Bernard II (; 30 April 1224) was
Lord of Lippe
Lippe (later Lippe-Detmold and then again Lippe) was a historical state in Germany, ruled by the House of Lippe. It was located between the Weser river and the southeast part of the Teutoburg Forest.
It was founded in the 1640s under a separ ...
from 1167 until 1196. He founded the towns of
Lippstadt and
Lemgo
Lemgo (; nds, Lemge, Lemje) is a small university town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
It is situated between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser Uplands, 25 km east of Bielefeld and 70 km west of Hannover.
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.
Marriage and children
In 1167, Bernard married Heilwig (1150–1196), likely the daughter of Otto, Count of Are-Hochstaden. They had eleven children who survived into adulthood.
Five sons:
*
Herman II (117525 Apr 1229)
*
Otto II
Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Ita ...
(† 28 Jul 1227);
Bishop of Utrecht from 1215
* Bernard IV († 14 Apr 1247);
Bishop of Paderborn
The Archdiocese of Paderborn is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany; its seat is Paderborn.[Battle of Ane
The Battle of Ane ( Dutch Low Saxon:''Slag bi'j Aone'', Dutch:''Slag bij Ane''), was fought in 1227 between Otto II of Lippe, Bishop of Utrecht, and Rudolf II van Coevorden with his army of Drenths. The account of the battle comes from '' Qued ...]
*
Gerhard II (28 August 1258);
Archbishop of Bremen
This list records the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Bremen (german: link=no, Bistum Bremen), supposedly a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Cologne, then of the bishops of Bremen, who were in personal union archbishops of Hamburg (si ...
from 1219
Six daughters:
* Ethelind, Abess of
Bassum from to
*
Gertrud II, Abbess of the Imperial Abbey at Herford from 1217 to 1239
* Kunigunde, Abbess of
Freckenhorst from 1219 to
* Adelheid, married
Heinrich I of Arnsberg, as a widow she became the Abbess of
Elten
* Heilwig (after 1244), married
Gottfried II. of Ziegenhain
* Beatrix († 1244), married Heidenrich I. of Lutterberg
Margarethe of Lippe († 1221) is frequently listed as a daughter of Bernard II and an unknown mother. This remains unproven.
External links
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1140s births
Year of birth uncertain
1224 deaths
Lords of Lippe
House of Lippe
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