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Lippe
The House of Lippe descended from the ancient
immediate Lords of Lippe [10: Neue Folge; Band I.3; t.335-345] [9: 1919:
p.55-59] [9: 1942; p.76-78] [4: tome III; p.316-318] [9: 1919: p.92-93] [4: tome
III; p.317-319] .
In the 14th century, the Lords of Lippe acquired
a part of the County of Schwalenberg.
In 1405, the Lords of Lippe acquired the County
of Sternberg.
In 1528, Simon V (+1536), Lord of Lippe,
accepted the title of Count & Noble Lord of Lippe.
In 1616, Simon VII (+1627), Otto (+1657), Hermann
(+1620) and Philipp (+1681), the sons of Count Simon VI of Lippe (+1613),
divided his possessions.
Simon VII, Otto, and Philipp founded,
respectively, the branches of Detmold, Brake and Alverdissen (later Schaumburg).
The branch of Brake became extinct in the male line in 1709.
1.
Lippe.
Count Simon VII (+1627), continued the direct
branch of Lippe.
Simon-Ludwig (+1636) and Jobst-Hermann (+1678),
the sons of Count Simon VII of Lippe (+1627), founded, respectively, the
branches of Lippe-Detmold and Biesterfeld.
1.1. Detmold +1905
Count Simon-Ludwig (+1636), a son of Count Simon
VII of Lippe (+1627), received Detmold and continued the direct branch of
Lippe.
In 1720, the Roman Emperor granted Count
Simon-Heinrich-Adolf of Lippe (+1734) the title of Prince of Lippe
(primogenit.) [8: Band 5; p.148].
In 1789, the Roman Emperor renewed and
confirmed the title of Prince of Lippe to Counts
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Leopold of Lippe (+1802) and his brother Kasimir-August
(+1809) [8: Band 5; p.148].
In Aug 1806, with the abolition of the
Holy Roman Empire, the Prince of Lippe became a sovereign
ruler.
In 1807, the Prince of Lippe-Detmold joined the
Confederation of the Rhine (with a voice in the Council of
Princes).
In 1815, the Prince of Lippe-Detmold joined the
German Confederation.
In 1867, the Prince of Lippe-Detmold joined the
North German Confederation.
In 1871, the Prince of Lippe-Detmold
joined the German Empire.
In 1909, with the death of Prince
Karl-Alexander, the direct Detmold branch became extinct in the
male line.
List of the Rulers
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Leopold (1767-1802)
[1782–1802]
// minor.: 1782-1789 Regent:
Ludwig-Heinrich-Adolf of
Lippe
(+1800)
Paul-Alexander-Leopold (1796-1851)
[1802-1851]
// minor.: 1802-1820 Regent: Wilhelmine of
Anhalt-Bernburg (+1820)
Friedrich-Emil-Leopold (1821-1875)
[1851-1875]
Günther-Friedrich-Woldemar (1824-1895) [1875-1895]
Karl-Alexander (1831-1905) [1895-1905]
// Regents: 1895-1897 Adolf-Wilhelm-Viktor of
Schaumburg-Lippe; 1897-1904 Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld; in 1904-1905 Leopold of
Lippe-Biesterfeld
Titles
>-1803
Prince
of
Lippe;
Count
of
Schwalenberg,
Sternberg;
Sovereign of Vianen, Ameyden;
Hereditary Burgrave of Utrecht;
1803-1905
Ruling Prince
of
Lippe;
Count
of
Schwalenberg,
Sternberg;
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789
The Lower
Rhine-Westphalia:
- Lippe;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
Curial voices in the Council of Princes:
= the Counts of Westphalia
=
- Lippe;
Territorial Possessions in 1789
The Imperial Circle of the Upper
Rhine:
- % Lippe;
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since
1789
- In 1812, the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe sold
Alverdissen to Lippe-Detmold.
1.2. Biesterfeld
-1918]
Jobst-Hermann (+1678), a son of Count Simon VII
of Lippe (+1627), founded the appanage branch of Biesterfeld.
His elder son Friedrich-Karl-August (+1781)
continued the direct branch of Biesterfeld, and his younger son
Ferdinand-Johann-Ludwig (+1787) founded the branch of
Weissenfeld.
