Leopold IV, The Prince of Lippe (1871-     ).  Succeeded as Regent of Lippe in 1904 on the death of his father, Ernst, The Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld.  Succeeded as The Prince of Lippe in 1905 on the death of his distant cousin, Alexander, The Prince of Lippe (-Detmold).  Abdicated in 1918.
2nd Wife:  Anna, widow of Count Ernst of Lippe-Weissenfeld (below), née Princess of Ysenburg und Büdingen in Büdingen (1886-     )

Issue of his first marriage:

Ernst, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (1902-     ).  Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his first unequal marriage in 1924. 2nd Wife: Herta-Elise, née Weiland (1911-     ) Issue of his second marriage: Ernst Leopold, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld, born in Berlin on March 14, 1940. Viktoria, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, born in Berlin on May 7, 1943. Leopold Bernhard, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1904-     ) Karoline, Countess Hans von Kanitz (1905-     ) Chlodwig, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1909-     ).  Married at Munich on March 27, 1940.  Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal marriage. Wife:  Veronika, née Holl (1915-     ) Issue: Winfried-Chlodwig, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld, born in Munich on April 21, 1941. Sieglinde, Frau Friedrich-Carl Heldman (1915-     )

Issue of his second marriage:

Armin, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1924-     )

Adelheid, Princess Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen (1870-     )

Bernhard, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1872-1934).  Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal marriage in 1909.
Wife:  Armgard, formerly Countess Bodo von Oeynhausen, née von Cramm (1883-     ).  She was created Countess of Biesterfeld in 1909 and Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld in 1916.

Issue:

Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands, né Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911-     ).  Created Prince of the Netherlands in 1937 upon his marriage to Crown Princess Juliana. Wife: Juliana, Crown Princess of the Netherlands (1909-     ) Issue: Beatrix, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1938-     ) Irene, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, born on August 5, 1939, at Soestdijk Palace. Margriet, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, born on January 19, 1943, in Ottawa, Canada. Aschwin, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1914-     )

Julius Ernst, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1873-     )
Wife:  Marie, formerly Countess Georges Jamatel, née Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1878-     )

Issue:

Elisabeth, Princess Ernst August of Solms-Braunfels (1916-     ) Ernst August, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1917-     )

Karola, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Abbess of Lemgo (1873-     )

Brothers of Father
Sons of Julius, The Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1812-1884)

Friedrich, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1852-1892)
Wife:  Marie, née Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1861-1941).  She died on April 26, 1941, at Büdingen.

Issue:

Adelheid, Princess Heinrich of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1884-     ) Olga, Countess of Erbach-Erbach (1885-     ) Marie, Princess Carl of Ysenburg und Büdingen in Büdingen (1890-     )

Rudolf, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1856-1931)
Wife:  Luise, née Princess von Ardeck (1868-     )

Issue:  3 children, including

Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1890-1938).  Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal marriage in 1932. Wife:  Godela, née von Oven (1906-     ) Issue: Rudolf, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1937-     ) Marie Adelheid, Princess Reuss zur Lippe (1895-     ).  Took the title Princess Reuss zur Lippe upon her divorce from her third husband in 1936.

Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1858-1914)
Wife:  Gisela, née Countess of Ysenburg und Büdingen in Meerholz (1871-     )

Issue:

Calixta Agnes, Princess Waldemar of Prussia (1895-     ) Barbara Eleonore, Countess Nikolaus von Luckner (1897-     ) Simon Casimir, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1900-     ).  Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal marriage in 1935. Wife:  Ilse, née Splittgerber (1909-     )

Surviving Junior Lippe Line
Descendants of Count Ferdinand of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1709-1791)

Head of the House of Lippe-Weissenfeld

Ferdinand, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1903-1939).  Killed in action during World War II at Lublin on September 26, 1939.
Wife:  Dorothea, née Princess of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1905-     )

Issue:

Franz, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1929-     ) Margarete, Princess of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1932-     )

Brother
Son of Prince Clemens of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1860-1920)

Christian, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1907-     )
Wife:  Pauline, née Countess of Ortenburg (1913-     )

Issue:

Clemens, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1937-     ) Friedrich, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld, born at Dresden on March 18, 1939. Elisabeth, Princess of Lippe-Weissenfeld, born at Bautzen on December 8, 1940. Ferdinand, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld, born at Bautzen on November 14, 1942. Christian, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld, born at Teichnitz on October 18, 1945.

Brothers and Sisters of Father
Children of Count Franz of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1820-1880)

Alfred, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1865-1930/1944)

Elisabeth, Princess Wilhelm von Hanau und Horowitz, Countess von Schaumburg (1868-     )

Ernst, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1870-1914)
Wife:  Anna, The Princess of Lippe after 1922 (above), née Princess of Ysenburg und Büdingen in Büdingen (1886-     )

Issue:

Eleonore, Countess Sweder von Rechteren-Limpurg (1913-     ).  Divorced on June 15, 1944.

Sophie, Countess Adolf von Arnim (1876-     )

Brother of Great-Great-Grandfather
Son of Ferdinand, The Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1709-1791)

Karl, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1740-1808)

Issue:  6 children, including

Bernhard, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1779-1857) Issue:  3 children, including Armin, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1825-1899) Issue: Frieda, Countess of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1852-     ) Kurt, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1855-1934) 2nd Wife:  Johanna, née Krischke (1894-     ) Issue of both his marriages: Marie Sophie, Princess of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1886-     ) Karl Christian, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1889-1942).  Died at Jauer on September 18, 1942. Wife:  Hedwig-Maria, née von Trotha (1903-     ) Issue: Karl Christian, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1930-     ) Anne Christine, Frau Wilhelm von Oswald (1890-     ) Kurt Bernhard, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1901-     ).  Married in Berlin on August 8, 1941. Wife:  Lilli, née Zetzsche (1904-     ) Issue: Frithjof-Ludwig, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld, born at Overschreiberhall on November 24, 1943. Armin, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1919-1943).  Killed in action during World War II in Africa. Anna, Frau Thilo von Westernhagen (1861-     ) Jobst Hermann, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1865-1945).  Died at Pouch on July 4, 1945. Hermann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1783-1841) Issue: Oktavio, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1808-1885) Issue:  9 children, including Egmont, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1841-1896) Issue: Rüdiger, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1880-     ) Wife:  Margit, widow of Count Alexander von Faber-Castell, née Countess Zedtwitz von Moravan und Duppau (1886-     ) Marie, Countess Oscar von Christalnigg von und zu Gillitzstein (1880-     ) Alfred, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1881-     ) Wife:  Anna, née Countess von Goëss (1895-     ) Issue: Egmont, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1918-1944).  Killed in action during World War II at St. Hubert, France, on March 12, 1944. Carola, Frau Krafft von Dellmensingen (1920-     ).  Married at Vienna on August 16, 1944. Sophie Marianne, Princess of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1922-     ) Theodora, Princess of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1924-     ) Alfred, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1848-1910) Issue:  3 children, including Amelie, Countess of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1893-     ) Alfred, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1896-     ) Issue: Alfred, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1922-     ) Therese, Princess of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1925-     ) Hermann, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1851-1936) Wife:  Helene, Duchess of Casalanza, née Baroness von Bianchi (1858-     ) Kurt, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1812-1895) Issue:  3 children, including Eberhard, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1854-1936) Issue: Hermann, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1889-1944).  Died at Pressburg on July 28, 1944.

Surviving Junior Lippe Line
Descendants of Philipp I, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen (1601-1681)

House of Schaumburg-Lippe

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