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Fürstentum Lippe Principality of Lippe State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) ← 1123 – 1918 → Flag Coat of arms Lippe within the German Empire Capital Detmold Government Principality History  - Established 1123  - Raised to County 1528  - Raised to Principality 1789  - German Revolution 1918

Lippe and later Lippe-Detmold was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest.

Contents 1 History 2 Lords of Lippe 3 Counts of Lippe (-Detmold from 1613) 4 Princes of Lippe 5 Heads of the House of Lippe 6 References 7 External links

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 Lippe-Alverdissen going to Count Philipp. The Lippe-Brake county was reunited with the main Detmold line in 1709. 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.

The Counts of Lippe-Detmold were granted the title prince of the empire in 1789.

Shortly after becoming a member state of the German Empire in 1871, the Lippe-Detmold line died out on 20 July 1895. This resulted in an inheritance dispute between the neighbouring principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and the Lippe-Biesterfeld line. The dispute was resolved by the Imperial Court in Leipzig in 1905, with the lands passing to the Lippe-Biesterfeld line who, until this point, had no territorial sovereignty.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Leopold IV (1918-1949)
• Armin (1949-present)

Heir Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (born 1959)

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• German Genealogy: Lippe (-Detmold)

• Ordinances and by-laws of the county of Lippe online (German)
• Guidelines for the integration of the Land Lippe within the territory of the federal state North-Rhine-Westphalia of 17 January 1947 (German)

v • d • e Holy Roman Empire — Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (1500–1806)
Ecclesiastical princes	Cambrai | Corvey** | Liège | Minden* | Münster | Stavelot–Malmedy** | Osnabrück | Paderborn | Utrecht (until 1548) | Verden (until 1648)
Imperial prelates	Corvey* | Essen | Herford | Kornelimünster | Stavelot–Malmedy* | Thorn | Werden
Secular princes	Cleves with Mark | East Frisia** | Jülich–Berg | Guelders (until 1548) | Minden** | Moers** | Nassau-Dillenburg** | Verden**
Counts and Lords	Bentheim | Bronkhorst (until 1719) | Diepholz | East Frisia (until 1667) | Horne† (until 1614) | Hoya | Lingen† | Lippe | Manderscheid (until 1546) | Moers (until 1541) | Nassau-Dillenburg (until 1664) | Oldenburg (until 1777) | Pyrmont | Ravensberg† | Reichenstein | Rietberg | Salm-Reifferscheid | Sayn | Schaumburg | Tecklenburg | Virneburg | Wied | Winneburg and Beilstein | Zimerauff
Counts and Lords (from 1792)	Anholt | Blankenheim and Gerolstein | Gemen | Gimborn | Gronsfeld | Hallermund | Holzapfel | Kerpen-Lommersum | Myllendonk | Reckheim | Schleiden | Wickrath | Wittem
Counts and Lords, status uncertain	Delmenhorst | Fagnolle | Nassau: Diez, Hadamar | Schaumburg: Hesse, Lippe | Spiegelberg | Steinfurt
Free Imperial Cities	Aachen | Cologne | Dortmund | Duisburg? | Herford? | Verden (from 1648) | Warburg?
* until 1792     ** from 1792     † without a seat in the Reichstag     ? status uncertain

v • d • e States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)
Rank elevated by Napoleon	Kingdoms: Bavaria | Saxony | Württemberg Grand Duchies: Baden | Hesse
States created	Kingdoms: Westphalia Grand Duchies: Berg | Frankfurt‡ | Würzburg Principalities: Aschaffenburg† | Leyen | Regensburg†
Pre-existing states	Duchies: Anhalt: Bernburg, Dessau, Köthen | Arenberg | Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz | Nassau | Oldenburg | Saxony: Coburg-Saalfeld, Gotha-Altenburg, Hildburghausen, Meiningen, Weimar*, Eisenach*, Weimar-Eisenach** Principalities: Hohenzollern: Hechingen, Sigmaringen | Isenburg-Birstein | Liechtenstein | Lippe-Detmold | Reuß: Ebersdorf, Greiz, Lobenstein, Schleiz | Salm: Kyrburg, Salm | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen | Waldeck
* until 1809     ** from 1809       † until 1810     ‡ from 1810

v • d • e States of the German Confederation (1815–66)
Empires	Austria
Kingdoms	Prussia | Bavaria | Saxony | Hanover | Württemberg
Electorates	Hesse
Grand Duchies	Baden | Hesse | Luxembourg | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Oldenburg | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt: Bernburg¹, Dessau¹, Köthen² | Brunswick | Holstein | Limburg | Nassau | Saxony: Altenburg³, Coburg-Saalfeld4, Coburg-Gotha³, Gotha-Altenburg4, Hildburghausen4, Lauenburg, Meiningen
Principalities	Hesse-Homburg | Hohenzollern: Hechingen5, Sigmaringen5 | Liechtenstein | Lippe | Reuß: Elder, Junior | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen | Waldeck and Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen | Frankfurt | Hamburg | Lübeck
1: Merged to Anhalt from 1863;     2: until 1847;     3: from 1826;     4: until 1826;     5: until 1850

v • d • e States of the German Empire (1871–1918)
Kingdoms	Prussia | Bavaria | Saxony | Württemberg
Grand Duchies	Baden | Hesse | Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz | Oldenburg | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt | Brunswick | Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen
Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen | Lippe | Reuss: Elder, Junior | Waldeck-Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen | Hamburg | Lübeck
Other	Alsace-Lorraine | Colonial possessions