House of Lippe

The House of Lippe is a German Royal House. The House of Lippe descends from Count Jobst Hermann of Lippe^[1] (died ca. 1056) whose son Bernhard I was the founder of the state of Lippe in 1123.

In 1613, the House's territory was split into Lippe-Detmold, Lippe-Brake and Lippe-Alverdissen. In 1643 Count Philipp of Lippe-Alverdissen founded the Schaumburg-Lippe line of the House of Lippe. In 1905 with the death of Prince Alexander the senior Lippe-Detmold branch of the family became extinct with Count Leopold of Lippe-Biesterfeld succeeding him as Prince.

With the German Revolution of 1918, the Princes of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe were forced to abdicate, ending the family's 795-year rule in Lippe. In 1937, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld married Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. With the ascension of their daughter Beatrix in 1980, the name of the Royal House remained known as the House of Orange-Nassau, although Beatrix and her sisters are agnatically members of the house of Lippe.

States ruled by the House of Lippe

• Lippe (1123–1918) known as Lippe-Detmold from 1613.
• Lippe-Brake (1613–1709)
• Lippe-Alverdissen (1613–1640) and (1681–1777)
• Lippe-Biesterfeld (–1918)
• Lippe-Weissenfeld (–1918)
• Schaumburg-Lippe (1643–1918)

See Also

• List of consorts of Lippe

References

• Genealogy of the House of Lippe
• Regnal chronology of Lippe