Profiles: Princes and Consorts of Lippe

Leopold I
Prince of Lippe

Born: December 2, 1767 in Detmold
Parents: Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold and Princess Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau
Married: January 2, 1796 to Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg
Children:
Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796)
Prince Friedrich (1797)
Princess Luise (1800)
REIGN: 1789 – November 2, 1802
Died: November 2, 1802 in Detmold
Buried: Mausoleum at the Büchenberg, Detmold

Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg
Princess of Lippe

Born: February 23, 1769 in Ballenstedt
Parents: Friedrich Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg and Princess Luise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein
Married: January 2, 1796 to Leopold I, Prince of Lippe
Children:
Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796)
Prince Friedrich (1797)
Princess Luise (1800)
Died: December 29, 1820 in Detmold
Buried: Mausoleum at the Büchenberg, Detmold

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Leopold II
Prince of Lippe

Born: November 6, 1796 in Detmold
Parents: Leopold I, Prince of Lippe and Princess Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg
Married: April 23, 1820 to Princess Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Children:
Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821)
Princess Luise (1822)
Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824)
Princess Friederike (1825)
Prince Friedrich (1827)
Prince Hermann (1829)
Alexander, Prince of Lippe (1831)
Prince Karl (1832)
Princess Pauline (1834)
REIGN: November 5, 1902 – January 1, 1851
Died: January 1, 1851 in Detmold
Buried: Mausoleum at the Büchenberg, Detmold

Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Princess of Lippe

Born: April 23, 1800
Parents: Günther Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Princess Karoline of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Married: April 23, 1800 to Leopold II, Prince of Lippe
Children:
Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821)
Princess Luise (1822)
Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824)
Princess Friederike (1825)
Prince Friedrich (1827)
Prince Hermann (1829)
Alexander, Prince of Lippe (1831)
Prince Karl (1832)
Princess Pauline (1834)
Died: April 2, 1867
Buried: Mausoleum at the Büchenberg, Detmold

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Leopold III
Prince of Lippe

Born: September 1, 1821 in Detmold
Parents: Leopold II, Prince of Lippe and Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Married: April 17, 1852 to Princess Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
REIGN: January 1, 1851 – December 8, 1875
Died: December 8, 1875 in Detmold
Buried: Mausoleum at the Büchenberg, Detmold

Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Princess of Lippe

Born: October 1, 1833
Parents: Prince Albert of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Princess Auguste Luise of Solms-Braunfels
Married: April 17, 1852 to Leopold III, Prince of Lippe
Died: November 27, 1896
Buried: St. Andrew’s Church in Rudolstadt

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Woldemar
Prince of Lippe

Born: April 18, 1824 in Detmold
Parents: Leopold II, Prince of Lippe and Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Married: November 9, 1858 to Princess Sophie of Baden
REIGN: December 8, 1875 – March 20, 1895
Died: March 20, 1895
Buried: Mausoleum at the Büchenberg, Detmold

Sophie of Baden
Princess of Lippe

Born: August 7, 1834 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Prince Wilhelm of Baden and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg
Married: November 9, 1858 to Woldemar, Prince of Lippe
Died: April 6, 1904 in Karlsruhe
Buried: Mausoleum at the Büchenberg, Detmold

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Alexander
Prince of Lippe

Born: January 16, 1831 in Detmold
Parents: Leopold II and Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
REIGN: March 20, 1895 – January 13, 1905
Died: January 13, 1905 in St. Gilgenberg
Buried: Mausoleum at the Büchenberg, Detmold

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Leopold IV
Prince of Lippe

Born: May 30, 1871 in Oberkassel
Parents: Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and Countess Karoline of Wartensleben
Married(1): August 16, 1901 to Princess Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Children:
Ernst, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (1902)
Prince Leopold Bernhard (1904)
Princess Karoline (1905)
Prince Chlodwig (1909)
Married(2): April 22, 1922 to Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Children:
Prince Armin (1924)
REIGN: October 25, 1905 – November 12, 1918
Died: December 30, 1949 in Detmold
Buried: Christ Church, Detmold

Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Princess of Lippe

Born: October 25, 1874 in Burgsteinfurt
Parents: Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and Princess Juliane of Bentheim and Steinfurt
Married: August 16, 1901 to Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Ernst, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (1902)
Prince Leopold Bernhard (1904)
Princess Karoline (1905)
Prince Chlodwig (1909)
Died: February 19, 1919 in Detmold
Buried: Christ Church, Detmold

Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Princess of Lippe

Born: February 10, 1886 in Büdingen
Parents: Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen
Married(1): November 21, 1911 to Count Ernst of Lippe-Weissenfeld
Children:
Princess Eleonore of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1913)
Married(2): April 26, 1922 to Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Prince Armin (1924)
Died: February 8, 1980 in Detmold
Buried: Christ Church, Detmold

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