Otto of Limburg-Styrum, (born 1620, died 27 Aug 1679) count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, was the son of Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum.
Otto, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, lord of Styrum, Wisch, Borculo and Gemen, hereditary estate lord of the duchy of Guelders and the county of Zutphen, was an officer in the service of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Dutch States Army. He also held the positions of governor of Groenlo and Nijmegen.
He married in 1643 Elisabeth Charlotte countess von Dohna (born 1625, died 1691)and they had eight children:
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Eberhard IV of Berg, count of Altena, was a son of Adolf IV, Count of Berg and Altena.
Johann of Limburg, gt von Stirum, son of lord Dietrich II of Limburg Stirum and Bertrada of Götterswick. And a cousin of Diederik II count of Limburg Hohenlimburg.
Hermann Georg of Limburg was count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, son of Georg of Limburg, and count of Limburg and Bronckhorst.
August Philipp Karl of Limburg Stirum (1721–1797), count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, was the son of Otto Leopold Count von Limburg Styrum und Bronckhorst, Lord of Gemen and Raesfeld (1688–1754) and Anna Elisabeth countess of Schönborn (1686–1757).
Jobst of Limburg was count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch and Borculo (1616), and the son of Hermann Georg of Limburg, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst.
Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, lord of Styrum, Gemen, Wisch and Borculo, and from 1640 to 1644 advocate of the imperial abbey of Vreden, was born in 1592, and died on 17 October 1644. He was the eldest son of Jobst of Limburg Stirum.
Albrecht Georg of Limburg (1660–1690) was a count of Limburg and Bronckhorst. He was the fifth son of Otto of Limburg.
Friedrich Wilhelm of Limburg-Styrum, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst was the son of Otto of Limburg-Styrum.
Moritz of Limburg Stirum (1633–1664) was the reigning Count of Limburg-Styrum-Styrum.
Moritz Hermann of Limburg,, count of Limburg Stirum was the second reigning count of the branch Limburg-Styrum-Styrum.
Christian Otto von Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Bronkhorst and Stirum (1694–1749), was a member of the House of Limburg-Stirum and the third reigning monarch from the branch of Limburg-Styrum-Styrum.
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.
Adolf Ernst of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum, sovereign lord zu Gemen, son of Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum.
Field Marshal Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord zu Gemen, was the son of Adolf Ernst of Limburg Stirum and an imperial Field Marshal.
Otto Leopold of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord zu Gemen and Raesfeld, was born in 1688 the son of Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum.
Friedrich Karl of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord of Gemen, son of Otto Leopold of Limburg Stirum, was born in 1710.
Maximilian Wilhelm of Limburg Stirum (1653–1728), count of Limburg Styrum, sovereign lord of Illereichen and Simontornya. He was the third son of Adolf Ernst of Limburg Stirum, sovereign lord zu Gemen.
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. After his father's death he became sovereign lord of Simontornya.
The House of Limburg-Stirum, which adopted its name in the 12th century from the immediate county of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany, is one of the oldest families in Europe. It is the eldest and only surviving branch of the House of Berg, which was among the most powerful dynasties in the region of the lower Rhine during the Middle Ages. Some historians link them to an even older dynasty, the Ezzonen, going back to the 9th century.
Philipp Ferdinand von Limburg Stirum, Count of Limburg, lord of Styrum, was the fourth reigning count from the branch Limburg-Styrum-Styrum. He was also heir of Wilhermsdorf in Franconia and of the sovereign Lordship of Oberstein.