Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

Descendants of
Everwinus de Gotterswich 
(24 generations)
 

     Everwinus de Gotterswich 
       mentioned 1202 
                 Children, Generation I

       Generation I 
            1  Arnold I de Gotterswich 
               mentioned 1228 
                         Children, Generation II-1 

       II-1 (I-1) 

            1  Everwin II 
               Herr von Gotterswick 
               mentioned 1266 and 1280 
                         Children, Generation III-1 

      III-1 (II-1-1) 

            1  Arnold II 
               Herr von Gotterswick 
               mentioned 1281 and 1284 
                         Children, Generation IV-1 

            2  Bertradis von Gotterswick 
               mentioned 1291 and 1300 
               Married Dietrich von Isenburg-Limburg, son of Johann von 
               Limburg and Agnes von Wildenberg 

       IV-1 (III-1-1) 

          1  Everwin III 
               Herr von Gotterswick 
               mentioned 1329 and 1348 
               Married Rikarda von Limburg, daughter of Hermann, Count von 
               Limburg 
                         Children, Generation V-1 

        V-1 (IV-1-1) 

          1  Everwin IV 
               Herr von Gotterswick 
               mentioned 1334 and 1378 
               Married Countess Hedwig von Bentheim, daughter of Johann 
               II, Count von Bentheim, Burggraaf van Utrecht and Mechtild 
               zur Lippe 
               Born before 13 May 1317 
               Died after 1371 
                         Children, Generation VI-1 

            2  Jutta von Gotterswick 

       VI-1 (V-1-1) 

          1  Arnold III von Bentheim 
               Died 9 April 1403 
               Married Mathilde von Reifferscheid-Bedbur, daughter of 
               Reinhard von Reifferscheid-Bedbur and Marie van Heinsberg, 
               Dame d'Agimont 
               Born 1385 / 1386 
               Died 1426 
                         Children, Generation VII-1 

      VII-1 (VI-1-1) 

          1  Everwin I 
               Count zu Bentheim 
               Born 1397 
               Died 4 March 1454 
               Married (1) 28 June 1404 
               Mechtild von Steinfurt, daughter of Ludolf VIII, Herr zu 
               Steinfurt and Lukkard (von Schaumburg) 
               Died 17 March 1420 
               Married (2) Gisberta van Bronckhorst, daughter of Otto, 
               Heer van Bronckhorst en Borculo and Countess Agnes zu 
               Solms-Braunfels 
                         Children, Generation VIII-1 

            2  Mechtild von Bentheim 

            3  Hedwig van Bentheim 

            4  Aleyt von Bentheim 
               Died 3 June 1448 
               Married 18 July 1415 * 
               Jan II van Culemborg, Heer van Culemborg en Weerde, son of 
               Gerrit I van Culemborg, Heer van Culemburg and Baerte van 
               Egmond 
               Died 1 April 1452 

     VIII-1 (VII-1-1) 

        (1) 1  Lutgardis/Liutgarde von Bentheim 
               Died 21 May 1445 
               Married 10 November 1429 
               Willem II van Polanen, Heer van Berg, Hedel, Millingen en 
               Didam, son of Otto van der Leck, Heer van Hedel & Almsten 
               and Sophia van den Bergh 
               Born 22 February 1404 
               Died 25 November 1465 

            2  Bernhard 
               Count zu Bentheim 
               Died 1473 
               Married Anna van Egmond, daughter of Willem van Egmond, 
               Heer van Egmond & IJsselstein and Walburga von Moers und 
               Saarwerden, Heiress of Baer & Lathum 
                         Children, Generation IX-1

            3  Arnold 
               Count von Bentheim zu Steinfurt 
               Died 16 February 1466 
               Married 1458 
               Katharina von Gemen, Heiress of Wevelinghoven, daughter of 
               Heinrich, Herr von Gemen und Wevelinghoven and Anna von 
               Wevelinghoven, Heiress of Wevelinghoven & Lievendael 
               Died after 21 February 1502 
                         Children, Generation IX-2 

       IX-1 (VIII-1-2) 

            1  Everwin II 
               Count zu Bentheim 
               Born 1461 
               Died 13 December 1530 
               Married (1) 10 May 1490 
               Ingeburg von Mecklenburg, daughter of Ulrich II, Duke of 
               Mecklenburg zu Stargard and Katharine von Werle 
               Died 8 April 1509 
                         Children, Generation X-1

       IX-2 (VIII-1-3) 

          1  Everwin 
               Count von Bentheim zu Steinfurt 
               Born 1459 
               Died 1498 
               Married 1494 
               Countess Adelheid von Hoya, daughter of Otto VII, Count zu 
               Hoya and Anna zur Lippe 
               Died 11 April 1513 
                         Children, Generation X-2 

            2  Agnes von Bentheim 
               Married 6 October 1488 
               Count Jakob van Bronckhorst 
               Died 25 April 1516 

        X-1 (IX-1-1) 

      (1) 1  Countess Maria von Bentheim 
               Died 1527 
               Married 1517 
               Arnold I, Count von Bentheim, Herr zu Steinfurt, son of 
               Everwin, Count von Bentheim zu Steinfurt and Countess 
               Adelheid von Hoya 
               Born 1497 
               Died 1553 
                         S.P. 

