Bernhard V, Lord of Lippe ( – before 1365) was a member of the

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

and was Lord of Rheda from 1344 until his death.

Life

Bernard was the son of Lord Simon I and Adelaide of Waldeck. His eldest brother was also called Bernard V and was Prince-Bishop of Paderborn. After his father's death in 1344, the county was divided. Bernhard was given the area around Rheda and

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. His brother

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants '' Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...

was given the area around

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 ...

. When Bernhard died around 1365, his widow initially gave his inheritance to Otto VI of Tecklenburg, the husband of her eldest daughter. In 1366, she revoked this gift and transferred the territory to her nephew Simon III. Otto VI, however, objected and started a feud which lasted several decades and was finally resolved in favour of the Tecklenburg family.

Marriage and issue

Bernard V was married to Richarda of the Marck. Their children were: * Simon (d. before 1363) * Adelaide (d. 1392), married in 1362 to Count Otto VI of Tecklenburg * Mechtild (d. 1365), married Count

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of Holstein-Rendsburg * Heilwig Lords of Lippe Lords of Rheda 1290s births 1360s deaths 14th-century German nobility 14th-century lords in Europe {{Germany-noble-stub