Philipp II Ernst, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (5 July 1723– 13 February 1787) was a ruler of the

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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 ...

and

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 ...

Early life

He was born at

Rinteln Rinteln () is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In re ...

the son of Friedrich Ernst, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen (1687-1777) and his wife Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen (1696-1764). His father was the son of Count Philipp Ernest I, the founder of the

line of the

House of Lippe The House of Lippe (german: Haus Lippe) is the former reigning house of a number of small German states, two of which existed until the German Revolution of 1918–19, the Principality of Lippe and the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. Prince ...

and his wife Duchess Dorothea Amalia of

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(1656-1739).

Biography

He succeeded his father as Count of Lippe-Alverdissen in 1749 and ruled until he inherited the

territories following the death of his cousin

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on the 10 September 1777. He reigned as Count until his death on the 13 February 1787 when he was succeeded by his only surviving son

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Marriages and children

He was married firstly on the 6 May 1756 at

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to Princess Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar (1722-1769), the daughter of

Ernest August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (German language, German: ''Ernst August I''; 19 April 1688 – 19 January 1748), was a duke of Saxe-Weimar and, from 1741, of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Biography He was the second but eldest surviving son ...

. From this marriage he had four children: * Count Clemens August (1757-1757) * Count Karl Wilhelm (1759-1780) * Count Georg Karl (1760-1776) * Countess Friederike Antoinette (1762-1777) He was married secondly on the 10 October 1780 at Philippsthal to

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Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal (1761-1799), daughter of William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal. They had four children: * Countess Eleonore Luise (1781-1783) * Countess Wilhelmine Charlotte (1783-1858) married Count Ernst zu Münster, Minister of

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, parents of Prince

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. * Count

(1784-1860), later (first) Prince (Sovereign) of Schaumburg-Lippe. * Countess Karoline Luise (1786-1846)

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Schaumburg-Lippe Nobility
1723 births 1787 deaths People from Rinteln House of Lippe People from Schaumburg-Lippe Counts of Germany {{Germany-noble-stub