            2  Countess Anna von Bentheim 
               Died 21 March 1559 
               Married Ernst V, Count von Honstein 1530-1552, son of Ernst 
               IV, Count von Honstein-Klettenberg and Margarethe von Gera 
               Died 25 June 1552 

            3  Bernhard 
               Count von Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Died 4 May 1528 
               Married Countess Margarethe von Wied, daughter of Johann 
               III, Count von Wied and Countess Elisabeth von 
               Nassau-Dillenburg 
               Died 5 August 1571 

            4  Countess Christina von Bentheim 

        X-2 (IX-2-1) 

           1  Arnold I 
               Count von Bentheim, Herr zu Steinfurt 
               Born 1497 
               Died 1553 
               Married (1) 1517 
               Countess Maria von Bentheim, daughter of Everwin II, Count 
               zu Bentheim and Ingeburg von Mecklenburg 
               Died 1527 
               Married (2) 30 January 1530 
               Walburga van Brederode, daughter of Walraven II, 10.Heer 
               van Brederode, Vianen en Ameide and Anna von Neuenahr 
               Born 8 January 1512 
               Died 1567 
                         Children, Generation XI-1 

       XI-1 (X-2-1) 

        (2) 1  Countess Agnes von Bentheim 
               Born 1531 
               Died 15 September 1589 
               Married (1) 1552 
               Johann II, Count von Rietberg, son of Otto III, Count von 
               Rietberg and Onna , Heiress of Esens, Wittmund and 
               Stedesdorf 
               Died 9 December 1562 
               Married (2) Count Otto VIII von Hoya, son of Jobst II, 
               Count von Hoya and Countess Anna Magdalena von Gleichen 
               Born 1530 
               Died 25 February 1582 

            2  Everwin III 
               Count von Bentheim 
               Born 1536 
               Died 19 February 1562 
               Married circa 12 February 1553 
               Countess Anna von Tecklenburg, Heiress of Tecklenburg and 
               Rheda, daughter of Konrad, Count von Tecklenburg and 
               Landgraefin Mathilde von Hessen 
               Born 5 July 1532 
               Died 23 August 1582 
                         Children, Generation XII-1 

            3  Count Arnold von Bentheim 
               Born 1538 
               Died 1566 
               Married 2 March 1561 
               Duchess Magdalena Sophie of Brunswick-Lueneburg, daughter of 
               Ernst "the Confessor", Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg and 
               Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 
               Born 1540 
               Died 1586 
                         S.P. 

      XII-1 (XI-1-2) 

            1  Arnold II 
               Count von Bentheim 
               Born 2 October 1554 
               Died 11 January 1606 
               Married 24 June 1573 
               Countess Magdalena von Neuenahr, Heiress of Limburg, 
               daughter of Gumprecht IV, Count von Neuenahr und von 
               Limburg and Amoene von Daun-Falkenstein, Heiress of Limburg 
               Born 1551 
               Died 13 January 1626 
                         Children, Generation XIII-1 

            2  Countess Walburga von Bentheim 
               Born 24 October 1555 
               Died 9 April 1628 
               Married 20 August 1576 
               Count Hermann I zu Wied, son of Johann IV, Count von Wied 
               and Countess Catharina von Hanau-Muenzenberg 
               Died 10 December 1591 nr Rouen 

     XIII-1 (XII-1-1) 

            1  Count Everwin Wirich von Bentheim 
               Born 1575 
               Died 1596 

            2  Adolf 
               Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 17 July 1577 
               Died 5 November 1628 
               Married 30 November 1606 Birstein 
               Countess Margaretha von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, daughter 
               of Johann Ludwig I, Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 
               1568-1596 and Countess Maria von Nassau-Dillenburg 
               Born 15 September 1589 
               Died 27 December 1660 Rheda 
                         Children, Generation XIV-1

            3  Countess Anna zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 4 January 1579 Steinfurt 
               Died 9 December 1624 Bernburg 
               Married 2 July 1595 Lorbach 
               Christian I, Fuerst von Anhalt-Bernburg, son of Joachim 
               Ernst, Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau and Countess 
               Agnes von Barby-Muehlingen 
               Born 11 May 1568 Bernburg 
               Died 17 April 1630 Bernburg 

            4  Arnold Jobst 
               Count zu Bentheim-Bentheim 
               Born 4 April 1580 
               Died 26 August 1643 
               Married 1608 
               Countess Amalie zu Ysenburg und Buedingen, daughter of 
               Wolfgang Ernst I, Count von Ysenburg-Buedingen and Countess 
               Anna von Gleichen-Rhemda 
               Born 31 October 1591 
               Died 15 November 1667 
                         Children, Generation XIV-2 

            5  Count Wilhelm Heinrich von Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 4 February 1584 
               Died 6 October 1632 
               Married 2 November 1617 
               Countess Anna Elisabeth von Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of 
               Johann Georg I, Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau and Pfalzgraefin 
               Dorothea von Simmern 
               Born 5 April 1598 
               Died April 1660 
                         S.P. 

