Willem Bentinck, cr Reichsgraf Bentinck 29.12.1732, *Whitehall Palace, Westminster 17.10.1704, +'s-Gravenhage 13.10.1774; m.'s-Gravenhage 1.6.1733 (div 1644) Charlotte Sophie Gfn von Aldenburg und Kniphausen, Vrouwe van Varel, Kniphausen en Doorwerth (*Varel 4.8.1715, +Hamburg 5.2.1800), dau.of Anton II Gf van Aldenburg, Herr von Varel, Kniphausen und Doorwerth and Ldgfn Wilhelmine Marie von Hessen-Homburg; They had issue:

• A1. Christiaan Frederik Anthony Willem Karel, Reichsgraf Bentinck, Heer van Rhoon, Pendrecht, Varel, Kniphausen, *Varel 15.8.1734, +'s-Gravenhage 1.4.1768; m.'s-Gravenhage 5.10.1760 Maria Catharina van Tuyll van Serooskerken (*Utrecht 5.4.1743, +'s-Gravenhage 28.10.1793), dau.of Jan Maximiliaan van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Vrijheer van Heeze en Leende, Heer van Vleuten and Barones Ursulina van Reede
  • B1. Willem Gustaf Frederik, Heer van Rhoon, Pendrecht, Varel, *'s-Gravenhage 21.7.1762, +London 22.10.1835; 1m: Warnsveld 20.10.1791 Otteline Frederique Louise Bss van Reede, Vrouwe van Nederhemert (*'s-Gravenhage 24.1.1773, +Castle Varel 24.11.1799), dau.of Baron Arend Willem van Reede and Heylwich Adriana Amarantha van Lynden; 2m: Accum 8.9.1800 Sara Margaretha Gerdes (*Bockhorn, Oldenburg 31.10.1776, +Castle Varel 11.2.1856), dau.of Johann Friedrich Gerdes and Wibke Margaretha Wempen
    • C1. [1m.] Willem Anton, *Castle Varel 6.10.1798, +Haarlem 26.3.1813
    • C2. [2m.] Wilhelm Gustav Friedrich, *Varel 9.7.1801, +Marthasville nr St.Louis 17.9.1867; m.Baltimore III.1833 Wilhelmina Sarah Gerdes (*Varel 30.6.1808, +Auerbach, Hessen 31.1.1904), dau.of Gerhard Gerdes and Katharine Hurdelmann-Brinkman
      • D1. William Gustav Frederick, *Marthasville nr St.Louis 8.1.1836, +St.Louis 5.4.1871; m.3.9.1867 Auguste Grabs (*Warren County, Missouri 1847 +Marthasville 27.10.1891)
        • E1. Antony Otto Guy Albion, *St.Louis 9.9.1871, +Marthasville 30.5.1920; m.31.10.1893 Laura Wellenkamp (*Washington 3.10.1872, +?), dau.of Henry Wellenkamp and Katharina Menkhaus
          • F1. Henry Anton, *Marthasville 10.5.1896, +?
          • F2. Katharina, *Marthasville 11.5.1899, +?; m.18.9.1926 Harold C.Humphrey
          • F3. Rosalia Mary, *Marthasville 10.2.1902; m.George A.Jennings
      • D2. Wilhelmine AUGUSTA Friederike, *Marthasville nr St.Louis 19.4.1834, +Lausanne 4.1.1922; m.ca 1862 James Smith (*Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire 1.1.1822, +Beverley, Yorkshire 6.3.1906)
      • D3. Antoinette Katharine Emilia, *Marthasville nr St.Louis 6.2.1842, +Marthasville 3.5.1916
      • D4. Ottoline, *St.Louis 14.5.1846, +Auerbach a.d. Bergstrasse 3.11.1923
    • C3. Gustaaf Adolf, *Varel 21.11.1809, +Helmarshausen 5.5.1876; m.Oldenburg 3.6.1856 Gfn Klara von Wedel, Baroness Wedel Jarlsberg (*Oldenburg 29.4.1835, +Helmarshausen 16.6.1907), dau.of Gf Wilhelm von Wedel, Frhr Wedel Jarlsberg and Freiin Bertha von Glaubitz und Altengabel
      • D1. Elisabeth, *Friedau 26.7.1868, +16.1.1946
      • D2. Sarah Margaretha, *Leipzig 18.3.1870, +10.4.1943; m.Helmarshausen 28.8.1888 Konrad Heinrich Anton von Krosigk (+13.2.1915)
    • C4. Frederik Anton, *Varel 2.8.1812, +Traismauer, Austria 8.2.1886
