Bernhard IV, Lord of Lippe ( in Brake – June 1275) was a ruling
Lord of Lippe.
Life
He was the eldest son of
Bernard III and his wife, Sofie of
Cuijck-Arnsberg.
In 1254, he took up grovenment of
Rheda and in 1265, he succeeded his father as ruler 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.
The ...
. His brother
Herman III inherited the city of
Lippstadt.
With his uncle,
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
Simon I of
Paderborn
Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...
, he fought in the
Battle of Zülpich of 1267 against the
Duchy of Jülich. Simon was captured. In 1269, Bernard IV paid a large ransom to secure Simon's release. He had to borrow the money, causing the
House of Lippe to be burdened by debt.
At different times during his reign, he was regent of
Ravensberg, had a dispute with the city of Lippstadt, which had joined the
Rhenish League of Cities, and was
liege lord of
Vehmic court The Vehmic courts, ''Vehmgericht'', holy vehme, or simply Vehm, also spelt ''Feme'', ''Vehmegericht'', ''Fehmgericht'', are names given to a "proto-vigilante" tribunal system of Westphalia in Germany active during the later Middle Ages, based on a f ...
in Wesenfort.
He died in 1275, and was buried in
Marienfeld Abbey
Marienfeld Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the Marienfeld district of Harsewinkel, in the district of Gütersloh, Germany. It was founded in 1185 by monks from Hardehausen Abbey and dissolved in 1803 after German Mediatisation, becoming st ...
.
[Internetportal Westphalian History]
Bernard IV of Lippe
Marriage and issue
In 1260, Bernard married Agnes ( – ), a daughter of Count
Dietrich V
Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "Ruler of the People.” Also "keeper of the keys" or a "lockpick" either the tool or the profession.
Given name
* Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 1440)
* Thierry of Alsace (german: Dietric ...
of Cleves and Hedwig of Meißen. Agnes and Bernard had the following children:
*
Simon I ( – 10 August 1344), married Countess
Adelaide of Waldeck
Adelaide of Waldeck ( – ) was a daughter of Lord Henry III of Waldeck and his wife Matilda of Arnsberg-Cuyk (also known as Matilda of Rietberg-Arnsberg).
She married on 24 November 1276 to Simon I of Lippe and had the following children:
...
and had issue
* Elisabeth (b. ), married Count Henry III of Solms-Braunfels and had issue
Footnotes
Lords of Lippe
Lords of Rheda
1230s births
1275 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
13th-century German nobility
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