title: Leopold of Limburg Stirum (1681-1726)
text: # Leopold of Limburg Stirum (1681-1726)
  
  Leopold Johann Otto Wilhelm of Limburg Stirum (December 27, 1681 – February 11, 1726), was count of Limburg Styrum from the branch Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim.
  
  He was the first son of Maximilian Wilhelm of Limburg Stirum. In 1712, he married countess Barbara Draskovich de Trakostjan (June 27,1687 - died before 1734). The couple had two children:
  
  * Maximilian Anton (born in 1713, probably died in 1726),
  * Amalia Wilhelmine (born in 1714, died before 1755).
  
  He died before his father and the sovereignty of Simontornya went over to his younger brother Karl Joseph Alois.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * De takken Gemen en Styrum van het geslacht van Limburg Stirum; Dr. A.J. Bonke; Stichting van Limburg Stirum; The Hague, 2007
  * Iconografie van het Geslacht van Limburg Stirum; C.J. Graaf van Limburg Stirum; Walburg Instituut, Amsterdam, 1994
  * A. Giraud, M. Huberty, F. et B. Magdelaine, "L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VII"
  