            6  Count Conrad Gumprecht von Bentheim-Limburg 
               Born 10 March 1585 
               Died 10 March 1618 
               Married 16 December 1616 Beilstein 
               Countess Johannetta Elisabeth von Nassau-Dillenburg, 
               daughter of Johann VI, Count von Nassau-Dillenburg and 
               Countess Johannetta zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 
               Born 13 February 1593 Dillenburg 
               Died 13 September 1654 H.Limburg 
               Buried Elsey 
                         Children, Generation XIV-3

            7  Countess Amoena Amalia von Bentheim 
               Born 19 March 1586 
               Died 8 September 1625 
               Married 31 October 1606 
               Ludwig, Fuerst von Anhalt-Koethen 1603-1650, son of Joachim 
               Ernst, Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau and Duchess 
               Eleonore von Wurttemberg 
               Born 17 June 1579 
               Died 7 January 1650 

            8  Count Friedrich Ludolf zu Bentheim-Alphen 
               Born 29 August 1587 
               Died 8 January 1629 

            9  Countess Magdalena von Bentheim 
               Born 6 May 1591 
               Married 24 May 1631 
               Count Georg Ernst von Limburg-Stirum, son of Count Joost 
               van Limburg en Bronckhorst and Countess Maria von 
               Holstein-Schauenburg 
               Born 29 August 1593 Brake 
               Died September 1661 

      XIV-1 (XIII-1-2) 

            1  Moritz 
               Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 31 May 1615 
               Died 25 February 1674 
               Married 9 February 1636 
               Countess Johanna Dorothea von Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of 
               Johann Georg I, Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau and Pfalzgraefin 
               Dorothea von Simmern 
               Born 24 March 1612 
               Died 26 April 1695 
                         Children, Generation XV-1 

            2  Count Friedrich Ludwig zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 1617 
               Died 1643 

            3  Countess Sibylla Julia zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Died 1647 
               Married Count Prosper Arco 
               Died 1679 

            4  Countess Renata zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Died 1649 

            5  Countess Maria Magdalena zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 

      XIV-2 (XIII-1-4) 

            1  Ernst Wilhelm 
               Count zu Bentheim-Bentheim 
               Born 6 December 1623 
               Died 26 August 1693 
               Married (1) 21 August 1661 Div.1678 
               Countess Gertrud von Zelst, daughter of Hartger van Zelst 
               and NN Terink 
               Died 1679 
               Married (2) 5 August 1678 
               Countess Anna Isabella von Limburg-Stirum, daughter of 
               Count Adolph Ernst van Limburg-Stirum, zu Gemen and 
               Countess Maria Isabella von Vehlen und Meggen 
               Born circa 1654 
               Died 23 May 1723 
                         Children, Generation XV-2

            2  Countess Anna Magdalena zu Bentheim-Bentheim 
               Died 1692 
               Married 1655 
               Count Alexander von Vehlen und Meggen, Freiherr zu Raesfeld 
               in Bretzenheim 
               Died 10 October 1675 

            3  Countess Anna Amalie zu Bentheim-Bentheim 
               Died 8 May 1668 
               Married 1667 
               Count Gerhard von Effern 

            4  Countess Amoena Elisabeth zu Bentheim-Bentheim 
               Died 1702 
               Married 18 July 1654 
               Count Karl Otto zu Solms-Laubach, son of Albrecht Otto II, 
               Count zu Solms-Laubach and Countess Catharina Juliana von 
               Hanau-Muenzenberg 
               Born 22 August 1633 
               Died 6 August 1676 

            5  Philipp Konrad 
               Count von Bentheim in Steinfurt 
               Born 1627 
               Died 8 May 1668 
               Married 21 March 1661 
               Countess Anna Elisabeth zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg, daughter 
               of Moritz, Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg and Countess 
               Johanna Dorothea von Anhalt-Dessau 
               Born 1642 
               Died 22 May 1696 
                         Children, Generation XV-3

      XIV-3 (XIII-1-6) 

            1  Count Wilhelm von Bentheim-Limburg 
               Born 1618 
               Died 1625 

       XV-1 (XIV-1-1) 

            1  Johann Adolf 
               Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1674-1704 
               Born 22 September 1637 
               Died 29 August 1704 
               Married (1) May 1664 Tecklenburg Div.1675 
               Countess Johanna Dorothea zur Lippe-Alverdissen, daughter 
               of Philipp I, Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Alverdissen and 
               Landgraefin Sofia von Hessen-Kassel 
               Born 23 March 1649 Bueckeburg 
               Died August 1695 
               Married (2) 21 April 1679 Halle Div.1693 
               Landgraefin Charlotte von Hessen zu Eschwege, daughter of 
               Friedrich, Landgraf von Hessen zu Eschwege and Pfalzgraefin 
               Eleonora Catharina von Zweibrucken-Kleeburg 
               Born 3 September 1653 Eschwege 
               Died 7 February 1708 Bremen 
                         Children, Generation XVI-1 

