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House of Lippe
Former German royal house
Former German royal house
Lippe-Weissenfeld Schaumburg-Lippe
The House of Lippe () is the former reigning house of a number of small German states, two of which existed until the German Revolution of 1918–19, the Principality of Lippe and the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, former Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013), is an agnatic member of this house.
History
The House of Lippe descends from Jodocus Herman, Lord of Lippe (died c. 1096), whose descendant Bernhard I was the founder of the state of Lippe in 1123. Born ca 1090. The family has produced several of the longest-reigning monarchs in Europe, including the longest reigning (for 82 years), Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (d. 1511). In 1528, Simon V was elevated to the rank of ruling Count of the Holy Roman Empire and Edler Herr zur Lippe (noble Lord of Lippe).
In 1613, the House's territory was split into the counties of Lippe-Detmold, Lippe-Brake and Lippe-Alverdissen. In 1643, Count Philipp of Lippe-Alverdissen inherited half of the neighboring County of Schaumburg and founded the Schaumburg-Lippe line of the House of Lippe. The Brake branch extinguished in 1709, disputedly inherited by the main, Lippe-Detmold line. Alverdissen was bought back from Schaumburg-Lippe by Lippe-Detmold in 1812. In the 18th century, the cadet line of Lippe-Biesterfeld split from the Detmold branch, and shortly thereafter Lippe-Weissenfeld split from Lippe-Biesterfeld as a further cadet branch. Both, Biesterfeld and Weissenfeld were so-called paragiums (non-sovereign estates of a cadet-branch) within the County of Lippe. Both branches, owning only modest manor houses in the county, acquired other (non-sovereign) property by marriage and moved out of the county in the late 18th century, the Biesterfeld branch to the Rhineland, and the Weissenfeld branch to Saxony, where their inherited estates were mostly located.
The counts of Lippe-Detmold were granted the title of Imperial prince in 1789, while the counts of Schaumburg-Lippe became in fact princes by entering the Confederation of the Rhine in 1807 and legally by becoming a member state of the German Confederation in 1815.
The Principality of Lippe existed until the end of the German monarchies in 1918. In 1905, with the death of Alexander, Prince of Lippe, the senior Lippe-Detmold branch of the family became extinct and Count Leopold of Lippe-Biesterfeld (head of the non-ruling junior branch line Lippe-Biesterfeld) succeeded him as Prince, after an Imperial court ruling, in fact against the wishes of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, who would have preferred his brother-in-law Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe to succeed. Leopold IV continued to rule until the German Revolution of 1918. During the revolution, the ruling Princes of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe were forced to abdicate, ending the family's 795-year rule. In 1928, Prince Leopold's three sons by his first wife signed up to the Nazi Party. The eldest, Prince Ernst, was reputedly the first German prince to do so.
In 1937, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld married Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. On the accession of their daughter Beatrix in 1980, the Netherlands Royal House officially remained known as the House of Orange-Nassau, although Beatrix and her sisters are agnatically members of the House of Lippe.
Stephan, Prince of Lippe (b. 1959) is the present senior of the House of Lippe. He still owns the estate and castle at Detmold, the former main residence of the principality. Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, head of the younger formerly sovereign branch, still resides at Bückeburg Palace, Lower Saxony, located on the border with North Rhine Westphalia.
