The Lords of Bentheim Castle

approx. 1020	Count Otto of Northeim (from 1061 on, Duke of Bavaria)
1116	Count Lothar of Süpplinburg (Duke of Sachsen, 1125-1137 Emperor)
subsequently	Count Otto of Salm-Rhieneck
1146 - 1190	Fief of the Utrecht Archdiocese
1190 - 1370	The hereditary rulers of Bentheim as a branch line of the Counts of Holland
1370 - 1421	The hereditary rulers of Bentheim as a branch line of the Counts of Holland
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 and Steinfurt (by right of inheritance)