Formerly Sovereign House

House of Bentinck

Mediatized House of Bentinck

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House of Bentinck
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Mediatized House of Bentinck

The name Bentinck is a patronymic variation of the Old Germanic name Bento. The family is originally from the East of the Netherlands. The oldest known ancestor is Johan Bentinck, who is mentioned in documents between 1343 and 1386 and owned land near Heerde. An important branch was founded by Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland who accompanied William Henry, Prince of Orange to England during the Glorious Revolution. This British branch were initially given the title of Earl of Portland, later Duke of Portland. Furthermore, in 1732 the title Graf (Count) Bentinck, of the Holy Roman Empire, was created for William Bentinck, son of the 1st Earl of Portland. A Royal Licence of 1886 was created which allowed the use of this title in England as well. This title continues to be held by Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland and his heirs. In the Netherlands another branch with the title Count existed, but died out in the male line. However, till today an older baronial branch still exists in that country. The Dutch and British branches of the family continue to exist and belong to the Dutch nobility and British nobility.

The Titles and Styles of the Princely House

The members of this branch of the Bentinck family bear the title Graf or Gräfin von Bentinck, together with the formal appellation of His or Her Illustrious Highness and insofar as they are members of the Netherlands nobility, Graaf or Gravin van Aldenburg Bentinck.

The Genealogy of The Princely House

JAN CAREL Gf von Bentinck (2 Jul 1763-London 22 Nov 1833; see Portland); m.20 Mar 1785 Jacoba Helene Gfn von Reede-Ginkel (21 Dec 1767-6 Sep 1839)

  • 1a) Antoinette Wilhelmine Johanna (18 Dec 1785-London 30 Jan 1870)

    • 2a) WILLEM Frederik Christiaan Gf von Aldenburg Bentinck, granted the style “Illustrious Highness” 1845 (The Hague 15 Nov 1787-The Hague 8 Jun 1855); m. Oldenburg 15 Apr 1841 Pauline Albertine Gfn von Münnich (Oldenburg 27 May 1817-Schloß Wildenfels 12 Oct 1898)

  • 1b) Jacqueline Christiane Anna Adelaide (The Hague 4 Jan 1855-Wildenfels 12 Dec 1933); m. The Hague 5 Nov 1874 Friedrich Magnus Gf zu Solms-Wildenfels (Culmitsch 26 Jul 1847-Wildenfels 25 Nov 1910)
  • 3a) CAREL Anton Ferdinand Gf von Bentinck (Utrecht 4 Mar 1792-Bergheim, Waldeck 28 Oct 1864); m. Bergheim 30 Jan 1846 Mechthilde Gfn zu Waldeck u. Pyrmont, heiress of Waldeck-Limpurg (Bergheim 23 Jun 1826-Middachten 28 Feb 1899)
  • 1b) Henry Charles Adolphus Frederick William, deferred his rights as eldest son in favor of his brothers 1874 (London 30 Oct 1846-London 18 Jun 1903); m. London 8 Dec 1874 Harriet Eliza McKerrell (London 20 Jul 1848-London 10 Feb 1934)
  • 1c) Robert Charles (London 5 Dec 1875-Ashwell 12 Mar 1932); m. Exton 8 Sep 1915 Lady Norah Noel (Campden, Gloucs 4 Jan 1881-Brighton 23 May 1939)
  • 1d) Brydgytte Blanche (Bristol 11 Nov 1916-Haren, Groningen 5 Sep 2010); m. London 2 Feb 1937 Jhr Adriaan van der Wyck (The Hague 22 Jun 1906-Haren 4 Nov 1973)
  • 2d) HENRY Noel Gf von Bentinck (succeeded his cousin Adriaan; see below), 11th Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock and Baron Cirencester on the death of his distant cousin, the 9th Duke of Portland, 31 Jul 1990 (London 2 Oct 1919-Jan 1997); m.1st London 13 Oct 1940 Pauline Mellowes (London 15 Oct 1921-Potten End, Herts 10 Jan 1967); m.2d Nettleden 23 Feb 1974 Jenifer Hopkins (b. London 13 May 1936)
  • 1e) Sorrell Deirdre (b. Selborne, Hants 22 Feb 1942); m. Nettleden 24 Jun 1972 (div 1988) Sir John Lister Kaye, 8th Bt. (b. Wakefield, Yorks 8 May 1946)
  • 2e) Anna Cecilia (b. Selborne 18 May 1947); m.1st Berkhamsted, Herts 24 Jul 1865 (div 1974) Jasper Hamilton Holmes (b. Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire 14 Nov 1941); m.2d Islington 19 Jul 1975 (div 1977) Nicolas George Spaford Vester (b. Cambridge 30 Mar 1944)

    • 3e) TIMOTHY Charles Robert Noel Gf Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, etc (b. Barton, Campbellstown, Tasmania 1 Jun 1953); m. London 8 Sep 1979 Judith Ann Emerson (b. Newcastle-under-Lyme 10 Oct 1952)