States ruled by the House of Lippe
- Lippe (1123–1918), known as Lippe-Detmold from 1621
- Lippe-Brake (1621–1709)
- Schaumburg-Lippe (1643–1918)
Non-ruling cadet branches
- Lippe-Alverdissen (1613–1640 and 1681–1777)
- Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Lippe-Weissenfeld
Rulers of Lippe
| Ruler | Born | Reign | Ruling part | Consort | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard I | c.1090 | |||||
| First son of ? | 1123 – 1158 | Lordship of Lippe | Unknown | |||
| at least one child | 1158 | |||||
| aged 67-68 | ||||||
| Herman I | c.1090 | |||||
| Second son of ? | 1158 – 1167 | Lordship of Lippe | Unknown | |||
| at least two children | 1167 | |||||
| Italy | ||||||
| aged 76-77 | ||||||
| Bernard II | [[File:Statue Bernhard II..JPG | 100px]] | 1140 | |||
| Lippstadt | ||||||
| Son of Herman I | 1167 – 1196 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| eleven children | 1224 | |||||
| Mežotne | ||||||
| aged 83-84 | ||||||
| Herman II | 1175 | |||||
| Lippstadt | ||||||
| Son of Bernard II and | 1196 – 26 December 1229 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| seven children | 26 December 1229 | |||||
| aged 53-54 | ||||||
| Bernard III | 1194 | |||||
| Lippstadt | ||||||
| Son of Herman II and | 26 December 1229 – 1265 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| c.1230 | ||||||
| five children | ||||||
| Sophie of Ravensberg-Vechta | ||||||
| (1220-1285) | ||||||
| 1248 | ||||||
| four children | 1265 | |||||
| aged 70-71 | ||||||
| Bernard IV | c.1230 | |||||
| Bielefeld | ||||||
| First son of Bernard III and | 1265 – June 1275 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| (at Horn) | ||||||
| 1260 | ||||||
| two children | June 1275 | |||||
| aged 44-45 | ||||||
| Herman III | 1233 | |||||
| Second son of Bernard III and | 1265 – 3 October 1274 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| (at Lippstadt) | Unmarried | 3 October 1274 | ||||
| aged 40-41 | ||||||
| Simon I | 1261 | |||||
| Son of Bernard IV and | June 1275 – 3 August 1344 | Lordship of Lippe | Adelaide of Waldeck | |||
| 24 November 1276 | ||||||
| eleven children | 3 August 1344 | |||||
| aged 82-83 | ||||||
| Simon II | c.1280 | |||||
| Fifth son of Simon I and Adelaide of Waldeck | 1334 | Lordship of Lippe | Unmarried | 1334 | ||
| aged 53-54 | ||||||
| Bernard V | c.1290 | |||||
| Sixth son of Simon I and Adelaide of Waldeck | 3 August 1344 – 1364 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| (at Rheda) | Richardis of the Mark | |||||
| 16 October 1344 | ||||||
| four children | 1364 | |||||
| aged 73-74 | ||||||
| Otto | [[File:Lemgo - 2014-10-18 - St Marien - Otto+Ermgard (3).jpg | 100px]] | 1300 | |||
| Seventh son of Simon I and Adelaide of Waldeck | 3 August 1344 – January 1360 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| (at Lemgo) | Irmgard of the Mark | |||||
| (c.1300-1 August 1362) | ||||||
| 4 March 1323 | ||||||
| five children | January 1360 | |||||
| aged 59-60 | ||||||
| Simon III | 1340 | |||||
| Son of Otto and Irmgard of the Mark | January 1360 – 1410 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| 1362 | ||||||
| ten children | 1410 | |||||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| aged 69-70 | ||||||
| Bernard VI | 1363 | |||||
| Son of Simon III and | 1410 – 19 January 1415 | Lordship of Lippe | Margaret of Waldeck-Landau | |||
| (1363-21 February 1395) | ||||||
| 28 June 1393 | ||||||
| no children | ||||||
| 11 May 1403 | ||||||
| four children | 19 January 1415 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 51-52 | ||||||
| Simon IV | 1404 | |||||
| Son of Bernard VI and | 19 January 1415 – 11 August 1429 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| (1411-31 October 1456) | ||||||
| 1426 | ||||||
| five children | 11 August 1429 | |||||
| aged 24-25 | ||||||
| Regencies of Otto of Lippe (1429-1433) and Dietrich II, Archbishop of Cologne (1433-1446) | Holds the record of the longest rule in history. Lord since he was less than one year old, he became known as having been involved in many feuds. | |||||
| Bernard VII the Bellicose | ||||||
