Simon Henry, Count of Lippe (13 March 1649 in Sternberg – 2 May 1697 in

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) was a ruling Count of Lippe-Detmold.

Life

Simon Henry was the eldest son of Herman Adolph, Count of Lippe and his first wife Countess Ernestine of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Birstein. In 1665, he became co-ruler with his father; in 1666, his father died and Simon Henry inherited

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. Between 1683 and 1685, he replaced the

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his father had built near today's

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by a series of buildings arranged symmetrically around a

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. The complex was designed in a

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style. The sober main building had two floors and a

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and was flanked by single-story stables arranged symmetrically around a cour d'honeur. The stables housed a

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dating back to the 16th century. The complex was set on fire on 11 July 1945 by prisoners of war, and was demolished in 1947. Simon Henry died on 2 May 1697 in Detmold. His widow retreated to Varenholz Castle, where she died on 11 March 1700.

Marriage and issue

On 15 September 1666, Simon Henry married in

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with Baroness Amalia of Dohna-Vianen, Burgravine of Utrecht, heiress of Vianen and Ameide (2 February 1644 in The Hague – 11 March 1700), a daughter of General Christian Albert of Dohna. They had the following children: * Frederick Adolph (2 September 1667 at Detmold Castle – 18 July 1718 in Detmold), Count of Lippe-Detmold * Ferdinand Christian (13 September 1668 in Detmold – 18 October 1724 in Samrodt), Lord of Samrodt * Sophie Henriette (23 October 1669 in Detmold – 25 October 1669 ibid) * Henry Ernest (24 January 1671 in Detmold – 1 October 1691 in

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) * Joanna Sophie (29 June 1672 in Detmold – November 1675, ibid) * Albertine (24 August 1673 in Detmold – 29 December 1673, ibid) * Charlotte Albertine (14 October 1674 in Detmold – 13 July 1740 in Wetzlar) - married on 8 February 1707 in Schaumburg with Count Charles of Wied-Runkel (21 October 1684 – 21 June 1764) * William Simon (5 January 1676 in Detmold – 21 January 1681, ibid) * Theodor Augustus (28 July 1677 in Detmold – 25 October 1677 ibid) * Christopher Louis (3 April 1679 in Detmold – 18 May 1747 ibid) * Theodore Emil (20 September 1680 in Detmold – 11 September 1709), fell during the

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* Simon Charles (23 March 1682 in Detmold – 20 September 1703), fell during the

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* Florentine Sophie (8 September 1683 – 24 April 1758 in Altenkirchen im Westerwald), married on 29 August 1704 in Detmold to Count Maximilian Henry of Wied-Runkel (1 May 1681 – 19 December 1706) * Freda Henrietta (b. and d. 13 March 1686 in Detmold) * William Charles Dietrich (9 November 1686

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– 16 May 1687 in Detmold) * August Wolfhart (23 June 1688 in Detmold – 18 January 1739 in Varenholz)

References

* Georg Droege, Franz Petri, and Klaus Fink (eds.): ''Handbuch der historischen Stätten Deutschlands'', vol. 3: ''Nordrhein-Westfalen'', 2nd revised ed., in the series ''Kröners Taschenausgabe'', vol. 273, Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1970

External links

Initiative to rebuild Lopshorn Castle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon Henry, Count of Lippe Counts of Lippe House of Lippe 1649 births 1697 deaths 17th-century German people