John II of Bentheim

John II (c. 1283–1333) was Count of Bentheim, succeeding his father Eckbert I. In 1305 he allied with Simon I, Lord of Lippe, and married Simon's daughter Mechthild, who bore him five children, among them his successors Simon I and Otto III.

To guard the trade road from Münster to Amsterdam, he founded the town of Neuenhaus around Dinkelrode Castle in 1317. He died in 1333.