  • 1f) William Jack Henry, Viscount Woodstock (b. Highgate, London 19 May 1984)
  • 2f) Jasper James Mellowes (b. London 12 Jun 1988)
  • 2c) Renira Christine (London 6 Nov 1877-De Steeg, Rhederoode 22 Apr 1953); m. London 6 Dec 1898 Alexander Baron van Heeckeren van Kell (Bingerden 19 Jul 1871-Rhederoode 4 Jul 1945)
  • 3c) Rev. Sir Charles Henry (London 23 Apr 1879-Brussels 26 Mar 1955); m. Waltham Abbey 9 May 1922 Lucy Victoria Buxton (Woodredon, Essex 20 Apr 1893-1978)
  • 4c) Henry (24 Jun 1881-k.a.2 Oct 1916)
  • 5c) Ursula Viktoria Henriette (London 18 Nov 1884-De Steeg 11 Jul 1975)
  • 6c) Arthur William Douglas (London 24 Jul 1887-Nairobi 22 Nov 1962)
  • 7c) Naomi Mechthild Henriette (London 24 Jul 1887-De Steeg 17 Jul 1959)
  • 2b) WILLEM Carl Philipp Otto Gf von Bentinck und Waldeck-Limpurg, Gf von Aldenburg (Frankfurt 28 Nov 1848-Schloß Middachten 2 Nov 1912); m.(civ) Delden (rel) Twickel 8 Mar 1877 Maria Bss van Heeckeren van Wassenaer (The Hague 13 Jan 1855-The Hague 13 Sep 1912)
  • 1c) Mechtild (Middachten 20 Dec 1877-Rüdenhausen 13 Dec 1940); m. Middachten 1 Sep 1905 Casimir Fst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (Rüdenhausen 10 Mar 1861-Rüdenhausen 25 Apr 1933)
  • 2c) WILHELM Friedrich Karl Heinrich Gf von Bentinck und Waldeck-Limpurg, Graaf Aldenburg Bentinck in the Netherlands 22 May 1924 (London 22 Jun 1880-Stuttgart 29 Dec 1958); m. Salzburg 27 Aug 1923 Jkvr Adrienne Vegelin van Claerbergen (Wassenaer 12 Apr 1891-Gaildorf 9 Oct 1982)
  • 1d) Sophie Mechthild Marie (b. Middachten 10 Jun 1924); m. Pommersfelden 29 Nov 1950 (div 1978) Don Enrico Gaetani Cte dell’Aquila d’Aragona (b. Naples 14 Apr 1926)
  • 2d) Isabelle Adrienne (b. Middachten 3 Jul 1925); m. Middachten 20 Dec 1951 Aurel Gf zu Ortenburg (Budapest 30 Aug 1927-Middachten 13 Oct 2001)
  • 3c) Frederik (21 Jun 1888-18 Apr 1942)
  • 4c) Isabelle Antoinette Marie Clementine (Dieren 15 Nov 1889-Weldam 21 Nov 1981); m. Potsdam 6 Aug 1914 Wilhelm Gf zu Solms-Sonnenwalde (Potsdam 11 Apr 1886-Weldam 31 Dec 1981)
  • 3b) Carel Reinhard Adalbert (Middachten 9 Feb 1853-Zuylestein 19 Oct 1934); m. Bergheim 28 Sep 1878 Helene Gfn zu Waldeck u. Pyrmont (Bergheim 12 May 1859-Berlin 5 Mar 1942)
  • 1c) Marie Amalie Mechthild Agnes (Hannover 16 Sep 1879-Twickel 19 Sep 1975); m. Leersum 7 Jun 1922 Rodolphe Frédéric Baron van Heeckeren van Wassenaer (The Hague 13 May 1858-The Hague 26 Jul 1936)
  • 4b) Godard Johan George Carel, Gf van Aldenburg Bentinck 24 Jun 1920 (Middachten 3 Aug 1857- Amerongen 4 Jan 1940); m. The Hague 11 Jun 1884 Louise Gfn von Bylandt (Brussels 28 Jan 1861- Amerongen 27 Jan 1916)
  • 1c) CAREL Arthur Reynoud Willem Godard August Graaf Aldenburg Bentinck (Amerongen 16 Aug 1885-Amerongen 24 Mar 1964)
  • 2c) Godard ADRIAAN Hendrik Jules Graaf Aldenburg Bentinck (Middachten 21 Feb 1887- Amsterdam 4 Aug 1968); m.1st Overveen 11 Jan 1921 Jacoba van den Heuvel (The Hague 22 Apr 1888-Leersum 12 Jul 1949); m.2d Amsterdam 16 Feb 1961 Alida Vlieger (Amsterdam 16 Dec 1909-Amersfoort 21 Jan 2006)
  • 1d) Louise Adrienne Jacoba (Overveen 27 Apr 1923-Zuylestein 12 Jul 2001); m. Amerongen 8 Dec 1954 George Léon Alex de Brauwere (Soerabaja 30 Mar 1912-1992)
  • 3c) Elisabeth Mechtild Marie Sophie Louise (Amerongen 31 May 1892-Hamburg 15 Feb 1971); m. Amerongen 7 Oct 1920 Sigurd von Ilsemann (Lüneburg 19 Feb 1884-Doorn 6 Jun 1952)
  • 4c) John Victor Richard Rodolphe (Amerongen 5 Feb 1895-Amerongen 26 Feb 1963); m. Bendorf 17 Mar 1952 Anni Fehrer (Turn, Bohemia 27 Jul 1901-Wageningen bei Arnheim 29 Mar 1971)
  • 5c) Alfred (27 Dec 1897-30 Jan 1905)
  • 6c) Willem Hendrik Ferdinand Godard (Amerongen 20 Dec 1900-k.in car wreck at Brackwede bei Bielefeld 16 Jul 1956); m. The Hague 27 Feb 1941 Mathilde Stutzer (Braunschweig 25 May 1898-The Hague 16 Jun 1988)
  • 5b) Victoria (6 Sep 1863-London 5 Feb 1949)
  • 4a) Hendrik Willem Johan (8 Sep 1796-London 29 Sep 1878); m.10 Mar 1829 Renira Antoinette Hawkins (13 May 1798-23 Sep 1889)
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Processing activity Personal data Purpose Legal basis Retention
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The following table reflects the technologies currently deployed on the website. It is updated whenever a plugin, host, analytics tool, embedded service, or cookie configuration changes.

