Leopold I of Lippe (2 December 1767 – 5 November 1802) was a Prince of
Lippe
Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe.
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Biography
Leopold I was born in
Detmold
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of t ...
the son of
Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1727–1782), and his second wife, Princess Leopoldine of
Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation. Ruled by the House of Ascania, it was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and finally merged into t ...
(1746–1769).
He received his education in
Dessau
Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the '' Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßl ...
, and when he reached 18 he went to study at the
University of Leipzig
Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...
. 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
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of t ...
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
Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Geography
It is situated at the northern rim of the Harz mountain range, about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Quedlinburg. The municipal area comprises the vil ...
. From the marriage he had two sons:
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Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796–1851)
* Prince Friedrich (1797–1854)
Ancestry
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
1767 births
1802 deaths
House of Lippe
Princes of Lippe
German princes
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