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Note on sources. Wikidata gives his date of birth as 5 October 1977; the sources below do not state it.
Carl Ferdinand, Prince (Fürst) of Bentheim and Steinfurt heads the princely house of Bentheim and Steinfurt [1][2].
The Westfälische Nachrichten quoted him in April 2024, speaking for the princely house, on Steinfurt's failed bid for the 2029 state garden show and on the house's continued support for cultural and social projects in the town [2]. In March 2026 he answered written questions from the Grafschafter Nachrichten on the closure of Burg Bentheim to the public [1].
Note on sources. The year he succeeded is not stated in these sources and is left out.
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