    • C5. Antoinette Maria Charlotte, *'s-Gravenhage 24.7.1792, +Zwolle 29.7.1832; 1m: Maurik 28.10.1813 Jan Gijsbert, Jhr. van Neukirchen gen. Nyvenheim, Heer van Eck en Wiel (*Arnhem 12.12.1783, +Paris 21.12.1818), son of Evert Jan van Neukirchen gen. Nyvenheim, Heer van Eck en Wiel and Frederika Christina Henrietta Bentinck; 2m: Gorssel, Warnsveld 21.6.1822 Jacob Kendrik, Gf van Rechteren, Heer van Appeltern (*Appeltern 27.11.1787, +Zwolle 9.7.1845), son of Count Rudolf Christiaan van Rechteren, Heer van Westerveld, Gerestein, Tull en 't Waal and Anna Elisabeth van der Capellen tot Ahnem, Vrouwe van Appeltern en Ahnem, Heer van Appeltern
    • C6. Otteline Frederika Louise, *'s-Gravenhage 7.8.1793, +'s-Gravenhage 15.11.1868; m.'s-Gravenhage 1.9.1814 Carel Anne Daniel, Baron van Nagell (*London 5.2.1790, +Castle Nederhemert 28.9.1868), son of Baron Anne Willem Carel van Nagell, Heer van de beide Ampsen and Anna Catharina Elisabeth du Tour
  • B2. JAN CAREL Graaf van Aldenburg Bentinck, *'s-Gravenhage 2.7.1763, +London 22.11.1833; m.'s-Gravenhage 20.3.1785 Jacoba Helena, Gfn van Reede-Ginkel (*'s-Gravenhage 21.12.1767, +Nutwood Lodge 6.9.1839), dau.of Count Frederick Christiaan Reinhard van Reede, 5th Earl of Athlone, Vrijheer van Amerongen and Anna Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken
    • C1. Gf WILLEM Frederik Christiaan von Aldenburg Bentinck, Heer van Middachten, granted the style "Illustrious Highness" 1845, *'s-Gravenhage 15.11.1787, +'s-Gravenhage 8.6.1855; m.Oldenburg 15.4.1841 Pauline Albertine, Gfn von Münnich (*Oldenburg 27.5.1817, +Schloss Wildenfels 12.10.1898), dau.of Count Friedrich Franz von Munnich and Christine Luise von Plessen
      • D1. Jacqueline Christiane ANNA Adelaide, *'s-Gravenhage 4.1.1855, +Wildenfels 12.12.1933; m.'s-Gravenhage 5.11.1874 Gf Friedrich Magnus IV zu Solms-Wildenfels (*26.7.1847 +25.11.1910)
    • C2. Gf CAREL Anton Ferdinand von Bentinck, Graf von Aldenburg, *Utrecht 4.3.1792, +Bergheim, Waldeck 28.10.1864; m.Bergheim 30.1.1846 Mechthilde, Gfn zu Waldeck u.Pyrmont, heiress of Waldeck-Limpurg (*Bergheim 23.6.1826, +Middachten 28.2.1899), dau.of Count Karl zu Waldeck und Pyrmont and Countess Karoline Schilling von Canstadt
      • D1. HENRY Charles Adolphus Frederick William, deferred his rights as eldest son in favor of his brothers 1874, *London 30.10.1846, +London 18.6.1903; m.London 8.12.1874 Harriet Eliza McKerrell (*London 20.7.1848, +London 10.2.1934), dau.of Robert McKerrell and Emily Pauline Staveley, of Stainley Hall
        • E1. ROBERT Charles, *London 5.12.1875, +Ashwell 12.3.1932; m.Exton 8.9.1915 Lady Norah Noel (*Campden, Gloucs 4.1.1881, +Brighton 23.5.1939), dau.of Charles William Francis Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough and Mary Elizabeth Dease
          • F1. HENRY Noel Gf von Bentinck (succeeded his cousin Adriaan), 11th Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock and Baron Cirencester on the death of his distant cousin, the 9th Duke of Portland 31.7.1990, *London 2.10.1919, +30.1.1997; 1m: Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire 13.10.1940 Pauline Ursula Mellows (*Sheffield 15.10.1921, +Potten End, Herts. 10.1.1967), dau.of Frederick William Mellowes and Doris Watts; 2m: Nettleden 23.2.1974 Jenifer Hopkins (*London 13.5.1936), dau.of Reginald Hopkins and Nancy Paige
