Leopold I, Prince of Lippe

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

Leopold I
Prince of Lippe
Leopold I
Born	(1767-12-02)2 December 1767 Detmold
Died	5 November 1802(1802-11-05) (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 Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau

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 of the Holy Roman Empire in 1789.

In 1790, a mental disorder was diagnosed, and he was incapacitated by the Imperial Chamber Court; in 1795, the guardianship was conditionally lifted after an improvement occurred.

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

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