Ferdinand IV of Limburg Stirum
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Ferdinand IV of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum zu Illereichen, sovereign lord zu Gemen
. He was born in 1785, son of Johann of Limburg Stirum
, and died at the age of 15 in 1800.
At the age of 13 he inherited the immediate lordship of Gemen
from his grandfather, Alois of Limburg Stirum
. With his death, the last German branch of the House of Limburg Stirum went extinct, though continuing to this day in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Gemen
went to Reichsfreiherr Aloys von Boineburg-Bömelberg zu Erolsheim, then to the Fürsten von Salm-Kyrburg
.
Gemen
Gemen was an immediate, sovereign lordship of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Lower Rhine region. Since Gemen had a vote in the Imperial Diet it was also an Imperial Estate. It was centered on Gemen, a small town and castle in the present municipality of Borken, western North Rhine-Westphalia.Gemen...
. He was born in 1785, son of Johann of Limburg Stirum
Johann of Limburg Stirum
Johann Nepomuck of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum, son of Alois of Limburg Stirum, was born in 1756. He married in 1784 Maria Walpurga vom Stain and they had issue:...
, and died at the age of 15 in 1800.
At the age of 13 he inherited the immediate lordship of Gemen
Gemen
Gemen was an immediate, sovereign lordship of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Lower Rhine region. Since Gemen had a vote in the Imperial Diet it was also an Imperial Estate. It was centered on Gemen, a small town and castle in the present municipality of Borken, western North Rhine-Westphalia.Gemen...
from his grandfather, Alois of Limburg Stirum
Alois of Limburg Stirum
Karl Joseph Alois of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum from the branch Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim, was the son of Maximilian Wilhelm of Limburg Stirum. He was born in 1685 and died in 1738...
. With his death, the last German branch of the House of Limburg Stirum went extinct, though continuing to this day in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Gemen
Gemen
Gemen was an immediate, sovereign lordship of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Lower Rhine region. Since Gemen had a vote in the Imperial Diet it was also an Imperial Estate. It was centered on Gemen, a small town and castle in the present municipality of Borken, western North Rhine-Westphalia.Gemen...
went to Reichsfreiherr Aloys von Boineburg-Bömelberg zu Erolsheim, then to the Fürsten von Salm-Kyrburg
Salm-Kyrburg
Salm-Kyrburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, one of the various partitions of Salm. It was twice created: the first time as a Wild- and Rhinegraviate , and secondly as a Principality...
.