Simon I, Lord of Lippe ( – 10 August 1344) ruled

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 d ...

from 1275 until his death in 1344.

Life

He was a son of Bernard IV and Agnes of Cleves. He was a great-nephew of

Simon I Simon I may refer to: * Simon I (High Priest) (310–291 or 300–270 BCE) * Simon I de Montfort (1025–1087) * Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton (died c. 1111) * Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (1076–1138) * Simon I, Count of Saarbrü ...

, a

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and

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, the Count of

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and the City of

Herford Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford (district), Herford. Geography ...

. He was forced to raze Enger Castle, which he owned. The dispute was triggered by complaints about raids against Osnabrück, allegedly originating from this castle. Louis of Ravensberg, who was the

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, created an alliance with his brother, Count

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of Ravensberg, the Bishops of Münster and Paderborn and the City of Herford. Alliance troops laid siege to Simon I's castle in 1302, took the castle, captured Simon I and held him in the Bucksturm tower in Osnabrück. He was released after 18 months in captivity, under the condition that he would raze Enger Castle. Gustav Engel: ''Dorf, Amt und Stadt Enger. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Geschichte'', in the series ''Beiträge zur Stadtgeschichte'', vol. 1, City of Enger, Enger, 1981, p 37 ff. This is a shortened, supplemented and corrected reprint from ''Enger, ein Heimatbuch zur Tausendjahrfeier der Widukindstadt'', City of Enger, Enger, 1948 In 1323, he expanded his territory by acquiring Varenholz Castle and

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over Langenholzhausen. During his reign, Lippe reached its largest territorial extent.

Marriage and Issue

He married

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: ...

, the daughter of Lord Henry III of Waldeck. Their children were: *

Bernard Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...

(1277-1341), Bishop of Paderborn * Herman (d. ), a cleric * Hendrik (d. ), a cleric * Diedrich (d. after 8 September 1326), Knight in the

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* Simon (d. ) *

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(† 1360), Lord of Lippe in Lemgo * Bernard V (d. before 1365), Lord of Lippe in Rheda * Adolph * Matilda (d. after 9 April 1366), married to John II, Count of Bentheim (d. 1332) * Adelaide, married Herman II of Everstein-Polle (about September 29, 1324?) (d. ) * Hedwig (d. after March 5, 1369), married Count Adolph VII of Holstein-Pinneburg and Schauenburg (d. 1352).

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon 01, Lord of Lippe Lords of Lippe Lords of Rheda 1260s births 1344 deaths Year of birth uncertain 14th-century German nobility