The Lords of Bentheim Castle
approx. 1020 | Count Otto of Northeim (from 1061 on, Duke of Bavaria) |
1116 | Count Lothar of Süpplinburg |
subsequently | Count Otto of Salm-Rhieneck |
1146 - 1190 | Fief of the Utrecht Archdiocese |
1190 - 1370 | The hereditary rulers of Bentheim |
1370 - 1421 | The hereditary rulers of Bentheim |
1421 - 1753 | The Counts of Bentheim (by right of inheritance) |
1753 - 1804 | The Electorate of Hanover (redemption from pawn) |
1804 - today | The Counts, beginning in 1817, Princes of Bentheim |