Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum

He inherited the immediate lordship of Gemen in 1675, being 18 years after the death of his father during which the regency on Gemen was exercised by his mother Isabella countess von Vehlen und Meggen zu Raesfeld.

He became Field Marshal in 1696. in 1701 he fought in the War of the Spanish Succession in the service of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I against France and Bavaria.

In 1703, he lost the Battle of Höchstädt against the French-Bavarian forces under General Villars.

In 1704, he led the second assault on enemy positions in the Battle of Schellenberg and was mortally wounded.

He married in 1678 Charlotte Amalie countess von Vehlen und Meggen zu Raesfeld (born 1662, died 1718).

Hermann Otto II personally led Marlborough's second assault on Schellenberg on 2 July 1704, where he was mortally wounded.