Principality of Lippe
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| Capital | Detmold | ||||
| Government | Principality | ||||
| History | |||||
| - Established | 1123 | ||||
| - Raised to County | 1528 | ||||
| - Raised to Principality | 1789 | ||||
| - German Revolution | 1918 | ||||
Lippe was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest. The founder of Lippe was Bernard I who received a grant of the territory from the Holy Roman Emperor Lothair III in 1123, Bernard I assumed the title of Lord of Lippe. Bernard's successors inherited or obtained several counties. Lord Simon V was the first ruler of Lippe to style himself Count. Following the death of Count Simon VI in 1613, Lippe was split into three counties with Lippe-Detmold going to Count Simon VII, Lippe-Brake going to Count Otto and Schaumburg-Lippe going to Count Philipp. The Lippe-Brake county was reunited with the main Detmold line in 1709.
The Counts of Lippe-Detmold were granted the title prince of the empire in 1789.
Another branch of the family was founded by Count Jobst Hermann a son of Count Simon VII, who was founder of the Lippe-Biesterfeld line. This line had no territorial sovereignty but would assume sovereign status in 1905 following the extinction of the Lippe-Detmold line.
The Principality of Lippe came to an end on November 12, 1918 with the abdication of Prince Leopold IV with Lippe becoming a Free State.
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[edit] Lords of Lippe
- Bernhard I (1123–1158)
- Hermann I (1128–1167)
- Bernhard II (1168–1196)
- Hermann II (1196–1229)
- Bernhard III (1230–1265)
- Hermann III (1265–1273)
- Bernhard IV (1285–1275)
- Simon I (1273–1344)
- Simon II (1344)
- Otto (1344–1360)
- Bernhard V (1344–1364)
- Simon III (1360–1410)
- Bernhard VI (1410–1415)
- Simon IV (1415–1429)
- Bernhard VII (1429–1511)
- Simon V (1511–1536)
Raised to County to 1536.
[edit] Counts of Lippe (-Detmold from 1613)
- Simon V (1511–1536)
- Bernhard VIII (1536–1563)
- Simon VI (1563–1613)
- Simon VII (1613–1627)
- Simon Ludwig (1627–1636)
- Simon Philipp (1636–1650)
- Johann Bernhard (1650–1652)
- Hermann Adolf (1652–1665)
- Simon Heinrich (1665–1697)
- Friedrich Adolf (1697–1718)
- Simon Heinrich Adolf (1718–1734)
- Simon August (1734–1782)
- Leopold I (1782–1789)
Raised to Principality 1789.
[edit] Princes of Lippe
- Leopold I (1789-1802)
- Leopold II (1802-1851)
- Leopold III (1851-1875)
- Woldemar (1875-1895)
- Alexander (1895-1905)
- Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (regent 1895-1897)
- Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld (regent 1897-1904)
- Count Leopold of Lippe-Biesterfeld (regent 1904-1905)
- Leopold IV (1905-1918)
Monarchy abolished 1918.
[edit] Heads of the House of Lippe
- Leopold IV (1918-1949)
- Armin (1949-present)
Heir Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (born 1959)
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- German Genealogy: Lippe (-Detmold)
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Principalities: Hohenzollern-Hechingen | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | Isenburg-Birstein | Liechtenstein | Lippe-Detmold | Reuss-Ebersdorf | Reuss-Greiz | Reuss-Lobenstein | Reuss-Schleiz | Salm-Kyrburg | Salm-Salm | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Waldeck
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Duchies: Anhalt (since 1863) | Anhalt-Bernburg (until 1863) | Anhalt-Dessau (until 1863) | Anhalt-Köthen (until 1847) | Brunswick | Holstein | Lauenburg | Limburg | Nassau | Saxe-Altenburg (since 1826) | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (became Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1826) | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (until 1826) | Saxe-Hildburghausen (until 1826) | Saxe-Meiningen | Principalities: Hesse-Homburg | Hohenzollern-Hechingen (until 1850) | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (until 1850) | Liechtenstein | Lippe | Reuss-The Younger Line | Reuss-The Elder Line | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Waldeck and Pyrmont | Free Cities: Frankfurt | Hamburg | Lübeck | Bremen
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Duchies: Anhalt | Brunswick | Saxe-Altenburg | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Saxe-Meiningen
Principalities: Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Lippe | Reuss-Greiz | Reuss-Schleiz | Waldeck-Pyrmont
Free Cities: Bremen | Hamburg | Lübeck Imperial Province: Alsace-Lorraine other: Colonial possessions