            2  Countess Sophie Agnes zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 1638 
               Died 8 October 1691 

            3  Countess Anna Elisabeth zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 1642 
               Died 22 May 1696 
               Married (1) 21 March 1661 
               Philipp Konrad, Count von Bentheim in Steinfurt, son of 
               Arnold Jobst, Count zu Bentheim-Bentheim and Countess 
               Amalie zu Ysenburg und Buedingen 
               Born 1627 
               Died 8 May 1668 
               Married (2) 27 May 1684 
               Georg II, Count zu Leiningen-Westerburg 1695-1726, son of 
               Georg Wilhelm, Count von Leiningen-Westerburg and Countess 
               Sofia Elisabeth zur Lippe-Detmold 
               Born 2 March 1666 
               Died 4 May 1726 

            4  Countess Konradina zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 28 April 1647 
               Died 2 September 1705 
               Married 5 June 1686 
               Friedrich, Count zu Wied 1631-1698, son of Count Hermann II 
               zu Wied and Countess Juliana Elisabeth zu Solms-Hohensolms 
               Born 16 November 1618 
               Died 3 May 1698 
                         S.P. 

            5  Countess Ludowika zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born September 1648 Tecklenburg 
               Died 23 December 1722 Rheda 
               Married 19 May 1667 Tecklenburg 
               Count Wilhelm zur Lippe-Brake, son of Otto, Graf und Edler 
               Herr zur Lippe-Brake and Countess Margaretha von 
               Nassau-Dillenburg 
               Born 12 April 1634 Brake 
               Died February 1690 

            6  Friedrich Moritz 
               Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 27 October 1653 
               Died 13 December 1710 
               Married (1) December 1689 
               Countess Sophie Theresia von Ronow und Biberstein 
               Born 10 December 1660 
               Died 27 April 1694 
               Married (2) 3 January 1696 Brake 
               Countess Christine Marie zur Lippe-Brake, daughter of 
               Kasimir, Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Brake and Countess 
               Anna Amalie von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg 
               Born 26 September 1673 Brake 
               Died 31 January 1732 Bosfeld 
                         Children, Generation XVI-2 

       XV-2 (XIV-2-1) 

        (1) 1  Ernest 
               Count zu Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 18 November 1661 
               Died 10 March 1713 
               Married 16 April 1701 
               Countess Isabella Justine van Horne, daughter of Count 
               Willem Adriaan van Horne, Baron van Kessel, Heer van 
               Batenburg and Anna van Nassau 
               Died 3 July 1734 
                         Children, Generation XVI-3

            2  Count Christoph Bernhard zu Bentheim-Bentheim 
               Born 31 December 1664 
               Died 31 October 1697 

            3  Count Arnold Jost zu Bentheim-Bentheim 
               Born 21 January 1666 
               Died 8 May 1691 

            4  Count Statius Philipp zu Bentheim-Bentheim 
               Born 26 August 1668 
               Died 22 March 1749 
               Married 1698 
               Countess Johanna Sidonie van Horne, daughter of Count 
               Willem Adriaan van Horne, Baron van Kessel, Heer van 
               Batenburg and Anna van Nassau 
               Died 6 March 1762 
                         S.P. 

        (2) 5  Countess Eleonore Magdalene von Bentheim 
               Heiress of Zoppenbroich 
               Born 6 February 1687 
               Died 1 March 1727 Neersen 
               Married 25 November 1705 
               Count Ambrosius Franz von Virmond 
               Born 15 December 1682 
               Died 19 November 1744 Wetzlar 

       XV-3 (XIV-2-5) 

            1  Philipp Konrad 
               Count von Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 21 January 1663 
               Died 15 November 1701 
               Married 1692 
               Countess Johannetta Franziska von Manderscheid-Blankenheim, 
               daughter of Salentin Ernst, Count von 
               Manderscheid-Blankenheim and Countess Christina Elisabeth 
               zu Erbach 
               Born 26 September 1663 
               Died 29 April 1704 
                         Children, Generation XVI-4 

      XVI-1 (XV-1-1) 

        (1) 1  Countess Sophie Juliane zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 

      XVI-2 (XV-1-6) 

      (2) 1  Countess Johanna Louise zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 8 June 1696 
               Died 1 November 1735 
               Married 28 December 1727 
               Count Karl Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg zu Rheda, 
               son of Ludwig Franz, Count von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 
               and Countess Hedwig zur Lippe-Brake 
               Born 4 April 1693 
               Died 18 January 1749 Rheda 

            2  Moritz Kasimir I 
               Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 8 March 1701 Hohenlimburg 
               Died 2 June 1768 Rheda 
               Married (1) 5 July 1727 Meerholz 
               Countess Albertine zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in Meerholz, 
               daughter of Count Georg Albrecht zu Ysenburg und Buedingen 
               in Meerholz and Countess Amalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein- 
               Berleburg 
               Born 4 July 1703 Meerholz 
               Died 26 September 1749 Hohenlimburg 
               Married (2) 2 July 1750 
               Countess Isabella Sidonia zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, 
               daughter of Count Friedrich zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and 
               Countess Franziska Charlotte zur Lippe-Detmold 
               Born 25 April 1725 
               Died 7 August 1782 
                         Children, Generation XVII-1 

      XVI-3 (XV-2-1) 

