Gemen was an immediate, sovereign lordship of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Lower Rhine region. A Gold Sovereign is a Gold coin first issued in 1489 for Henry VII of England and still in production as of 2008 The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in It was centered on Gemen, a small town and castle in the present municipality of Borken, western North Rhine-Westphalia. Borken is a town and the capital of the district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the
Gemen is first mentioned in 962. In 1282 Gemen becomes a fief of the Counts of Cleves. Cleves redirects here for the Duchy of Cleves and the conjoined states of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, see those articles The Lords of Gemen became extinct in 1492, and Gemen passed to Counts of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg through the heiress Cordula of Gemen, to form County of Schaumburg and Gemen.
In 1640, the immediate lordship of Gemen passed for two centuries to the Counts of Limburg Stirum. The house of Limburg Stirum, which adopted its name in the 12th century from the castle of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany descends from the Ezzonen In a partition in 1644, Gemen passed to the line of Limburg Stirum Gemen, then in 1782, with extinction of Gemen branch of the House of Limburg Stirum, Gemen was inherited by the line of Limburg Stirum Iller-Aicheheim. The house of Limburg Stirum, which adopted its name in the 12th century from the castle of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany descends from the Ezzonen
- 1640-1644 - Herman Otto I, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Sovereign Lord zu Gemen;
- 1644-1657 - Adolf Ernst, count of Limburg Stirum, Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, second son of the above;
- 1649-1745 - Wigard Levering, Founder of Manayunk and Roxborough, Philadelphia Pa. Hermann Otto I of Limburg, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Sovereign Lord zu Gemen (from 1640 till 1644 was born in 1592 and killed on 17 October Adolf Ernst of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum, sovereign lord zu Gemen, son of Hermann Otto I of Limburg and Bronckhorst.
- 1657-1675 - (Maria) Isabella countess von Vehlen und Meggen zu Raesfeld, wife of Adolf Ernst of Limburg Stirum above, is Regent of Gemen;
- 1675-1704 - Hermann Otto II, count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, son of the two above. Adolf Ernst of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum, sovereign lord zu Gemen, son of Hermann Otto I of Limburg and Bronckhorst. General Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum ( April 1, 1646 - Donauwörth, July 8, 1704) count of Limburg Stirum and On 15 September 1700 a decision by the Courts confirmed its succession right.
- 1704-1743 - Otto Leopold, count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, Sovereign Lord zu Gemen and Raesfeld, son of the above;
- 1743-1771 - Friedrich Karl, count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, son of the above;
- 1771-1776 - August Philip, Prince-Bishop of Speyer, count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, brother of the above. Otto Leopold of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord zu Gemen and Raesfeld, was born in 1688 the son of Friedrich Karl of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, sovereign lord of Gemen, son of Otto Leopold of Limburg Stirum, was August Philipp Karl of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, was born in 1721 son of Otto Leopold Count von Limburg Styrum und Bronckhorst Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a City in Germany ( Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx
- 1776-1798 - Karl Josef, count of Limburg Stirum, Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, cousin of the above;
- 1798-1800 - Ferdinand IV, count of Limburg Stirum zu Illereichen, grandson of the above, was the last Sovereign Lord zu Gemen before it passed to the Barons of Bomelberg in 1800. Karl Josef Maximilian of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum sovereign lord zu Gemen, was the son of Alois of Limburg Stirum Ferdinand IV of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum zu Illereichen, sovereign lord zu Gemen. The house of Limburg Stirum, which adopted its name in the 12th century from the castle of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany descends from the Ezzonen
In 1806, Gemen was mediatized to the Princes of Salm-Kyrburg. It passed to France in 1810, then to Prussia in 1814.
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