            • G1. TIMOTHY Charles Robert Noel, 12th Earl of Portland, *Barton, Campbelltown, Tasmania 1.6.1953; m.London 8.9.1979 Judith Ann Emerson (*Newcastle-under-Lyme 10.10.1952), dau.of John Robert Emerson and Mary Elizabeth Graham
              • H1. William Jack Henry, Viscount Woodstock, *London 19.5.1984
              • H2. Hon. Jasper James Mellowes, *London 12.6.1988
            • G2. Lady Sorrel Deirdre, *Selborne, Hampshire 22.2.1942; m.Nettleden 24.6.1972 (div 1988) Sir John Philip Lister Lister-Kaye, 8th Bt. (*Wakefield, Yorkshire 8.5.1946), son of Sir John Christopher Lister Lister-Kaye, 7th Baronet and Audrey Helen Carter
            • G3. Lady Anna Cecilia, *Selborne, Hampshire 18.5.1947; 1m: Berkhamsted 24.7.1965 (div 1974) Jasper Hamilton Holmes (*Hartford, Cheshire 14.11.1941); 2m: Islington 19.7.1975 (div 1977) Nicolas George Spaford Vester (*Cambridge 30.3.1944)
          • F2. Css Brydgytte Blanche, *Bristol 11.11.1916; m.London 2.2.1937 Jhr. Mr. Adriaan Hendrik Sible van der Wijck (*The Hague 22.6.1906, +Haren, Groningen 4.11.1973), son of Jhr. Evert Rein van der Wijck, Heer van Archem and Jkvr. Frederica Sophia Carolina Speelman, Vrouwe van Archem
        • E2. Charles Henry, *London 23.4.1879, +Brussels 26.3.1955; m.Waltham Abbey 9.5.1922 Lucy Victoria Buxton (*Woodredon, Essex 20.4.1893, +1978), dau.of Sir Thomas Fowell Victor Buxton, 4th Baronet and Anna Louisa Mathilda O'Rourke
        • E3. Henry Duncan, *London 24.6.1881, +k.a. 2.10.1916
        • E4. Arthur William Douglas, *London 24.7.1887, +Nairobi, Kenya 22.11.1962
        • E5. Renira Christine, *London 6.11.1877, +De Steeg, Rhederoode 22.4.1953; m.London 6.12.1898 Alexander Baron van Heeckeren van Kell (*Bingerden 19.7.1871, +Rhederoode 4.7.1945), son of Baron Mr. Willem van Heeckeren van Kell, Heer van Ruurlo, Bingerden en Kell and Countess Albertina Maria van Limburg-Stirum
        • E6. Ursula Viktoria Henriette, *London 18.11.1884, +De Steeg 11.7.1975
        • E7. Naomi Mechthild Henriette, *London 24.7.1887, +De Steeg 17.7.1959
      • D2. WILLEM Carl Philipp Otto Graf von Bentinck und Waldeck-Limpurg, Gf von Aldenburg, Herr zu Gaildorf, *Frankfurt a.M. 28.11.1848, +Schloss Middachten 2.11.1912; m.(civ) Delden (rel) Twickel 8.3.1877 Bss Maria Cornelia van Heeckeren van Wassenaer, Vrouwe van Weldam, Olidam, Wegdam, Obdam (*'s-Gravenhage 13.1.1855, +'s-Gravenhage 13.9.1912), dau.of Baron Mr.Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren, Heer van Nettelhorst en Borculo and Barones Isabella Antoinette Sloet van Toutenburg
        • E1. WILLEM Frederik Carel Hendrik Gf von Bentinck und Waldeck-Limpurg, Gf von Aldenburg Bentinck in the Netherlands 22.5.1924, Heer van Gaildorf, Middachten en Kernheim, *London 22.6.1880, +Stuttgart 29.12.1958; m.Salzburg 27.8.1923 Jkvr. Adrienne Vegelin van Claerbergen (*Wassenaer 12.4.1891, +Gaildorf 9.10.1982), dau.of Jhr. Philip Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen and Albertine Marie van Hangest, Barones d'Yvoy
