Bentheim-Steinfurt Arnold II of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1498-1544) was Count of Bentheim and Steinfurt, Tecklenburg and Limburg, Lord of Rheda, Wevelinghoven, Alps and Helfenstein Pandheer of Bredevoort. biography
Arnold van Bentheim-Steinfurt is a son of Everwijn II of Bentheim-Steinfurt, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt and Anna of Tecklenburg. Arnold marries Countess Magdalena van Nieuwenaar.
Their children are: Adolf van Bentheim-Tecklenburg Anna van Bentheim and Steinfurt Arnold Jobst van Bentheim en Steinfurt Wilhelm Heinrich van Bentheim en Steinfurt Amalie Amöna van Bentheim en Steinfurt Conrad Gumprecht of Bentheim-Limburg Amöna Amalia van Bentheim en Steinfurt Friedrich Ludolf van Bentheim-Alps Magdalena van Bentheim en Steinfurt
Arnold made the big mistake in 1526 to mention Bredevoort in a letter to Charles van Gelre unse herlichheyt while the glory was the land of the Duchy Gelre. Karel immediately removes the pandom, worth 8,000 gold rhine guilders. With almost one hundred and fifty years, the pledge of glory ceased. In addition, a 4,000 gold guilders debt certificate was re-acknowledged. Arnold van Bentheim-Steinfurt lost the glory of Bredevoort. Sources
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