Hermann Georg of Limburg-Styrum

Hermann Georg von Limburg-Styrum (* 1540 in Borculo ; † August 27, 1574 ) was a nobleman, by descent Count of Limburg , by heir Count von Bronckhorst , Lord of Styrum .

ancestry

Hermann Georg was the first-born son of Count Georg von Limburg-Styrum (* around 1500 - † 14 December 1552) and his wife, Countess Irmgard von Wisch (* around 1520 - † 10 May 1587).

Marriage and offspring

The fourteen-year-old Hermann Georg was married on May 7, 1554 to the twenty-year-old Maria (* April 14, 1534; † December 28, 1612 in Terborg ), daughter of Count Jobst II of Hoya and his wife Anna von Gleichen . They had the following children together:

• Jobst (born April 19, 1560 in Borculo ; † August 7, 1621 at Kasteel de Wildenborch in Bronckhorst )

⚭ March 2, 1591 in Detmold with Countess Maria von Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (born October 14, 1559. † October 3 ^{. Jul} / 13 October 1616 ^greg. On Kasteel de Wildenborch), daughter of Otto IV of Holstein. Schaumburg

• Mechtild (born August 18, 1561 in Borculo; † August 24, 1622 at Gemen Castle )

⚭ August 4, 1592 at Styrum Castle with Count Heinrich von Holstein-Schauenburg (* February 21, 1566 at Horneburg Castle ; † October 15, 1597 as a result of the siege of Groenlo ), nephew of Otto IV. Von Holstein-Schaumburg. Son Jobst Hermann

• Agnes (born September 18, 1563 in Kasteel de Wildenborch; † January 2, 1645 in Vreden ) Abbess of Elten

• Maria (born February 21, 1566 in Borculo; † February 13, 1624 in Freckenhorst )

⚭ June 2, 1596 with Johan von Millendonk (around 1550 - May 1, 1621)

• Johann (born April 13, 1567 Borculo, † November 6 ^{. Jul} / 16 November 1613 ^greg. Terborg)

⚭ May 26, 1612 in Terborg with Countess Walburga Anna von Daun-Falkenstein (born November 3, 1580; † June 26, 1618), daughter of Wirich VI. by Daun-Falkenstein

• Erik (born September 2, 1570 in Borculo, † August 25, 1630 at Styrum Castle )

• Hermann (born March 14, 1574 in Borculo, † 1584 ibid)

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family tree

predecessor	Office	successor
George	Lord of Styrum 1552–1574	Jobst
Joost von Bronckhorst	Count of Bronckhorst 1553–1574	Jobst