            1  Count Friedrich zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 24 January 1703 
               Died 7 June 1733 
               Married 4 July 1724 Detmold 
               Countess Franziska Charlotte zur Lippe-Detmold, daughter of 
               Count Friedrich Adolf zur Lippe-Detmold and Countess Amalia 
               zu Solms-Hohensolms 
               Born 11 November 1704 Detmold 
               Died 12 June 1738 Burgsteinfurt 
                         Children, Generation XVII-2

            2  Count Transisulanus Wilhelm zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 19 January 1705 
               Died 23 March 1743 

            3  Count Geldricus Friedrich zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 16 May 1706 
               Died 17 September 1734 

      XVI-4 (XV-3-1) 

            1  Hermann Friedrich 
               Count von Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 25 September 1693 
               Died 29 November 1731 
               Married June 1717 
               Landgraefin Bernhardine von Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg zu 
               Wanfried, daughter of Karl, Landgraf von 
               Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg and Countess Juliane Alexandrine 
               von Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim 
               Born 21 February 1695 
               Died 14 August 1768 Wetzlar 
                         Children, Generation XVII-3 

            2  Countess Anna Karoline von Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 1696 
               Died 9 January 1726 

            3  Count Johann Wilhelm von Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 1697 
               Died 1718 

            4  Count Leopold Ludwig Franz von Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 1698 
               Died 1751 

            5  Countess Anna Maria Alexandrine von Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 1706 
               Died 1717 

     XVII-1 (XVI-2-2) 

      (1) 1  Countess Friederike Luise zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 1729 
               Died 1747 

            2  Moritz Kasimir II 
               Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 12 September 1735 Hohenlimburg 
               Died 4 November 1805 Rheda 
               Married 2 September 1761 Berleburg 
               Countess Helene von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, daughter 
               of Count Ludwig Franz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 
               Ludwigsburg and Countess Helene Aemilie zu Solms-Baruth 
               Born 8 December 1739 Berleburg 
               Died 4 November 1805 Rheda 
                         Children, Generation XVIII-1

            3  Countess Ferdinande von Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 24 August 1737 Rheda 
               Died 23 April 1779 Rheda 
               Married 16 October 1766 Rheda 
               Karl, Graf und Edler Herr von Lippe-Biesterfeld, son of 
               Friedrich, Graf und Edler Herr von Lippe-Biesterfeld and 
               Countess Barbara zu Solms-Baruth 
               Born 2 November 1735 Biesterfeld 
               Died 19 November 1810 Marburg 

            4  Count Karl Philipp zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 1746 
               Died 1753 

     XVII-2 (XVI-3-1) 

          1  Countess Isabella Sidonia zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 25 April 1725 
               Died 7 August 1782 
               Married 2 July 1750 
               Moritz Kasimir I, Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda, son 
               of Friedrich Moritz, Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               and Countess Christine Marie zur Lippe-Brake 
               Born 8 March 1701 Hohenlimburg 
               Died 2 June 1768 Rheda 
                         S.P. 

            2  Countess Karolina zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 2 June 1726 Steinfurt 
               Died 5 March 1783 Castle Endegeest 
               Married 30 January 1747 Heusden 
               Count Friedrich von Gronsfeld-Diepenbroick und Impel, son 
               of Count Johann Bertram von Gronsfeld-Diepenbroick und 
               Impel and Countess Maria Wilhelmina von Wartensleben 
               Born 5 December 1705 Impel 
               Died 6 June 1754 Castle Endegeest 

            3  Count Karl Paul Ernst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 30 August 1729 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 30 June 1780 Burgsteinfurt 
               Married 30 September 1748 Siegen 
               Princess Charlotte Sophie von Nassau-Siegen, daughter of 
               Friedrich Wilhelm II, Fuerst von Nassau-Siegen and Countess 
               Sophie Polyxena zu Sayn-Wittgenstein und Hohenstein 
               Born 6 June 1729 Siegen 
               Died 2 April 1759 Burgsteinfurt 
                         Children, Generation XVIII-2 

     XVII-3 (XVI-4-1) 

            1  Countess Isabella Karoline zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 8 January 1718 
               Died 1744 

            2  Friedrich Karl Philipp 
               Count zu Bentheim-Steinfurt 
               Born 17 March 1725 
               Died 19 February 1803 
               Married 1746 
               Marie Lydie de Bournonville, daughter of Guillaume 
               Wolfgang, Marquis de Bournonville and Angelique d'Ursel 
               Died 1803 
                         S.P.

    XVIII-1 (XVII-1-2) 

             1  Moritz Casimir 
               Count zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 18 June 1764 Rheda 
               Died 20 April 1806 Rheda 
               Married 13 June 1789 Lemgo, Lippe 
               Countess Philippine zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in 
               Philippseich, daughter of Count Christian zu Ysenburg und 
               Buedingen in Philippseich and Countess Konstanze Sophie zu 
               Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 
               Born 18 June 1772 Philippseich 
               Died 13 February 1834 Rheda 
                         S.P. 

