Philipp II Ernst, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (5 July 1723– 13 February 1787) was a ruler of the

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Lippe-Alverdissen Lippe-Alverdissen was a German County of the ruling House of Lippe. The branch was created in 1613 following the death of Count Simon VI of Lippe, with his realm being split between his three sons with his youngest son Philipp Philipp is both ...

and

Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, with its capi ...

Early life

He was born at

Rinteln Rinteln () is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river north of the Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In ...

the son of Friedrich Ernst, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen (1687-1777) and his wife Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen (1696-1764). His father was the son of Count Philipp Ernest I, the founder of the

line 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 his wife Duchess Dorothea Amalia of

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (Schleswig-Holstein-Beck or Beck for short) is a line of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg branch of the House of Oldenburg. It consisted of August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Bec ...

(1656-1739).

Biography

He succeeded his father as Count of Lippe-Alverdissen in 1749 and ruled until he inherited the

territories following the death of his cousin

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on the 10 September 1777. He reigned as Count until his death on the 13 February 1787 when he was succeeded by his only surviving son Georg Wilhelm.

Marriages and children

He was married firstly on the 6 May 1756 at

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to Princess Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar (1722-1769), the daughter of Ernest August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. From this marriage he had four children: * Count Clemens August (1757-1757) * Count Karl Wilhelm (1759-1780) * Count Georg Karl (1760-1776) * Countess Friederike Antoinette (1762-1777) He was married secondly on the 10 October 1780 at Philippsthal to

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Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal (1761-1799), daughter of William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal. They had four children: * Countess Eleonore Luise (1781-1783) * Countess Wilhelmine Charlotte (1783-1858) married Count Ernst zu Münster, Minister of

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, parents of Prince Georg Herbert zu Münster. * Count Georg Wilhelm (1784-1860), later (first) Prince (Sovereign) of Schaumburg-Lippe. * Countess Karoline Luise (1786-1846)

External links

Schaumburg-Lippe Nobility
1723 births 1787 deaths People from Rinteln House of Lippe People from Schaumburg-Lippe Counts in Germany {{Germany-noble-stub