Ferdinand IV of Limburg Stirum

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Ferdinand IV of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Styrum zu Illereichen, sovereign lord zu Gemen. He is born in 1785, son of Johann of Limburg Stirum, and died aged 15 in 1800.

He inherited aged 13 the immediate lordship of Gemen from his grandfather Alois of Limburg Stirum. With his death, the last German branch of the House of Limburg Stirum went extinct, while continuing in the Netherland and today's Belgium.

Gemen went to Reichsfreiherr Aloys von Boineburg-Bömelberg zu Erolsheim, then to the Fürsten von Salm-Kyrburg.