Lippe-Alverdissen was a German County of the ruling
House of Lippe.
The branch was created in 1613 following the death of
Count Simon VI of Lippe, with his realm being split between his three sons with his youngest son
Philipp
Philipp is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
"Philipp" has also been a shortened version of Philippson, a German surname especially prevalent amongst German Jews and Dutch Jews.
Surname
* Adolf Philipp (1864 ...
receiving the estate of Alverdissen (near
Barntrup).
Following Count Philipp's ascension as Count of
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe, also Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807, a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bück ...
in 1643, Alverdissen became a property of the now ruling branch of Schaumburg-Lippe. Following the death of Count Philipp in 1681 Schaumburg-Lippe went to his eldest son
Friedrich Christian who built the existing Renaissance castle at Alverdissen and later ceded it to his brother
Philip Ernest who founded the Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen line. The two lines remained separate until
Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, of the junior Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen branch inherited the county of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1777. In 1812, Alverdissen Castle was sold by the princes of Schaumburg-Lippe to
Pauline, the wife of
Leopold I, Prince of Lippe
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 (174 ...
.
Counts of Lippe-Alverdissen (1613–1640 and 1681–1777)
See also
*
List of consorts of Lippe
Countess of Lippe
House of Lippe, 1528–1613
Countess of Lippe-Detmold
House of Lippe, 1613–1789
Countess of Lippe-Alverdissen
House of Lippe, 1613–1640 and 1681–1777
Countess of Lippe-Brake
House of Lippe, 1613� ...
References
Regnal chronology
Former countries in Europe
Counties of the Holy Roman Empire
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