House of Lippe

House of Lippe
CountryPrincipality of Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe
Founded1123
FounderBernhard I
Current headStephan, Prince of Lippe
Final rulerLeopold IV
TitlesLord, Count, Prince
Deposition1918
Cadet branchesLippe-Biesterfeld
Lippe-Weissenfeld
Schaumburg-Lippe
The princely castle at Detmold
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld in 1942

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

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, former Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013), is an agnatic member of this house.


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