-1466 | Aronold I (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1780-1806 | Louis Ernest (last) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Partitioned from the County of Bentheim | 1454 | ||||||||||||
• Split off Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda | 1606 | ||||||||||||
• Split off Bentheim-Bentheim | 1643 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1806 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||||||||||
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