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Where enabled with the visitor’s consent, Neue Gotha may use Google Translate to provide machine-generated translations. Activating the service may cause the visitor’s browser to connect to Google and disclose technical information such as the IP address, requested page URL, browser or device information, and language or service-interaction data. Machine translations may contain errors and do not replace the original editorial text.

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7. Recipients of personal data

Personal data may be disclosed only where necessary to:

  • hosting, content-delivery, backup, website-maintenance, email, security, and consent-management providers acting under contract;
  • translation, analytics, media, or other external-service providers selected by the visitor through the consent interface;
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  • courts, regulators, law-enforcement bodies, or public authorities where disclosure is required or permitted by law; and
  • the public and search engines where personal data form part of a lawfully published editorial or archival record.

8. International data transfers

Some service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area. Where the GDPR restricts such a transfer, Neue Gotha relies on an applicable European Commission adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards under Article 46 GDPR, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, together with supplementary measures where required.

Cloudflare and Google may transfer limited technical information to recipients in the United States. Where the recipient is validly certified, the transfer is based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. Where that mechanism is unavailable or does not cover a transfer, the relevant provider’s European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses and supplementary technical and organisational measures are used. Information about the applicable safeguards, including how to obtain a copy, may be requested from editor@neuegotha.de.

9. How long we retain personal data

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including security, editorial integrity, source verification, dispute resolution, and compliance with legal obligations. The specific periods or criteria are stated in the processing and cookie tables above.

When a retention period ends, information is deleted or anonymised unless continued retention is required by law, is necessary for legal claims, or is justified by a documented editorial or archival purpose. Encrypted rolling backups are retained for 35 days and are then overwritten automatically, unless a backup has been isolated for incident recovery or a legal hold.

10. Security

Neue Gotha uses appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access. No method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

11. Your data-protection rights

Subject to the conditions and limitations in the GDPR and applicable national law, an individual may have the right to:

  • obtain confirmation as to whether personal data concerning them are processed and request access to those data;
  • request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
  • request erasure of personal data;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to processing based on legitimate interests;
  • receive personal data they provided in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and transmit those data to another controller where the right to portability applies;
  • withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal; and
  • lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.

To exercise a right, contact editor@neuegotha.de. Please identify the information or record concerned and the nature of the request. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify identity and protect personal data from unauthorised disclosure. Requests are normally answered within one month, subject to any extension permitted by law.

Where a request concerns published editorial or archival content, applicable rights may be limited where necessary and proportionate to reconcile data protection with freedom of expression and information or other rights recognised by law. Each request will be assessed individually.

12. Complaints

We encourage individuals to contact us first so that we can try to resolve a concern. Individuals also have the right to complain to the supervisory authority in the EU or EEA country of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

For this Berlin-based controller the supervisory authority is the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin, Germany; telephone +49 30 13889-0; email mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de; website https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/.

13. Children

The website is intended as a general historical and reference resource and is not directed specifically at children. We do not knowingly request personal data directly from children for an online service requiring parental consent. If you believe a child has provided personal data inappropriately, please contact us.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our processing activities, service providers, technologies, or legal obligations change. The current version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Where required, we will provide additional notice or request renewed consent before introducing a new processing purpose.

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