          • F1. Css Sophie Mechthild Marie Aldenburg-Bentinck, *Schloss Middachten, De Steeg 10.6.1924; m.Schloss Pommersfelden 29.11.1950 (div 1978) Don Cte Enrico Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona (*14.4.1926)
          • F2. Css Isabelle Adrienne Aldenburg-Bentinck, *Schloss Middachten 3.7.1925; m.Schloss Middachten 20.12.1951 Gf Aurel zu Ortenburg (*Budapest 30.8.1927, +Middachten 13.10.2001)
        • E2. FREDERIK George Unico Willem, Heer van Obdam, Weldam en Wegdam, *Dieren 21.6.1888, +Velp 18.4.1942
        • E3. MECHTILD Corisande Renira Marie, *Middachten 20.12.1877, +Rüdenhausen 13.12.1940; m.Middachten 1.9.1905 Fst Casimir zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (*Rüdenhausen 10.3.1861, +Rüdenhausen 25.4.1933)
        • E4. ISABELLE Antoinette Marie Clementine, *Dieren, Gelderland 15.11.1889, +Weldam 21.11.1981; m.Potsdam 6.8.1914 Gf Wilhelm zu Solms-Sonnenwalde (*11.4.1886 +31.12.1981)
      • D3. Carel Reinhard Adalbert, *Middachten 9.2.1853, +Zuylestein 19.10.1934; m.Bergheim 28.9.1878 (div 1885) Gfn Helene zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (*12.5.1859 +5.3.1942)
        • E1. Maria Amalia Mechthild Agnes, Vrouwe van Twickel, *Hannover 16.9.1879, +Twickel 19.9.1975; m.Leersum 7.6.1922 Baron Mr. Rodolphe van Heeckeren van Wassenaer, Heer van Twickel (*'s-Gravenhage 13.5.1858, +'s-Gravenhage 26.7.1936), son of Baron Mr. Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren, Heer van Nettelhorst en Borculo and Barones Isabella Antoinette Sloet van Toutenburg
      • D4. GODARD Johan George Carel Gf van Aldenburg Bentinck 24.6.1920, *Middachten 3.8.1957, +Amerongen 4.1.1940; m.The Hague 11.6.1884 Louise Gfn van Bylandt (*Brussels 28.1.1861, +Amerongen 27.1.1916), dau.of Count Jules Auguste van Bylandt and Barones Frederique Julie van der Duyn, Vrouwe van Benthorn
        • E1. CAREL Arthur Reynoud Willem Godard August Gf van Aldenburg Bentinck, *Amerongen 16.8.1885, +Amerongen 24.3.1964
        • E2. Godard ADRIAAN Hendrik Jules Gf van Aldenburg Bentinck, *Middachten 21.2.1887, +Amsterdam 4.8.1968; 1m: Bloemendaal 11.1.1921 Jacoba van den Heuvel (*'s-Gravenhage 22.4.1888, +Leersum 12.7.1949), dau.of Jacobus Johannes Willem van den Heuvel and Evertje Kuil; 2m: Amsterdam 16.2.1961 Alida Vlieger (*Amsterdam 16.12.1909, +Amersfoort 21.1.2006), dau.of Frits Vlieger and Janna van der Weg
          • F1. LOUISE Adrienne Jacoba Gfn van Aldenburg Bentinck, *Overveen 27.4.1923, +Zuylestein castle 12.7.2001; m.Amerongen 8.12.1954 George Léon Alex de Brauwere (*Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies 30.3.1912, +1992), son of Victor Emile de Brauwere and Sophia Geertruida Jeannette Thorig
        • E3. JOHN Victor Richard Rodolphe, *Amerongen 5.2.1895, +Amerongen 26.2.1963; m.Bendorf am Rhein 17.3.1952 Anni Margot Agnes Fehrer (*Turnov, Bohemia 27.7.1901, +Wageningen 29.3.1971), dau.of Ferdinand Fehrer and Maria Zienert
        • E4. ALFRED Ludwig Hendrik Godard, *Castle Amerongen 27.12.1897, +Amerongen 30.1.1905
        • E5. WILLEM Hendrik Ferdinand Godard, *Amerongen 20.12.1900, +k.in car wreck at Brackwede bei Bielefeld 16.7.1956; m.'s-Gravenhage 27.2.1941 Mathilde Stutzer (*Braunschweig 25.5.1898, +'s-Gravenhage 16.6.1988), dau.of Prof. Robert Stutzer and Elisabeth Jenson
