Bernard III, Lord of Lippe () was a German nobleman. He was the ruling

Lord of Lippe 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 separ ...

from 1229 until his death.

Life

Bernard III was the son of Lord Herman II and his wife, Oda of Tecklenburg. His father fell in battle in 1229, and Bernard III succeeded him as Lord of Lippe. After 1232, he would style himself ''by the grace of God'', and sometimes ''Count of Lippe''. Bernard was bellicose, like his brothers and his grandfather Bernard I. He was

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of the

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from 1254 to 1256. Some authors consider him the founder of Lippe as a territorial entity. Via his brother, Bishop

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of Paderbron he acquired furthers offices, and reorganized the church in his principality. He promoted the cities of

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and Blomberg. He had a dispute with the city of

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, because it would not allow him to build a castle. He also fought

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s against the cities of Ravensberg and Sternberg, and against the

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. His frequent feuds weakened the House of Lippe.

Marriage and issue

Bernard III married twice. Around 1230, he married Sophie of Cuijck-Arnsberg ( – ). She was the daughter of Count Gottfried II of Arnsberg and Rietberg and his wife Elisabeth. Bernard III and Sophie had the following children together: * Bernard IV ( – ) * Herman III ( – 3 October 1274) * Hedwig ( – 5 March 1315, married Count

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* Gerhard ( – 1259), provost of

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chapter, lost a feud against Hildebold of Wunstorf over the succession to the

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* Dietrich ( – after 1271), pastor at

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Bernard remarried after Sopie's death; in 1248 he married Sophie of Ravensberg-Vechta – after 3 June 1285), a daughter of Count Otto II of Ravensberg and Countess Sophie of Oldenburg. From this marriage, Bernard had four more children: * Elisabeth ( – after 1316), married Count Baldwin II of Steinfurt * Agnes ( – 1307), married Count Hoyer I of Sternberg * Adelaide, married Count Adolph I of Schwalenberg * Sophie ( – 1 February 1275), married Count Albert I of

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References

* Arnold Berg: ''Über die Gemahlinnen des Edlen Bernhard III. zur Lippe'', in: ''Norddeutsche Familienkunde'', vol. 9, 1971, p. 49 ffAccording to this source, Bernard III had only one spouse named Sophie, viz. Sophie of Arnsberg

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard 03, Lord of Lippe Lords of Lippe 1190s births 1260s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain 13th-century German nobility