            2  Emil 
               Fuerst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 11 May 1765 Rheda 
               Died 17 April 1837 Rheda 
               Married 26 May 1791 Wittgenstein 
              Countess Luise zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, daughter 
               of Count Johann Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein und Hohenstein 
               and Countess Friederike von Pueckler und Limpurg 
               Born 6 September 1768 Wittgenstein 
               Died 19 June 1828 Rheda 
                         Children, Generation XIX-1 

            3  Count Friedrich zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 21 January 1767 Rheda 
               Died 26 December 1835 Rheda 
               Married 16 March 1797 Wittgenstein 
               Countess Wilhelmine zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, 
               daughter of Count Johann Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein und 
               Hohenstein and Countess Wilhelmine von Puckler und Limpurg 
               Born 2 September 1773 Wittgenstein 
               Died 7 May 1856 Frankfurt am Main 
                         Children, Generation XIX-2 

            4  Countess Amalie zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 6 December 1768 Rheda 
               Died 6 August 1822 Philippseich 
               Married 11 May 1791 Rheda 
               Count Heinrich zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in Philippseich, 
               son of Count Christian zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in 
               Philippseich and Countess Konstanze Sophie zu 
               Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 
               Born 15 October 1770 Philippseich 
               Died 27 December 1838 Waechtersbach 

    XVIII-2 (XVII-2-3) 

            1  Countess Anna Polyxena Sidonia zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 13 September 1749 
               Died 12 March 1799 

            2  Count Karl zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 13 February 1753 
               Died 5 September 1772 

            3  Countess Eleonore zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 26 April 1754 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 18 February 1827 Buedingen 
               Married 25 July 1779 Burgsteinfurt 
               Count Ernst Casimir zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in Buedingen, 
               son of Count Ernst Dietrich zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in 
               Buedingen and Princess Dorothea zu Isenburg und Buedingen in 
               Birstein 
               Born 25 February 1757 Buedingen 
               Died 25 February 1801 Buedingen 

            4  Countess Auguste zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 3 September 1755 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 15 November 1798 (Wachtersbach?) 
               Married (1) 29 April 1775 Siegen 
               Count Ferdinand Casimir zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in 
               Waechtersbach, son of Ferdinand Casimir, Count zu Ysenburg 
               und Buedingen in Waechtersbach and Countess Auguste Karoline 
               zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in Buedingen 
               Born 17 November 1752 Waechtersbach 
               Died 1 December 1780 Waechtersbach 
               Married (2) 20 February 1784 Waechtersbach 
               Count Wilhelm Reinhard zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in 
               Waechtersbach, son of Ferdinand Maximilian, Count zu 
               Ysenburg und Buedingen in Waechtersbach and Countess 
               Albertine Ernestine zu Ysenburg und Buedingen in Buedingen 
               Born 5 May 1719 Waechtersbach 
               Died 5 August 1785 Waechtersbach 
                         S.P. 

            5  Ludwig 
               1.Fuerst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 1 October 1756 
               Died 20 August 1817 
               Married 17 July 1776 
               Princess Juliane Wilhelmine von Holstein-Sonderburg- 
               Gluecksburg, daughter of Friedrich, Duke of Holstein- 
               Sonderburg-Gluecksburg 1729-1766 and Countess Auguste 
               zur Lippe-Detmold 
               Born 30 July 1754 
               Died 13 September 1823 
                         Children, Generation XIX-3 

            6  Countess Karoline Ferdinande zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 25 January 1759 
               Died 8 January 1834 

      XIX-1 (XVIII-1-2) 

            1  Princess Caroline zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 4 June 1792 
               Died 7 December 1876 
               Married 21 November 1817 
               Count Gotthard von der Recke von Volmerstein 
               Died 1857 

            2  Princess Therese zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 19 September 1793 Rheda, Westfalen 
               Died 25 September 1861 Werdringen 
               Married 12 November 1816 Rheda 
               Count Ottomar von der Recke von Volmerstein 

            3  Moritz Kasimir 
               Fuerst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 5 March 1795 
               Died 5 December 1872 
               Married 31 October 1828 
               Princess Agnes Christine zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, 
               daughter of Friedrich Karl, 1.Fuerst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein- 
               Hohenstein and Princess Friederike von Schwarzburg- 
               Sondershausen 
               Born 27 July 1804 
               Died 10 August 1866 
                         S.P. 

            4  Franz 
               Fuerst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 11 October 1800 
               Died 8 January 1885 

            5  Prince Adolf zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 7 May 1804 Rheda 
               Died 3 September 1874 Rudolstadt 
               Married 7 March 1843 Schleiz 
               Princess Anna Reuss, daughter of Heinrich LXVII, Fuerst 
               Reuss and Princess Adelheid Reuss zu Ebersdorf 
               Born 16 December 1822 Gera 
               Died 1 April 1902 Rudolstadt 
                         Children, Generation XX-1 

            6  Prince Alexander zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 9 August 1812 
               Died 27 May 1828 

      XIX-2 (XVIII-1-3) 

            1  Count Moritz zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 16 January 1798 Rheda 
               Died 27 January 1877 Wurzburg 
               Married 21 April 1838 Roedelheim (morganatic) 
               Freiin Meline des Bordes 
               Born 22 July 1817 Paris 
               Died 5 February 1908 Wuerzburg 
                         Children, Generation XX-2 

            2  Count Wilhelm Friedrich zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 10 August 1799 
               Died 17 May 1873 

            3  Countess Charlotte zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 11 August 1800 
               Died 8 October 1834 

            4  Countess Amalie zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 16 February 1802 Rheda 
               Died 15 June 1887 Frankfurt am Main 
               Married 3 June 1828 Rheda 
               Alexander, 2.Fuerst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, son of 
               Friedrich Karl, 1.Fuerst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and 
               Princess Friederike von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 
               Born 10 August 1801 Wittgenstein 
               Died 7 April 1874 Wittgenstein 

            5  Count Emil zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 6 April 1806 
               Died 5 July 1895 
               Married 28 October 1845 Tegal, Java 
               Antoinette van Rees 
               Born 11 January 1824 
               Died March 1911 
                         S.P. 