| [[File:Bernhard VII. (Lippe).jpg | 100px]] | 4 December 1428 | ||||
| Son of Simon IV and | 11 August 1429 – 2 April 1511 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| (1428-23 September 1495) | ||||||
| 15 September 1443 | ||||||
| seven children | 2 April 1511 | |||||
| aged 82 | ||||||
| Simon V | [[File:Simon V. (Lippe).jpg | 100px]] | 1471 | |||
| Son of Bernard VII and | 2 April 1511 – 17 September 1536 | Lordship of Lippe | ||||
| (until 1528) | ||||||
| County of Lippe | ||||||
| (from 1528) | Walpurgis of Bronckhorst | |||||
| (d.21 December 1522) | ||||||
| 27 March 1490 | ||||||
| one child | ||||||
| Magdalena of Middle Mansfeld | ||||||
| (c.1500-22 September 1540) | ||||||
| 16 March 1524 | ||||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| four children | 17 September 1536 | |||||
| aged 64-65 | ||||||
| Regency of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1536-1547), Jobst II, Count of Hoya (1536-1545) and Adolphus XIII, Count of Holstein-Pinneberg (1536-1544) | Sons of Simon V, both were minors by the time their father died. Bernard kept Lippe and Herman Simon received the feudal land of Sternberg. Herman Simon would become regent of his nephew, Simon VI. | |||||
| Bernard VIII | [[File:Bernhard VIII. (Lippe).jpg | 100px]] | 6 December 1527 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| First son of Simon V and Magdalena of Middle Mansfeld | 17 September 1536 – 15 April 1563 | County of Lippe | Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg | |||
| (1524-1583) | ||||||
| 1550 | ||||||
| five children | 15 April 1563 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 35 | ||||||
| 1532 | ||||||
| Second son of Simon V and Magdalena of Middle Mansfeld | 17 September 1536 – 4 June 1576 | County of Sternberg | Ursula of Spiegelberg-Pyrmont | |||
| (1526-16 March 1583) | ||||||
| 18 May 1558 | ||||||
| Pyrmont | ||||||
| two children | 4 June 1576 | |||||
| aged 43-44 | ||||||
| Regency of (1563-1576) | His marriage brought the county of Schaumburg (one of the last feuds of the counts of Holstein) into the family's domains. After Simon's death, the county entered into a more permanent division. | |||||
| Simon VI | [[File:Simon VI. (Lippe).jpg | 100px]] | 15 April 1554 | |||
| Son of Bernard VIII and Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg | 15 April 1563 – 7 December 1613 | County of Lippe | Armgard, Countess of Rietberg | |||
| 1578 | ||||||
| no children | ||||||
| 1585 | ||||||
| ten children | 7 December 1613 | |||||
| aged 59 | ||||||
| Regency of Ursula of Spiegelberg-Pyrmont (1576-1578) | His early and childless death brought Sternberg once again under Lippe control. | |||||
| Philip | 5 October 1560 | |||||
| Son of and Ursula of Spiegelberg-Pyrmont | 4 June 1576 – 11 February 1583 | County of Sternberg | Unmarried | 11 February 1583 | ||
| Deutz | ||||||
| aged 22 | ||||||
| Annexation to Lippe | ||||||
| Simon VII | [[File:Simon VII. Graf zur Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 30 December 1587 | |||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| Second son of Simon VI and | 7 December 1613 – 26 March 1627 | County of Detmold | ||||
| 6 May 1607 | ||||||
| Brake | ||||||
| twelve children | ||||||
| 27 April 1623 | ||||||
| three children | 26 March 1627 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 39 | ||||||
| Otto | [[File:Otto von Lippe-Brake.jpg | 100px]] | 21 September 1589 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Third son of Simon VI and | 7 December 1613 – 18 November 1657 | County of Brake | ||||
| 30 October 1626 | ||||||
| Dillenburg | ||||||
| twelve children | 18 November 1657 | |||||
| Blomberg | ||||||
| aged 68 | ||||||
| 22 December 1590 | ||||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Fourth son of Simon VI and | 7 December 1613 – 23 August 1620 | County of Schwalenberg | Unmarried | 23 August 1620 | ||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 29 | ||||||
| Philip I | [[File:Philipp I of Schaumburg-Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 18 July 1601 | |||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| Fifth son of Simon VI and | 7 December 1613 – 10 April 1681 | County of Alverdissen | ||||
