Leopold I, Prince of Lippe

Leopold I.

Leopold I of Lippe (2 December 1767 – 5 November 1802) was a Prince of Lippe.

Biography

Leopold I was born in Detmold the son of Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1727–1782) and his second wife Princess Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau (1746–1769).

He received his education in Dessau, and when he reached 18 he went to study at the University of Leipzig. He succeeded his father as Count of Lippe-Detmold on his death on 1 May 1782, and remained Count until Lippe was raised to a Principality in 1789

He died in Detmold and was succeeded as Prince by his eldest son, who became Leopold II

Marriage and children

He was married to Princess Pauline Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg (23 February 1769 – 29 December 1820), daughter of Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg and Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein, on 2 January 1796 in Ballenstedt. From the marriage he had two sons:

• Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796–1851)
• Prince Friedrich (1797–1854)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Leopold I, Prince of Lippe

16. Simon Henry, Count of Lippe               8. Frederick Adolphus, Count of Lippe-Detmold                       17. Baroness Amalia of Dohna-Vianen               4. Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold                             18. Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg               9. Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg                       19. Elisabeth Charlotte, Countess of Holzappel               2. Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold                                   20. John, Count of Nassau-Idstein               10. George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein                       21. Countess Anna of Leiningen-Dagsburg               5. Johanna Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein                             22. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen               11. Princess Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen                       23. Duchess Christiane Friederike of Württemberg               1. Leopold I, Prince of Lippe                                         24. John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau               12. Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau                       25. Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau               6. Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau                             26. Rudolf Föhse               13. Anna Louise Föhse                       27. Agnes Ohme               3. Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau                                   28. Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen               14. Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen                       29. Gisela Agnes of Rath               7. Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen                             30. Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg               15. Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg                       31. Countess Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde

References

• Wilhelm van Kempen: Die Korrespondenz des Detmolder Generalsuperintendenten Ewald mit dem Fürsten Leopold Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau 1790–1794/1798. In: Lippesche Mitteilungen. 33. 1964, p. 135–177.
• Mächtige Stimme der Gerechtigkeit an die hohe Reichsversammlung in Regensburg die gegen den regierenden Fürsten von Lippe-Detmold verübte Usurpazionssache betreffend. Ein wichtiges Gegenstück zu den fürstneuwiedischen Rekursakten. 1795.
• Rotberg: Wahrhafte Krankheits- und Curatelgeschichte des regierenden Fürsten zur Lippe. Mit Urkunden. Nebst einer kurzen Erörterung der Frage: Wann und wie eine Curatelanordnung über einen deutschen Reichsstand Statt habe? 1795.
• Mitteilungen aus der lippischen Geschichte und Landeskunde, Bände 10-13, Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung Verlag., 1914, p. 61