Lords and margraves of Bergen op Zoom

The following is a list of lords and later on margraves of Bergen op Zoom. Bergen op Zoom became separated from the lordship of Breda in 1287 under the nominal overlordship of the duchy of Brabant.^[1] In 1485 the residence Markiezenhof Palace was built.^[2] In 1559 the lordship was elevated to the rank of margraviate.^[3] The title was only a nominal one until 1795 when it was abolished.^[4]

Map of the margraviate of Bergen op Zoom from 1747

Lords of Bergen op Zoom

House Wezemaal

• Gerard 1287-1309
• Arnold 1309-1313
• Mathilde 1313-1340

House Voorne

• Johanna 1340-1349

House Boutershem

• Hendrik I 1351-1371
• Hendrik II 1371-1419
• Hendrik III 1419

House of Glyme

John III of Glymes and his brother Henri de Berghes

John II of Glymes	1419-1427
John III of Glymes	1494-1532
Antony of Glymes	1532-1541

Margraves of Bergen op Zoom (1559)

House of Glymes

• John IV of Glymes 1541-1567

House Merode

• Maria Margaretha 1577-1588

House of Witthem

• Maria Mencia 1588-1613

House van den Bergh

• Maria Elizabeth I 1614-1633
• Maria Elisabeth II 1635-1671

House von Hohenzollern

• Henriëtte Franzisca 1672-1698

House of La Tour d'Auvergne

• Francois Egon de La Tour d'Auvergne 1698-1708
• Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne 1708-1728

House von Sulzbach

• Karl Philip Theodor 1729-1795