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Lippe and later Lippe-Detmold[citation needed] was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest.
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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 Philip. The Lippe-Brake county was reunited with the main Detmold line in 1709. Another branch of the family was founded by Count Jobst Herman 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.
Detailed map of Lippe (1918)
[edit] Lords of Lippe
Raised to County to 1536.
[edit] Counts of Lippe (-Detmold from 1613)
Raised to Principality 1789.
[edit] Princes of Lippe
Monarchy abolished 1918.
[edit] Heads of the House of Lippe
Heir Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (born 1959)
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