Leopold I, Prince of Lippe

Leopold I
Leopold I
	Prince of Lippe
	Leopold I
Born	2 December 1767; Detmold
Died	5 November 1802 (aged 34)
Spouse	Princess Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg (m. 1796)
Issue	Leopold II; Prince Friedrich
House	Lippe
Father	Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold
Mother	Princess Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau

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 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. Princess 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-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

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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

Regnal titles
Leopold I, Prince of Lippe House of Lippe Born: 2 December 1767 Died: 5 November 1802
Preceded by Simon August	Count of Lippe-Detmold 1782–1789	Raised to Prince
New title Previously Count	Prince of Lippe 1789–1802	Succeeded by Leopold II

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