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Leopold I, Prince of Lippe

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Leopold I
Prince of Lippe
Leopold I
Born(1767-12-02)2 December 1767
Detmold
Died5 November 1802(1802-11-05) (aged 34)
Spouse
IssueLeopold II
Prince Friedrich
HouseLippe
FatherSimon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold
MotherPrincess Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau

Leopold I of Lippe (2 December 1767 – 5 November 1802) was a Prince of Lippe.

Biography

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Leopold I was born in Detmold the son of Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1727–1782), and his second wife, Princess Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau (1746–1769).

He received his education in Dessau, and when he reached 18 he went to study at the University of Leipzig. He succeeded his father as Count of Lippe-Detmold on his death on 1 May 1782, and remained Count until Lippe was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1789.

In 1790, a mental disorder was diagnosed, and he was incapacitated by the Imperial Chamber Court; in 1795, the guardianship was conditionally lifted after an improvement occurred.

He died in Detmold and was succeeded as Prince by his eldest son, who became Leopold II.

Marriage and children

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He was married to Pauline Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg (23 February 1769 – 29 December 1820), daughter of Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, and Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein, on 2 January 1796 in Ballenstedt. From the marriage he had two sons:

Ancestry

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References

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  • Wilhelm van Kempen: Die Korrespondenz des Detmolder Generalsuperintendenten Ewald mit dem Fürsten Leopold Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau 1790–1794/1798. In: Lippesche Mitteilungen. 33. 1964, p. 135–177.
  • Mächtige Stimme der Gerechtigkeit an die hohe Reichsversammlung in Regensburg die gegen den regierenden Fürsten von Lippe-Detmold verübte Usurpazionssache betreffend. Ein wichtiges Gegenstück zu den fürstneuwiedischen Rekursakten. 1795.
  • Rotberg: Wahrhafte Krankheits- und Curatelgeschichte des regierenden Fürsten zur Lippe. Mit Urkunden. Nebst einer kurzen Erörterung der Frage: Wann und wie eine Curatelanordnung über einen deutschen Reichsstand Statt habe? 1795.
  • Mitteilungen aus der lippischen Geschichte und Landeskunde, Bände 10–13, Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung Verlag., 1914, p. 61
Leopold I, Prince of Lippe
Born: 2 December 1767 Died: 5 November 1802
Regnal titles
Preceded by Count of Lippe-Detmold
1782–1789
Raised to Prince
New title
Previously Count
Prince of Lippe
1789–1802
Succeeded by