In 1762, Count Friedrich-Karl-August of
Lippe-Biesterfeld and Count Ferdinand-Johann-Ludwig of Lippe-Weissenfeld ceded
their possessions to the Lippe-Detmold branch [12: 1911; volume XVI;
p.740].
In 1905, after the extinction of the
direct branch of Lippe-Detmold, Count Leopold of Lippe-Biesterfeld (+1949)
succeeded in the Principality of Lippe as Leopold IV
(N.1).
In the course of the
November Revolution of 1918, the Prince of
Lippe-Detmold was deposed.
Notes:
1. "... in March 1895 the death of Prince
Woldemar, who had reigned since 1875, raised a dispute as to the succession.
Woldemar's brother Alexander, the last of the senior line, was hopelessly insane
and had been declared incapable of ruling. On the death of Woldemar, Prince
Adolph of Schaumburg-Lippe, fourth son of Prince Adolph George of that country
and brother-in-law of the German emperor, look over the regency by virtue of a
decree issued by Prince Woldemar, but which had until the latter's death been
kept secret. The Lippe house of representatives consequently passed a special
law confirming the regency in the person of Prince Adolph, but with the proviso
that the regency should be at an end as soon as the disputes touching the
succession were adjusted; and with a further proviso that, should this dispute
not have been settled before the death of Prince Alexander, then, if a competent
court of law had been secured before that event happened, the regency of Prince
Adolph should continue until such court had given its decision. The dispute in
question had arisen because the beads of the two collateral countly lines had
entered a caveat. In order to adjust matters the Lippe government moved the
Bundesrat, on the 5th of July 1895, to pass an imperial law declaring the
Reichsgericht (the supreme tribunal of the empire) a competent court to
adjudicate upon the claims of the rival lines to the succession. In consequence
the Bundesrat passed a resolution on the 1st of February 1896, requesting
the chancellor of the empire to bring about a compromise for the appointment of
a court of arbitration between the parties. Owing to the mediation of the
chancellor a compact was on the 3rd of July 1896 concluded between the heads of
the three collateral lines of the whole house of Lippe, binding "both on
themselves and on the lines of which they were the heads." By clause 2 of this
compact, a court of arbitration was to be appointed, consisting of the king of
Saxony and six members selected by him from among the members of the supreme
court of law of the empire. This court was duly constituted, and on the 22nd of
June 1897 delivered judgment to the effect that Count Ernest of
Lippe-Biesterfeld, head of the line of Lippe- Biesterfeld, was entitled to
succeed to the throne of Lippe on the death of Prince Alexander. In consequence
of this judgment Prince Adolph resigned the regency and Count Ernest became
regent in his stead. On the 26th of September 1004 Count Ernest died and his
eldest son, Count Leopold, succeeded to the regency; but the question of the
succession was again raised by the prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, who urged that
the marriage of Count William Ernest, father of Count Ernest, with Modeste von
Unruh, and that of the count regent Ernest himself with Countess Carline von
Wartensleben were not ebenbürtig (equal birth), and that the issue
of these marriages were therefore excluded from the succession. Prince George of
Schaumburg-Lippe and the count regent, Leopold, thereupon entered into a
compact, again referring the matter to the Bundesrat, which requested the
chancellor of the empire to agree to the appointment of a court of arbitration
consisting of two civil senates of the supreme court, sitting at Leipzig, to
decide finally the matter in dispute. It was further provided in the compact
that Leopold should remain as regent, even after the death of Alexander, until
the decision of the court had been given. Prince Alexander died on the i3th of
January 1905; Count Leopold remained as regent, and on the 25th of October the
court of arbitration issued its award, declaring the marriages in question
(which were, as proved by document, contracted with the consent of the head of
the house in each case) ebenbürtig, and that in pursuance of the
award of the king of Saxony the family of Lippe-Biesterfeld, together with the
collateral lines sprung from Count William Ernest (father of the regent, Count
Ernest) were in the order of nearest agnates called to the succession. Leopold
(b. 1871) thus became prince of Lippe." [12: 1911; volume XVI; p.740-741].
2. In 1905, when Count Leopold of
Lippe-Biesterfeld (+1949) succeeded in the Principality of Lippe, his brothers
and sisters received the title of Prince / Prinz.