| (until 1640) | ||||||
| County of Schaumburg | ||||||
| (from 1640) | Sophie of Hesse-Kassel | |||||
| 13 October 1644 | ||||||
| Stadthagen | ||||||
| ten children | 10 April 1681 | |||||
| Stadthagen | ||||||
| aged 79 | ||||||
| Schwalenberg re-absorbed in Detmold | ||||||
| Regency of Christian, Count of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1627-1631) | Children of Simon VII, and both minors, divided the inheritance. | |||||
| Simon Louis | [[File:Simon Ludwig Graf zur Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 14 March 1610 | |||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| First son of Simon VII and | 26 March 1627 – 8 August 1636 | County of Detmold | ||||
| 19 June 1631 | ||||||
| Wildungen | ||||||
| three children | 8 August 1636 | |||||
| aged 26 | ||||||
| Regency of Maria Magdalena of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1627-1654) | ||||||
| Jobst Herman | 9 February 1625 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Son of Simon VII and | 26 March 1627 – 6 July 1678 | Lordship of Biesterfeld | ||||
| (at Schwalenberg until 1654; at Biesterfeld since 1654) | ||||||
| 10 October 1654 | ||||||
| Wittgenstein | ||||||
| twenty children | 6 July 1678 | |||||
| Biesterfeld | ||||||
| aged 52 | ||||||
| Regencies of Christian, Count of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1636-1637) and Catherine of Waldeck-Wildungen (1637-1650) | Died with no descendants. The county fell to his uncle. | |||||
| Simon Philip | [[File:Simon Philipp Graf zur Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 6 April 1632 | |||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| Son of Simon Louis and | 8 August 1636 – 19 June 1650 | County of Detmold | Unmarried | 19 June 1650 | ||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 18 | ||||||
| John Bernard | [[File:Johann Bernhard Graf zur Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 18 October 1613 | |||
| Brake | ||||||
| Second son of Simon VII and | 19 June 1650 – 10 June 1652 | County of Detmold | Unmarried | 10 June 1652 | ||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 38 | ||||||
| Herman Adolphus | [[File:Hermann Adolf Graf zur Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 31 January 1616 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Third son of Simon VII and | 10 June 1652 – 10 October 1666 | County of Detmold | ||||
| 1648 | ||||||
| four children | ||||||
| 27 February 1666 | ||||||
| no children | 10 October 1666 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 50 | ||||||
| [[File:Casimir zu Lippe-Brake.jpg | 100px]] | 22 July 1627 | ||||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| Son of Otto and | 18 November 1657 – 1692 | County of Brake | ||||
| 28 May 1663 | ||||||
| Nymbrecht | ||||||
| nine children | 12 March 1700 | |||||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| aged 72 | ||||||
| Simon Henry | [[File:Lippe, Simon Heinrich zur.jpeg | 100px]] | 13 March 1649 | |||
| Sternberg | ||||||
| Son of Herman Adolphus and | 20 October 1666 – 2 May 1697 | County of Detmold | Amalia of Dohna-Vianen | |||
| (2 February 1644 - 11 March 1700) | ||||||
| 15 December 1666 | ||||||
| The Hague | ||||||
| sixteen children | 2 May 1697 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 48 | ||||||
| Regency of (1678-1689) | ||||||
| 17 March 1671 | ||||||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| Son of Jobst Herman and | 6 July 1678 – 12 July 1736 | Lordship of Biesterfeld | Juliana Louisa von Kunowitz | |||
| (21 August 1671 - 21 October 1741) | ||||||
| 22 February 1705 | ||||||
| Halle | ||||||
| eight children | 12 July 1736 | |||||
| Biesterfeld | ||||||
| aged 65 | ||||||
| Frederick Christian | [[File:Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 16 August 1655 | |||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| Second son of Philip I and Sophie of Hesse-Kassel | 10 April 1681 – 13 June 1728 | County of Schaumburg | Joanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |||
