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| Country | Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe | ||
| Titles | Lord, Count, Prince | ||
| Founder | Bernhard I | ||
| Final ruler | Leopold IV | ||
| Current head | Prince Armin or Prince Friedrich Wilhelm |
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| Founding year | 1123 | ||
| Dissolution | 1918 | ||
| Ethnicity | German | ||
| Cadet branches | Lippe-Weissenfeld Schaumburg-Lippe |
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The House of Lippe is a German royal house. The house of Lippe descends from Hermann of Lippe (died ca. 1056) whose son Bernhard I was the founder of the state of Lippe in 1123.
In 1613 the house's territory was split into Lippe-Detmold, Lippe-Brake and Lippe-Alverdissen. In 1643 Count Philipp of Lippe-Alverdissen founded the Schaumburg-Lippe line of the house of Lippe. In 1905 with the death of Prince Alexander the senior Lippe-Detmold branch of the family became extinct with Count Leopold of Lippe-Biesterfeld succeeding him as prince.
With the German Revolution of 1918 the princes of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe were forced to abdicate ending the family's 795 years of rule in Lippe. In 1937 Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld married Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and with the ascension of their daughter Beatrix in 1980 the name of the royal house remained known as the House of Orange-Nassau although Beatrix and her sisters are agnatically members of the house of Lippe.
States ruled by the House of Lippe
- Lippe (1123-1918) known as Lippe-Detmold from 1613.
- Lippe-Brake (1613-1709)
- Lippe-Alverdissen (1613-1640) and (1681-1777)
- Lippe-Biesterfeld (-1918)
- Lippe-Weissenfeld (-1918)
- Schaumburg-Lippe (1643-1918)
- Netherlands (1980-present) under the name House of Orange-Nassau
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| New title | Ruling House of Lippe 1123–1918 |
Declared a Republic |
| Ruling House of Schaumburg-Lippe 1643–1918 |
Declared a Republic |
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| Preceded by House of Mecklenburg |
Ruling House of the Netherlands 1980–present |
Incumbent |
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