Philipp I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (18 July 1601 – 10 April 1681) was the founder of the

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 ...

line. He was born in

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. T ...

the son of

Simon VI, Count of Lippe Count Simon VI of Lippe (15 April 1554 in Detmold – 7 December 1613 in Brake (now part of Lemgo)) was an imperial count and ruler of the County of Lippe from 1563 until his death. Life Simon was the son of Count Bernhard VIII, Count of Lip ...

(1555–1613) and his second wife Countess Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg (1566–1638). Following the death of his father in 1613, he inherited

Lippe-Alverdissen 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 receiving the est ...

, which he ruled until the creation of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1640. Schaumburg-Lippe was founded after the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

, when

Otto V, Count of Schaumburg Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

died without children. Following his death the

County of Schaumburg The County of Schaumburg (german: link=no, Grafschaft Schaumburg), until ca. 1485 known as Schauenburg, was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Lower Saxony. Its territory was more or less congruent with ...

went to his mother, Countess Elisabeth of Lippe as the legal heir. In 1640 she transferred her rights to her brother Philipp, who then became the first Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. He reigned as count until his death, when he was succeeded by his son Friedrich Christian. His second son Philipp Ernest received

Marriage and children

He was married on 13 October 1644 at

Stadthagen Stadthagen () is the capital of the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km east of Minden and 40 km west of Hanover. The city consists of the districts Brandenburg, Enzen-Hobbensen, Hörkamp-L ...

Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (12 September 1615, in Kassel – 22 November 1670, in Bückeburg) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage Countess of Schaumburg-Lippe. Life Sophie was a daughter of Count Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (1572 ...

(or Hesse-Cassel) (1615–1670), they had ten children. *Countess Elisabeth (1646–1646) *Countess Sophie (1648–1671) *Countess Johanna Dorothea (1649–1696) *Countess Luise (1650–1731) *Count Wilhelm Bernard (1651–1651) *Countess Elisabeth Philippine (1652–1703) *Countess Charlotte Juliana (1658–1684) *Count Frederick Christian (1655–1728) *Count Karl Hermann (1656–1657) *Count Philip Ernest (1659–1753) founder of the Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen line

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Schaumburg-Lippe Nobility
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