Bernard II (; 30 April 1224) was
Lord of Lippe from 1167 until 1196. He founded the towns of
Lippstadt
Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn.
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Lemgo
Lemgo (; ) is a university and old Hanseatic League, Hanseatic 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 H ...
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Marriage and children
In 1167, Bernard married Heilwig (1150–1196), likely the daughter of Otto, Count of Are-Hochstaden. They had eleven children who survived into adulthood.
Five sons:
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Herman II (117525 Apr 1229)
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Otto II
Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy.
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(† 28 Jul 1227);
Bishop of Utrecht
List of bishops and archbishops of the diocese and archdioceses of Utrecht.
Medieval diocese from 695 to 1580
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* Bernard IV († 14 Apr 1247);
Bishop of Paderborn
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn () is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany; its seat is Paderborn. from 1228
* Dietrich († 28 Jul 1227); killed at the
Battle of Ane
The Battle of Ane (Dutch Low Saxon:''Slag bi'j Aone'', Dutch:''Slag bij Ane''), was fought in 1227 between Otto II of Lippe, Bishop of Utrecht, and Rudolf II van Coevorden with his army of Drenths. The account of the battle comes from '' Qued ...
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Gerhard II (28 August 1258);
Archbishop of Bremen
This list records the bishops of the Archdiocese of Bremen, Roman Catholic diocese of Bremen (), supposedly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Archbishopric of Cologne, then of the bishops of Bremen, who were in personal union archbishops ...
from 1219
Six daughters:
* Ethelind, Abess of
Bassum
Bassum (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Bassen'') is a town in the Diepholz (district), district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of Diepholz, and 25 km south of Bremen.
Geography
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Gertrud II, Abbess of the Imperial Abbey at Herford from 1217 to 1239
* Kunigunde, Abbess of
Freckenhorst from 1219 to
* Adelheid, married
Heinrich I of Arnsberg, as a widow she became the Abbess of
Elten
* Heilwig (after 1244), married
Gottfried II. of Ziegenhain
* Beatrix († 1244), married Heidenrich I. of Lutterberg
Margarethe of Lippe († 1221) is frequently listed as a daughter of Bernard II and an unknown mother. This remains unproven.
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1140s births
Year of birth uncertain
1224 deaths
Lords of Lippe
House of Lippe
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