• Jobst of Limburg
  Jobst of Limburg
  Jobst of Limburg was count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch and Borculo , and the son of Hermann Georg of Limburg, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst....
  
  , count
  Count
  A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
  
   of Limburg
  Limburg-Hohenlimburg
  Limburg-Hohenlimburg was a County of mediæval Germany. It was created as a partition of Limburg-Isenberg in 1246, and was annexed to Limburg-Styrum in 1304.-Counts of Limburg-Hohenlimburg :*John I...
  
   and Bronckhorst
  Bronckhorst
  Bronckhorst is the name of a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005...
  
  , Lord of Stirum, Wisch and Borculo (born 1560, died 1621;
• Mechtild (born 1561, died 1622). She married in 1592 Heinrich V count von Holstein-Schauenburg (d.1606) and they had issue Jobst Hermann of Schauenburg (born in Gemen 6 October 1593);
• Georg;
• Agnes, Abbess of Elten (born 1564, died 1645);
• Maria (died 1624), married in 1596 to Johann von Mirlaer (died 1621);
• Johann
  Jan van Stirum
  Count Jan van Stirum was a Dutch figure of the Eighty Years' War. Originally a canon in Cologne, he later moved to serve in the military of the Spanish Empire, rising through its ranks to become governor of Grol from 1592 to 1597 ....
  
  (born 1567, died 1613), married in 1612 Walburga Anna von Daun, countess von Falkenstein;
• Erich (born 1570, died 1630);
• Hermann (born 1574, died after 1583).

Literature

• Genealogische Handbuch des Adels, Gräfliche Häuser A Band II, 1955;
• W. Gf v. Limburg Stirum, "Stamtafel der Graven van Limburg Stirum", 's Gravenhage 1878;