| 4 January 1691 | ||||||
| Langenburg | ||||||
| (annulled 1723) | ||||||
| six children | 13 June 1728 | |||||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| aged 72 | ||||||
| [[File:Philipp-Ernst-von-Schaumbur.jpg | 100px]] | 20 December 1659 | ||||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| Fourth son of Philip I and Sophie of Hesse-Kassel | 10 April 1681 – 27 November 1723 | County of Alverdissen | Dorothea Amalia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | |||
| 31 December 1686 | ||||||
| seven children | 27 November 1723 | |||||
| Alverdissen | ||||||
| aged 63 | ||||||
| [[File:Lippe-Brake, Rudolph.jpg | 100px]] | 10 May 1664 | ||||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| Son of and | 1692 – 27 October 1707 | County of Brake | Dorothea Elisabeth of Waldeck-Wildungen | |||
| (6 July 1661 - 23 July 1702) | ||||||
| 4 November 1691 | ||||||
| Kleinern | ||||||
| one child | 27 October 1707 | |||||
| Lemgo | ||||||
| aged 43 | ||||||
| Frederick Adolphus | [[File:Friedrich-Adolf-zur-Lippe-Rundt-2.jpg | 100px]] | 2 September 1667 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Son of Simon Henry and Amalia of Dohna-Vianen | 2 May 1697 – 18 July 1718 | County of Detmold | Joanna Elizabeth of Nassau-Schaumburg | |||
| (5 September 1663 - 8 February 1700) | ||||||
| 16 June 1692 | ||||||
| Schaumburg | ||||||
| six children | ||||||
| 8 June 1700 | ||||||
| Hohensolms | ||||||
| seven children | 18 July 1718 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 50 | ||||||
| Louis Ferdinand | 27 September 1680 | |||||
| Halberstadt | ||||||
| Son of and Sophia Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | 27 October 1707 – 21 February 1709 | County of Brake | Unmarried | 21 February 1709 | ||
| Wolfenbüttel | ||||||
| aged 28 | ||||||
| Annexation to Detmold | ||||||
| Simon Henry Adolphus | [[File:Simon Heinrich Adolf zur Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 25 January 1694 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Son of Frederick Adolphus and Joanna Elizabeth of Nassau-Schaumburg | 18 July 1718 – 12 October 1734 | County of Detmold | ||||
| 16 October 1719 | ||||||
| Wiesbaden | ||||||
| eleven children | 12 October 1734 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 40 | ||||||
| 20 December 1694 | ||||||
| Alverdissen | ||||||
| Son of and Dorothea Amalia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | 27 November 1723 – 28 August 1749 | County of Alverdissen | Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen | |||
| (19 August 1696 - 4 August 1764) | ||||||
| 27 September 1722 | ||||||
| Rebourg | ||||||
| eleven children | 28 August 1749 | |||||
| Bruchhof | ||||||
| aged 44 | ||||||
| Albert Wolfgang | [[File:Albert Wolfgang von Lippe Schaumburg Buckeburg (1699-1748).jpg | 100px]] | 27 April 1699 | |||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| Son of Frederick Christian and Joanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | 13 June 1728 – 24 September 1748 | County of Schaumburg | Margarete Gertrud of Oeynhausen | |||
| (9 April 1698 - 8 April 1726) | ||||||
| 30 October 1721 | ||||||
| London | ||||||
| two children | ||||||
| (30 November 1702 - 22 July 1785) | ||||||
| 26 April 1730 | ||||||
| Varel | ||||||
| no children | 24 September 1748 | |||||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| aged 49 | ||||||
| Regency of (1734-1747) | ||||||
| Simon Augustus | [[File:Simon August Graf zur Lippe (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | 12 June 1727 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Son of Simon Henry Adolphus and | 12 October 1734 – 1 May 1782 | County of Detmold | Polyxena Louise of Nassau-Weilburg | |||
| (27 January 1733 - 27 September 1764) | ||||||
| 24 August 1750 | ||||||
| Kirchheimbolanden | ||||||
| one child | ||||||
| Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||||
| 28 September 1765 | ||||||
| Dessau | ||||||
| one child | ||||||
| Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||||
| 9 November 1769 | ||||||
| Dessau | ||||||
| one child | ||||||
