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Otto of Limburg

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Otto of Limburg-Styrum by Lucas van de Kaey

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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  • Aders, Günter; Gewin, J. P. J. (1962), Die Grafen von Limburg Stirum: Einleitung und abschliessender Band der Geschichte der Grafen Van Limburg Stirum und ihrer direkten Vorfahren (2 volumes ed.), Van Gorcum, OCLC 4217649