Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

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Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (30 May 1871-30 December 1949) was the last Prince of Lippe

He was born in Oberkassel the son of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842-1904) and Princess Karoline of Wartensleben (1844-1905). He served as an officer in the German Army until 1894, when he left to study political science at the universities of Bonn and Berlin.

From the death of his father the regent of Lippe in 1904, Leopold succeeded him as regent due to the incapacity of his cousin, Prince Alexander. Following the death of Alexander and the extinction of the Lippe-Detmold line in 1905, Leopold succeeded as the Prince of Lippe. In 1916 he created his nephew Count Bernhard a Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Bernhard would latter become Prince Consort to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Leopold ruled as Prince until he was forced to abdicate in 1918 along with the other German monarchies following the German Empire's defeat in the first world war.

Leopold was married to Princess Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1874-1919) on the 16 August 1901 in Rotenburg, and had issue:

  • Hereditary Prince Ernst of Lippe (1902-1987)
  • Prince Leopold of Lippe (1904-1965)
  • Princess Karoline of Lippe (1905-2001)
  • Prince Chlodwig of Lippe (1909-2000)
  • Princess Sieglinde of Lippe (born 1915)

He was married secondly to Princess Anna of Ysenburg-Büdingen (1886-1980) on the 26 April 1922, and from this marriage he had one son.

Leopold died in Detmold on the 30 December 1949. His son from his second marriage Armin is the present head of the house of Lippe.

Preceded by
Count Ernst		 Regent of Lippe
1904-1905		 End of Regency
Preceded by
Alexander		 Prince of Lippe
1905-1918		 Principality abolished
Head of the House of Lippe
1905-1949		 Succeeded by
Armin
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