| Christine of Solms-Braunfels | ||||||
| (30 August 1744 - 16 December 1823) | ||||||
| 26 March 1780 | ||||||
| Braunfels | ||||||
| no children | 1 May 1782 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 54 | ||||||
| Frederick Charles Augustus | 20 January 1706 | |||||
| Biesterfeld | ||||||
| First son of and Juliana Louisa von Kunowitz | 12 July 1736 – 31 July 1781 | Lordship of Biesterfeld | ||||
| (until 1762) | ||||||
| County of Biesterfeld | ||||||
| (from 1762) | ||||||
| 7 May 1732 | ||||||
| Baruth | ||||||
| eight children | 31 July 1781 | |||||
| Friedrichsruh | ||||||
| aged 75 | ||||||
| 22 August 1709 | ||||||
| Biesterfeld | ||||||
| Second son of and Juliana Louisa von Kunowitz | 1762 – 18 January 1787 | County of Weissenfeld | ||||
| 2 November 1736 | ||||||
| Baruth | ||||||
| nine children | 18 January 1787 | |||||
| Calau | ||||||
| aged 77 | ||||||
| William | [[File:Wilhelm (Schaumburg-Lippe).jpg | 100px]] | 9 January 1724 | |||
| London | ||||||
| Son of Albert Wolfgang and Margarete Gertrud of Oeynhausen | 24 September 1748 – 10 September 1777 | County of Schaumburg | Maria Barbara Eleonore of Lippe-Biesterfeld | |||
| 12 November 1765 | ||||||
| Stadthagen | ||||||
| two children | 10 September 1777 | |||||
| Wölpinghausen | ||||||
| aged 53 | ||||||
| Philip Ernest II | [[File:Philipp II of Schaumburg-Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 5 July 1720 | |||
| Rinteln | ||||||
| Son of and Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen | 28 August 1749 – 10 September 1777 | County of Alverdissen | Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar | |||
| 6 May 1756 | ||||||
| Weimar | ||||||
| four children | ||||||
| Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal | ||||||
| 10 October 1780 | ||||||
| Philippsthal | ||||||
| four children | 13 February 1787 | |||||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| aged 66 | ||||||
| 10 September 1777 – 13 February 1787 | County of Schaumburg | |||||
| Annexation to Schaumburg | ||||||
| 2 November 1735 | ||||||
| Biesterfeld | ||||||
| Son of Frederick Charles Augustus and | 31 July 1781 – 19 November 1810 | County of Biesterfeld | Ferdinanda Henrietta Dorothea of Bentheim-Tecklenburg | |||
| (24 August 1737 - 23 April 1779) | ||||||
| 16 October 1769 | ||||||
| Rheda | ||||||
| five childre | 19 November 1810 | |||||
| Marburg | ||||||
| aged 75 | ||||||
| Regency of Louis Henry Adolph of Lippe-Detmold (1782-1789) | During his rule, the County was elevated to a Principality. | |||||
| Leopold I | [[File:Leopold I. Fürst zur Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 2 December 1767 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Son of Simon Augustus and Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau | 1 May 1782 – 4 April 1802 | County of Detmold | ||||
| (until 1789) | ||||||
| Principality of Lippe | ||||||
| (from 1789) | Pauline Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg | |||||
| 2 January 1796 | ||||||
| Ballenstedt | ||||||
| two children | 4 April 1802 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 34 | ||||||
| 2 September 1737 | ||||||
| Weissenfeld | ||||||
| Son of and | 18 January 1787 – 14 May 1791 | County of Weissenfeld | Maria Eleonora von Gersdorf | |||
| (1 September 1752 - 3 December 1772) | ||||||
| 21 February 1772 | ||||||
| Milkel | ||||||
| one child | ||||||
| Wilhelmina von Hoenthal | ||||||
| (19 February 1748 - 8 December 1789) | ||||||
| 28 August 1775 | ||||||
| Debernitz | ||||||
| five children | 14 May 1791 | |||||
| Calau | ||||||
| aged 53 | ||||||
| Regency of Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal (1787-1820) | During his rule, the County was elevated to a Principality. | |||||
| George William | [[File:Georg Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 20 December 1784 | |||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| Son of Philip II Ernest II and Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal | 13 February 1787 – 21 November 1860 | County of Schaumburg | ||||
| (until 1807) | ||||||
| Principality of Schaumburg | ||||||
