Bernhard (Lippe) zur Lippe (1527 - 1563)

Born 6 Dec 1527 in Detmold, Lippe, Heiliges Römisches Reich [uncertain]

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Died 15 Apr 1563 at age 35 in Detmold, Lippe, Heiliges Römisches Reich [uncertain]

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Biography

Bernhard VIII Lippe was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Bernhard was the second but eldest surviving son of Simon V, Graf zur Lippe (Count in Lippe), and the eldest son of Simon's second wife, Magdalene von Mansfeld.^[1] Bernhard was born 6 December 1526^[2] or 6 December 1527.^[1]

Bernhard technically succeeded as Bernhard VIII, Graf zur Lippe, on the death of his father 17 September 1536^[1] but as he was still a minor Lippe was ruled by a regency consisting of Philipp, Landgraf von Hessen, Adolf, Graf von Schaumburg, and Jobst, Graf von der Hoya. Bernhard took over the government of Lippe from 1547.^[3]

He married 8 May 1550, Katharine, Gräfin von Waldeck-Eisenberg,^[1] daughter of Philipp III, Graf von Waldeck-Eisenberg, and his second wife, Anna, Prinzessin von Kleve.^[2]

They had the following issue;^[1]

1. Anna, born 1551, married Wolfgang von Eberstein zu Neugarten;
2. Magdalene, born 24 February 1552, married Georg I, Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt;
3. Simon VI, born 15 April 1554, succeeded his father as Graf zur Lippe;
4. Bernhard, died 1602;
5. Bernhardine, born posthumously 14 October 1563, married Ludwig von Leiningen-Westerburg.

Bernhard VIII, died 15 April 1563,^[1] and was succeeded by his son Simon VI, under the regency of Bernhard's brother.

For further details of his life and reign, see -

In English:

• Wikipedia: Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe

In German:

• Wikipedia: Bernhard VIII. (Lippe)
• Wikisource: Zedler:Lippe, (Bernhard der VIII. Graf von der)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Behr, Kamill von. 1870. Genealogie der in Europa Regierenden Fürstenhäuser, 2nd ed. Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz. pp. 85-86. Digital Image. Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_kW5WAAAAcAAJ : viewed 26 March 2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Raimar, Wolfgang. 1997. Ahnentafel von König Ludwig II. von Bayern. Neustadt an der Aisch: Verlag Degener.
3. ↑ Zedler, Johann Heinrich. 1738. 'Lippe, (Bernhard der VIII. Graf von der)', in Grosse vollständige Universallexikon Aller Wissenschaften und Künste. Band 17. Digitised version Wikisource https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Zedler:Lippe,_(Bernhard_der_VIII._Graf_von_der) : viewed 26 March 2017.