Simon August, Count of Lippe (12 June 1727 – 1 May 1782), ruled the Principality of

Lippe-Detmold Lippe (later Lippe-Detmold and then again Lippe) was a historical state in Germany, ruled by the House of Lippe. It was located between the Weser river and the southeast part of the Teutoburg Forest. It was founded in the 1640s under a separa ...

from 1734 until 1782. He 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 ...

, the son of Simon Henry Adolph and Johanna Wilhelmine of Nassau-Idstein. Simon August ruled until 1747 under the guardianship of his mother. Under the influence of the Enlightenment, he issued a fiscal and social legislation and in 1749 he introduced, together with Adolf von Hillensberg, a

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in Lippe, so as to not spend money when no revenues were available. The Sparkasse Detmold and a fire insurance company are direct continuations of companies he founded. He acquired a

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Bad Salzuflen Bad Salzuflen is a town and thermal spa resort in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At the end of 2013, it had 52,121 inhabitants. Geography Bad Salzuflen lies on the eastern edge of the Ravensberg Basin, at the confluence o ...

and built a

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Bad Meinberg Horn-Bad Meinberg (; Low German: '' Häoern-Möomag '') is a German city in the Lippe district in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia on the edge of the Teutoburg forest. The district Bad Meinberg is a spa resort. It has 17,263 inhabita ...

. In 1775, he created a relief fund for the poor. A census in 1776 revealed that his country had inhabitants.

Marriages and Issue

In Kirchheimbolanden on 24 August 1750, Simon August married firstly with princess Polyxena Louise (Kirchheimbolanden, 27 January 1733 – Detmold, 27 September 1764), daughter of

Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg Charles August; 17 September 1685, Weilburg – 9 November 1753) was from 1719 to 1753 Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Charles August was the second son of John Ernst of Nassau-Weilburg and Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg. In his yo ...

. They had a daughter: *Wilhelmine Caroline (Kirchheimbolanden, 6 July 1751 – Kirchheimbolanden, 4 April 1753). In Dessau on 28 September 1765 Simon August married secondly with princess

Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau Marie Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau (18 November 1746, Dessau – 15 April 1769, Detmold) was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau by birth and by marriage Countess of Lippe-Detmold. Life Leopoldine Marie was a daughter of Prince Leopold II, Prince ...

(Dessau, 18 November 1746 – Detmold, 15 April 1769). They had a son: * Frederick Wilhelm Leopold I (Detmold, 2 December 1767 – Detmold, 4 April 1802), Prince of Lippe. In Dessau on 9 November 1769 Simon August married thirdly princess

Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau (19 January 1749, Dessau – 8 November 1778, Detmold) was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau by birth and the Countess of Lippe-Detmold Lippe (later Lippe-Detmold and then again Lippe) was a historical state in Germa ...

(Dessau, 19 January 1749 – Detmold, 8 November 1778), sister of his previous wife. They had a son: *Casimir August (Detmold, 9 October 1777 – Falkenberg bei Berlin, 27 May 1809). In Braunfels Castle on 26 March 1780 Simon August married fourthly princess Christine of Solms-Braunfels (Braunfels, 30 August 1744 – Detmold, 16 December 1823). They had no children After his death at Detmold in 1782, his son Leopold I took up government.

References

* Lore Blanke
Simon August
In:

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(NDB). Band 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlín 2010, , p. 425 f. House of Lippe Counts of Lippe 1727 births 1782 deaths 18th-century German people People from Detmold {{Germany-noble-stub