| (from 1807) | Ida of Waldeck-Pyrmont | |||||
| 23 June 1816 | ||||||
| Arolsen | ||||||
| nine children | 21 November 1860 | |||||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| aged 76 | ||||||
| 20 November 1772 | ||||||
| Weissenfeld | ||||||
| Son of and Maria Eleonora von Gersdorf | 14 May 1791 – 21 June 1846 | County of Weissenfeld | Eleonora Gustava von Thermo | |||
| (19 October 1789 - 23 February 1868) | ||||||
| 23 November 1804 | ||||||
| Lipten | ||||||
| seven children | 21 June 1846 | |||||
| Calau | ||||||
| aged 73 | ||||||
| Regency of Pauline Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg (1802-1820) | ||||||
| Leopold II | [[File:Leopold II., Fürst zur Lippe-Detmold.jpg | 100px]] | 6 November 1796 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Son of Leopold I and Pauline Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg | 4 April 1802 – 1 January 1851 | Principality of Lippe | Emilia Frederica of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | |||
| (23 April 1800 - 2 April 1867) | ||||||
| 23 April 1820 | ||||||
| Arnstadt | ||||||
| nine children | 1 January 1851 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 54 | ||||||
| [[File:Wilhelm Ernst Graf zur Lippe-Biesterfeld.jpg | 100px]] | 15 April 1777 | ||||
| Son of and Ferdinanda Henrietta Dorothea of Bentheim-Tecklenburg | 19 November 1810 – 8 January 1840 | County of Biesterfeld | Dorothea Christina Modesta von Umru | |||
| (29 April 1781 - 29 September 1854) | ||||||
| 26 July 1803 | ||||||
| Bayreuth | ||||||
| nine children | 8 January 1840 | |||||
| Oberkassel | ||||||
| aged 62 | ||||||
| Julius | 2 April 1812 | |||||
| Oberkassel | ||||||
| Son of and Dorothea Christina Modesta von Umru | 8 January 1840 – 17 May 1884 | County of Biesterfeld | Adelaide Clotilda Augusta of Kastell-Kastell | |||
| (18 June 1818 - 11 July 1900) | ||||||
| 30 April 1839 | ||||||
| Kastell | ||||||
| fourteen children | 17 May 1884 | |||||
| Baden-Baden | ||||||
| aged 72 | ||||||
| Gustav | 21 August 1805 | |||||
| Milkel | ||||||
| Son of and Eleonora Gustava von Thermo | 21 June 1846 – 17 June 1882 | County of Weissenfeld | Ida of Lippe-Weissenfeld | |||
| (16 January 1819 - 18 March 1878) | ||||||
| 21 August 1848 | ||||||
| Niedergurig | ||||||
| seven children | 17 June 1882 | |||||
| Baruth | ||||||
| aged 76 | ||||||
| Leopold III | [[File:Leopold III. Fürst (prince) zur Lippe, in Uniform, leicht nach links.jpg | 100px]] | 1 September 1821 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| First son of Leopold II and Emilia Frederica of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 1 January 1851 – 8 December 1875 | Principality of Lippe | Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | |||
| (1 October 1833 - 27 November 1896) | ||||||
| 17 April 1852 | ||||||
| Rudolstadt | ||||||
| no children | 8 December 1875 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 54 | ||||||
| Adolphus I | [[File:Adolf I of Schaumburg-Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 1 August 1817 | |||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| Son of George William and Ida of Waldeck-Pyrmont | 21 November 1860 – 8 May 1893 | Principality of Schaumburg | Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont | |||
| 25 October 1844 | ||||||
| Arolsen | ||||||
| three children | 8 May 1893 | |||||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| aged 75 | ||||||
| Woldemar | [[File:Woldemar of Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 18 April 1824 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Second son of Leopold II and Emilia Frederica of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 8 December 1875 – 20 March 1895 | Principality of Lippe | Sophie of Baden | |||
| 9 November 1858 | ||||||
| Karlsruhe | ||||||
| no children | 20 March 1895 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 70 | ||||||
| Ferdinand III | 6 October 1844 | |||||
| Baruth | ||||||
| Son of Gustav and Ida of Lippe-Weissenfeld | 17 June 1882 – 11 April 1900 | County of Weissenfeld | Margarete von Winterfeld | |||
| (17 September 1858 - 11 July 1903) | ||||||