        • E6. ELISABETH Mechtild Marie Sophie Louise, *Amerongen 31.5.1892, +Hamburg 15.2.1971; m.Amerongen 7.10.1920 Sigurd von Ilsemann (*Lüneburg 19.2.1884, +Schloss Doorn 6.6.1952), son of Karl von Ilsemann, Lieutenant-General and Freiin Thekla von Hammerstein-Equord
      • D5. VICTORIA Maria Frederica Mechteld, *Ramsgate 6.9.1863, +London 5.2.1949
    • C3. Hendrik Willem Johan, *Varel 8.9.1796, +London 29.9.1878; m.Nutwood 10.3.1829 Renira Antoinette Hawkins (*13.5.1798, +London 23.9.1889), dau.of Sir James Hawkins, of Whitshed, 1st Bt. and Countess Sophia Henrietta Bentinck
    • C4. Antoinette Wilhelmine Johanna, *Varel 18.12.1785, +London 23.1.1870
  • B3. Charles Ferdinand, *'s-Gravenhage 20.8.1764, +Suriname 1811
  • B4. Henri Guillaume, *'s-Gravenhage 15.11.1765, +Berbice 1821
  • B5. Jeanne Marguerite Christine, *'s-Gravenhage 27.7.1761, +4.6.1763
  • B6. Maria Catherina Frederique, *'s-Gravenhage 22.3.1767, +London 4.5.1826
• A2. Johann Albrecht, Lord of Terrington, *'s-Gravenhage 29.12.1737, +Terrington 23.9.1775; m.'s-Gravenhage 17.7.1763 Reiniera van Tuyll van Serooskerken (*Utrecht 24.3.1744, +London VII.1792), dau.of Jan Maximiliaan van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Vrijheer van Heeze en Leende, Heer van Vleuten and Barones Ursulina van Reede
  • B1. Willem, Heer van Doornwerth, Lord of Terrington, *17.6.1764, +St.Petersburg 21.2.1813; m.20.10.1802 Lady Frances Pierrepont (*19.6.1781 +10.2.1847), dau.of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers and Anne Orton Mills
    • C1. George William Pierrepont, *27.7.1803, +20.2.1886
    • C2. Henry Paget Aldenburg, *2.11.1805, +26.1.1840
    • C3. William Aldenburg, *30.10.1807, +27.3.1808
    • C4. John Aldenburg, *29.10.1808, +17.11.1808
    • C5. Albert Aldenburg, *29.10.1808, +8.11.1808
    • C6. Charles Aldenburg, Heer van Doornwerth en Terrington, *22.3.1810, +7.2.1891; 1m: 10.5.1840 Harriet Fulford (*21.3.1818 +15.3.1853), dau.of Baldwin Fulford; 2m: Llangernew 20.1.1858 Frances Williams (*Bryn Gwyn 17.4.1816, +25.1.1904), dau.of Martin Williams, of Bryn Gwyn
      • D1. William Fulford, *13.5.1850, +9.3.1862
      • D2. Henry Aldenburg, *7.1.1852, +28.4.1938; m.9.7.1890 Alma Martha Paget (*3.10.1854 +7.3.1947), dau.of Hon. Clarence Edward Paget, Admiral and Martha Stuart Otway
    • C7. Reniera Henriette, *18.3.1811, +16.1.1888; m.21.7.1842 Rev. George Martin (*1791 +24.8.1860), son of Rev. Joseph Martin and Isabella Margaret Sturges
  • B2. John, *9.9.1769, +1804
  • B3. Charles, *1773, +III.1776
  • B4. Henri Savile, *1775, +young
  • B5. Sophia Henrietta, *21.6.1765, +20.1.1852; m.11.12.1791 Sir James Hawkins, of Whitshed, 1st Bt. (*1762 +London 29.10.1849), son of James Hawkins, Bishop of Raphoe and Catherine Keene
  • B6. Margaretha Maria, *9.4.1767, +1769
  • B7. Charlotte Francisca, *28.5.1768, +1850; m.12.11.1785 Sir Robert Shore Milnes, 1st Bt, (*1747 +2.12.1837), son of John Milnes, of Wakefield
  • B8. Henrietta Elizabeth, *9.1.1770, +1806; m.3.4.1804 Admiral Sir George Martin, Bt. (*1764 +London 28.7.1847), son of Capt. William Martin and Arabella Rowley

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