Lippe-Biesterfeld
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The House of Lippe-Biesterfeld was a comital cadet line of the House of Lippe (a German dynasty reigning from 1413 until 1918, of comital and, from 1789, of princely rank).
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Coat of arms of the House of Lippe (simple variant),[1] later also used by Lippe-Biesterfeld,[2] combining the Lippian rose with the coat of arms of the counts of Schwalenberg | |
Parent house | House of Lippe |
Country | Biesterfeld, Lippe, Germany, Netherlands |
Founded | 1625 (1st cadet house); 1916 (2nd cadet house) |
Founder | Jobst Herman |
Final head | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004) |
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Dissolution | only female members |
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The comital branch of Lippe-Biesterfeld ascended the throne of the Principality of Lippe in 1905, after the extinction of the ruling main branch, when count Leopold of Lippe-Biesterfeld became Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe. He continued to rule until the German Revolution of 1918. In 1916, he created his younger brother, count Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, a prince. Through the latter's son, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), the prince consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, it also became a title of the Dutch Royal House, created in 1937.