| no children | 11 April 1900 | |||||
| Baruth | ||||||
| aged 55 | ||||||
| Ernest | [[File:Lippe-Biesterfeld, Ernst von.jpg | 100px]] | 9 June 1842 | |||
| Oberkassel | ||||||
| Son of Julius and Adelaide Clotilda Augusta of Kastell-Kastell | 17 May 1884 – 26 September 1904 | County of Biesterfeld | Karoline of Wartensleben | |||
| 16 September 1869 | ||||||
| Neudorf | ||||||
| six children | 26 September 1904 | |||||
| aged 62 | ||||||
| George | [[File:Georg (Schaumburg-Lippe).jpg | 100px]] | 10 October 1846 | |||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| Son of Adolphus I and Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont | 8 May 1893 – 29 April 1911 | Principality of Schaumburg | Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg | |||
| 16 April 1882 | ||||||
| Altenburg | ||||||
| nine children | 29 April 1911 | |||||
| Bückeburg | ||||||
| aged 64 | ||||||
| Regencies of Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1895-1904) and Leopold, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1904-1905) | Had a mental illness, so he never fully assumed he reins of the principality, which was assumed by his cousin from the Lippe-Biesterfeld line. After his death, his regent became the new prince. | |||||
| Alexander | [[File:Alexander zur Lippe.jpg | 100px]] | 16 January 1831 | |||
| Detmold | ||||||
| Fifth son of Leopold II and Emilia Frederica of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 20 March 1895 – 13 January 1905 | Principality of Lippe | Unmarried | 13 January 1905 | ||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 73 | ||||||
| 15 July 1860 | ||||||
| Dresden | ||||||
| Son of and Marie Sophie Freiin of Beschwitz | 11 April 1900 – 12 November 1918 | County of Weissenfeld | ||||
| (until 1916) | ||||||
| Principality of Weissenfeld | ||||||
| (from 1916) | Friederike von Carlowitz | |||||
| 7 January 1901 | ||||||
| Proschwitz | ||||||
| two children | 29 April 1920 | |||||
| Proschwitz | ||||||
| aged 59 | ||||||
| Leopold IV | [[File:Porträt der Fürst Leopold IV von Lippe.png | 100px]] | 30 May 1871 | |||
| Oberkassel | ||||||
| Son of Ernest and Karoline of Wartensleben | 26 September 1904 – 13 January 1905 | County of Biesterfeld | Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld | |||
| (25 October 1874 - 19 February 1919) | ||||||
| 16 August 1901 | ||||||
| Rotenburg | ||||||
| five children | ||||||
| Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen | ||||||
| 16 April 1922 | ||||||
| Büdingen | ||||||
| one child | 30 December 1949 | |||||
| Detmold | ||||||
| aged 78 | ||||||
| 13 January 1905 – 12 November 1918 | Principality of Lippe | |||||
| Annexation to Lippe | ||||||
| Adolphus II | [[File:Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe c1917.jpg | 100px]] | 23 February 1883 | |||
| Stadthagen | ||||||
| Son of George and Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg | 29 April 1911 – 12 November 1918 | Principality of Schaumburg | Ellen Bischoff-Korthaus | |||
| (6 November 1894 - 26 March 1936) | ||||||
| 10 January 1920 | ||||||
| Berlin | ||||||
| no children | 26 March 1936 | |||||
| Zumpango | ||||||
| aged 53 |
Castles of the House of Lippe
Detmold_-2014-08-08-Schloss(3).jpg|Detmold Castle Detmold - 623 - Falkenburg (2).JPG|Falkenburg Castle, Detmold Schloss Brake, Lemgo.jpg|Brake Castle, Lemgo Blomberg-1 Burg-Innenhof.jpg|Blomberg Castle Schloss Vahrenholz 01.jpg|Varenholz Castle, Kalletal Schieder-Schwalenberg - 2018-09-14 - Burg Schwalenberg (07).jpg|Schwalenberg Castle Burg Sternberg winter.jpg|Sternberg Castle, Extertal Horn - 01.27 - Burgstr. 13 (9).jpg|Horn Castle Schloss Alverdissen 2012.jpg|Alverdissen Castle, Barntrup Schieder-Schwalenberg - 20 - Im Kurpark 1 (3).jpg|Schieder House, Schieder-Schwalenberg Lopshorn02.jpg|Lopshorn hunting castle, Augustdorf EKG-Lemgo.JPG|Lippehof in Lemgo Detmold - Hochschule-fuer-Musik - Panorama.jpg|The New Palace at Detmold
References
References
- "Lippe 2".
- [http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/GermanyLippe.htm www.historyfiles.co.uk]
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