Karl Josef Maximilian of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum, sovereign lord zu Gemen, was the son of Alois of Limburg Stirum.
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.
Ferdinand Gotthard Meinrad of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg, "Fürst" von Styrum, sovereign lord zu Gemen, was born in 1701, son of Maximilian Wilhelm of Limburg Stirum.
Ferdinand IV August Carl Joseph Johannes Nepomuk Thaddeus, count of Limburg Styrum zu Illereichen, was sovereign lord of the immediate lordship of Gemen.
He married Maria Anna Vogel von Wassenhofen and they had five children:
Johann Nepomuck, count of Limburg Stirum (born 1756, died 1791);
Joseph (born 1757, died 1766);
Franz, born in 1760;
Johann Nepomuck (?) (born 1766, died 1787);
Anna Maria, born in 1750;
Maria Barbara (born 1762, died 1769).
Johann Nepomuck of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum, sovereign lord zu Gemen, son of Alois of Limburg Stirum, was born in 1756. He married in 1784 Maria Walpurga vom Stain and they had issue:
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