3. In Feb 1909, Prince Leopold IV granted to
Armgard of Cramm (+1971) and to her descendents the title of Count / Countess of
Biesterfeld. In Mar 1909, Bernhard (+1934), a younger brother of Prince Leopold
IV, married unequally to Armgard of Cramm. In Feb 1916, Prince Leopold IV
granted to Armgard of Cramm and her sons Bernhard-Leopold (1911-2004) and
Ernst-Aschwin (1914-1988) the title of Prince / Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
[9: 1941; p.81-83].
In 1937, Bernhard-Leopold married Juliana of
Mecklenburg (1909-2004), who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands in 1948-1980.
Their eldest daughter Beatrix (born 1938) became Queen of the Netherlands in
1980.
List of the Rulers
Leopold IV Julius-Bernhard-Adalbert-Otto-Karl-Gustav
(1871-1949) [1905-1918]
Titles
>-1905
Count
&
Noble Lord of
Lippe-Biesterfeld;
Count
of
Schwalenberg,
Sternberg;
2. Schaumburg-Lippe ( Alverdissen
) -1918]
Philipp (+1681), a younger son of Count Simon VI
of Lippe (+1613), received a portion of the County of Lippe (Alverdissen) and
founded the branch of Alverdissen (later called
Schaumburg-Lippe).
Count Philipp (+1681) acquired a portion of the
Imperial immediate County of Schaumburg (N.1).
Friedrich-Christian (+1728) and Philipp-Ernst
(+1723), the sons of Count Philipp of Lippe-Alverdissen & Schaumburg,
divided his possessions and founded, respectively, the branches of Schaumburg
and Alverdissen.
The branch founded by Count Friedrich-Christian
became extinct in the male line in 1777, and Count Philipp-Ernst of
Lippe-Alverdissen (+1787) succeeded in Schaumburg.
In 1807, the Count of
Schaumburg-Lippe received the title of Prince, when he joined the
Confederation of the Rhine (with a voice in the Council of
Princes).
In 1815, the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe joined
the German Confederation.
In 1867, the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe joined
the North German Confederation.
In 1871, the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
joined the German Empire.
In the course of the
November Revolution of 1918, the Prince of
Schaumburg-Lippe was deposed.
Notes:
1. In 1640, with the death of Count Otto V of
Holstein-Schaumburg, the House of Holstein became extinct in the male line. At
the division of his inheritance the County of Schaumburg went to his mother,
Elizabeth (+1646), a daughter of Count Simon VI of Lippe. Elizabeth gave
Schaumburg to her brother Count Philipp of Lippe-Alverdissen. The Landgrave of
Hesse-Kassel and the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg also laid claim to parts of
the old County of Schaumburg, and an adjustment was made which was confirmed in
the Treaty of Westphalia. On account of this agreement Schaumburg was divided,
one part going to Hesse-Kassel, another to Brunswick-Lüneburg, while what
was left, including Bückeburg, came to Count Philipp of Lippe-Alverdissen.
List of the Rulers
Georg-Wilhelm (1784-1860) [1787-1860]
// minor.: 1787-1807 Regent: 1787-1799
Juliane-Wilhelmine-Luise of Hesse-Philippsthal (+1799)
Adolf-Georg (1817-1893) [1860-1893]
Georg (1846-1911) [1893-1911]
Stephan-Albrecht-Georg (1883-1936)
[1911-1918]
Titles
>-1807
Ruling Count of Schaumburg;
Count & Noble Lord of Lippe,
Sternberg;
1807-185...
Sovereign / Ruling Prince of
Schaumburg-Lippe;
Count & Noble Lord of Lippe,
Sternberg;
185...-1918
Ruling Prince of
Schaumburg-Lippe;
Noble Lord of Lippe;
Count of Sternberg,
Schwalenberg;
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789
The Lower
Rhine-Westphalia:
Schaumburg-Lippe;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
Curial voices in the Council of Princes:
= the Counts of Westphalia
=
- % Schaumburg;
Territorial Possessions in 1789
The Imperial the Lower
Rhine-Westphalia:
- % Schaumburg / Schauenburg;
- % Lippe;
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since
1789
- In 1812, the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe sold
Alverdissen to Lippe-Detmold.
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