      XIX-3 (XVIII-2-5) 

            1  Countess Henriette Sophie zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 10 June 1777 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 8 December 1851 Lich 
               Married 6 September 1802 Burgsteinfurt 
               Karl, 2.Fuerst zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, son of Karl, 
               1.Fuerst zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and Burggraefin & Graefin 
               Sophie Charlotte zu Dohna-Schlobitten 
               Born 7 April 1762 Hohensolms 
               Died 10 June 1807 Lich 

            2  Count Christian zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 1778 
               Died 1789 

            3  Alexius 
               2.Fuerst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 20 January 1781 
               Died 3 November 1866 
               Married 17 October 1811 
               Princess Wilhelmine zu Solms-Braunfels, daughter of 
               Wilhelm, 3.Fuerst zu Solms-Braunfels and Wild- & Rheingraefin 
               Auguste zu Salm-Grumbach 
               Born 20 September 1793 
               Died 12 November 1865 
                         Children, Generation XX-3 

            4  Prince Wilhelm zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 17 April 1782 
               Died 12 October 1839 

            5  Prince Ludwig zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 22 November 1787 
               Died 4 February 1876 

            6  Princess Charlotte zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 5 May 1789 
               Died 6 January 1874 

            7  Prince Eugen zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 28 March 1791 
               Died 4 December 1871 

            8  Princess Sophie zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 16 January 1794 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 6 May 1873 Herleshausen 
               Married 10 September 1823 Burgsteinfurt 
               Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, son of 
               Adolf, Landgraf von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and 
               Princess Luise of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess of Saxony 
               Born 27 June 1784 Barchfeld 
               Died 17 July 1854 Philippsthal 

       XX-1 (XIX-1-5) 

            1  Princess Luise zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 7 February 1844 Rheda 
               Died 1 February 1922 Castle Guteborn 
               Married 7 October 1862 Rheda 
               Prince Georg von Schoenburg-Waldenburg, son of Otto Viktor, 
               2.Fuerst von Schoenburg-Waldenburg and Princess Thekla von 
               Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 
               Born 1 August 1828 Waldenburg 
               Died 29 October 1900 Hermsdorf 

            2  Prince Moritz Kasimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 14 October 1845 
               Died 18 August 1870 (in battle) 

            3  Prince Emil zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 8 December 1846 
               Died 17 October 1857 

            4  Princess Elisabeth zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 28 March 1848 Bosfeld nr Rheda 
               Died 13 September 1925 

            5  Gustav 
               4.Fuerst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 4 October 1849 Bosfeld 
               Died 19 May 1909 Rheda 
               Married 12 April 1888 Rheda 
               Frau Thekla von Rothenberg, daughter of Count Adalbert zu 
               Erbach-Fuerstenau and Charlotte Willenbucher, Frau von 
               Rothenberg 
               Born 28 March 1862 Fuerstenau 
               Died 26 January 1941 Hermsdorf bei Dresden 
                         Children, Generation XXI-1

            6  Prince Karl zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 12 August 1852 Bosfeld 
               Died 29 January 1939 Castle Hohenlimburg 
               Married 29 October 1891 Klipphausen 
               Princess Margarete Reuss, daughter of Prince Heinrich XV 
               Reuss and Countess Luitgarde zu Stolberg-Wernigerode 
               Born 1 October 1864 Klipphausen 
               Died 27 June 1952 Hohenlimburg 
                         S.P. 

            7  Princess Marie zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 31 March 1857 Clarholz 
               Died 17 November 1939 Heidelberg 
               Married 8 October 1878 Ebersdorf 
               Count Arthur zu Erbach-Erbach, son of Eberhard XV, Count zu 
               Erbach-Erbach and Countess Klothilde zu Erbach-Fuerstenau 
               Born 1 January 1849 Eulbach 
               Died 7 June 1908 Erbach 

       XX-2 (XIX-2-1) 

            1  Graf Richard zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 5 May 1840 Frankfurt am Main 
               Died 31 July 1921 Farm Hohenfels, SWAfrica 
               Married 28 April 1874 Wuerzburg 
               Emma Camerer, daughter of Marcus Fidelis, Ritter von 
               Camerer and Josephine Endres 
               Born 20 June 1846 Heilbronn 
               Died 22 July 1919 Farm Hohenfels, SWAfrica 
                         Children, Generation XXI-2

       XX-3 (XIX-3-3) 

            1  Ludwig 
               3.Fuerst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 1 August 1812 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 28 September 1890 Burgsteinfurt 
               Married 27 June 1839 Herleshausen 
               Princess Bertha von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, daughter 
               of Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and 
               Princess Auguste zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen 
               Born 26 October 1818 Herleshausen 
               Died 6 May 1888 Burgsteinfurt 
                         Children, Generation XXI-3

            2  Prince Wilhelm zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 30 April 1814 
               Died 2 July 1849 

            3  Prince Julius zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 21 May 1815 
               Died 18 August 1857 

            4  Prince Karl zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 10 April 1816 
               Died 30 March 1854 

            5  Princess Juliane zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 16 October 1817 
               Died 12 September 1880 

            6  Prince Ferdinand zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 6 July 1819 
               Died 28 May 1889 
               Married 19 December 1850 
               Countess Karoline von Waldstein, Herrin zu Wartenberg, 
               daughter of Count Anton Georg Christian von Waldstein, Herr 
               zu Wartenberg and Countess Cajetana von Fuenfkirchen 
               Born 26 April 1822 
               Died 12 October 1851 
                         Children, Generation XXI-4

      XXI-1 (XX-1-5) 

            1  Adolf 
               5.Fuerst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 29 June 1889 Rheda 
               Died 4 January 1967 Koeln 
               Married 26 July 1922 Droyssig 
               Princess Amelie von Schoenburg-Waldenburg, daughter of 
               Prince Heinrich von Schoenburg-Waldenburg and Princess Olga 
               zu Loewenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg 
               Born 27 April 1902 Langenzell 
                         Children, Generation XXII-1

      XXI-2 (XX-2-1) 

            1  Count Theodor zu Bentheim-Teckelburg-Rheda 
               Born 10 March 1875 Polonia Estate, Deli, Sumatra 
               Died 1945 Berlin (murdered) 
               Married 28 May 1925 Berlin 
               Wilhelmine Preuss, daughter of Max Preuss and Adele Schnoor 
               Born 26 April 1897 Hamburg 
               Died in Berlin 
                         Children, Generation XXII-2 

            2  Count Hubert zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 4 October 1876 Kloempoeng, Deli, Sumatra 
               Died 28 April 1939 Farm Hohenfels, SWAfrica 
               Married 24 January 1913 Otjiwarongo, SWAfrica 
               Martha von Flotow, daughter of Wilhelm von Flotow and Anna 
               Paetow 
               Born 14 August 1890 Teutendorf, Mecklenburg 
                         Children, Generation XXII-3 

            3  Countess Meline zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 5 October 1878 Veitshoechheim 

            4  Count Moritz zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 27 October 1881 Wuerzburg 
               Married 9 April 1915 Wiesbaden 
               Gladys von Franquet, daughter of Erich von Franquet and 
               Gertrude Headly 
               Born 4 December 1889 Bitsch 
                         Children, Generation XXII-4

            5  Count Hugo zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 17 August 1885 Wuerzburg 
               Married 20 December 1920 Otjiwarongo, SWAfrica 
               Benita von Bennigsen, daughter of Helmuth von Bennigsen and 
               Isabella von Prittwitz und Gaffron 
               Born 7 December 1895 Hamburg 
                         Children, Generation XXII-5 

      XXI-3 (XX-3-1) 

            1  Princess Adelheid zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 17 May 1840 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 31 January 1880 Bingen 
               Married 23 August 1879 Burgsteinfurt 
               Prince Wilhelm von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, son of 
               Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and 
               Princess Sophie zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 3 October 1831 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 17 January 1890 Rotenburg 
                         S.P. 

            2  Princess Juliana zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 5 January 1842 Bentheim 
               Died 29 April 1878 Burgsteinfurt 
               Married 16 August 1873 Burgsteinfurt 
               Prince Wilhelm von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, son of 
               Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and 
               Princess Sophie zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 3 October 1831 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 17 January 1890 Rotenburg 

            3  Princess Marie zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 26 October 1843 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 22 January 1931 Wittgenstein 
               Married 16 May 1867 Steinfurt 
               Ludwig, 3.Fuerst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, son of 
               Alexander, 2.Fuerst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and 
               Countess Amalie zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 
               Born 20 November 1831 Hailer 
               Died 6 April 1912 Wittgenstein 

            4  Alexis 
               4.Fuerst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 17 November 1845 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 21 January 1919 Burgsteinfurt 
               Married 7 May 1881 Arolsen 
               Princess Pauline zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, daughter of Georg 
               Viktor, Fuerst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont and Princess Helene 
               von Nassau 
               Born 19 October 1855 Arolsen 
               Died 3 July 1925 Wittgenstein 
                         Children, Generation XXII-6

            5  Prince Karl zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 21 February 1848 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 15 March 1900 

            6  Prince Georg zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 28 June 1851 Burgsteinfurt 
               Died 28 April 1939 

      XXI-4 (XX-3-6) 

            1  Princess Ferdinande zu Bentheim und Steinfurt 
               Born 1 October 1851 Prag 
               Died 25 June 1891 

     XXII-1 (XXI-1-1) 

            1  Moritz Casimir 
               6.Fuerst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg 
               Born 12 October 1923 Rheda 
               Married 26 July 1958 Rheda 
               Countess Huberta von Hardenberg, daughter of Count Dietrich  <