Leopold II, Prince of Lippe
Leopold II | |
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Prince of Lippe | |
Reign | 5 November 1802 – 1 January 1851 |
Predecessor | Leopold I |
Successor | Leopold III |
Born | Detmold | 6 November 1796
Died | 1 January 1851 Detmold | (aged 54)
Spouse | |
Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg |
Leopold II of Lippe (Paul Alexander Leopold; 6 November 1796 – 1 January 1851) was the sovereign of the Principality of Lippe. He succeeded to the throne in 1802, and in 1820 he assumed control of the government from his mother, who had been acting as regent due to his youth at accession.
Biography
Leopold II was born in
In 1825, he constructed a Court Theatre. Among those to perform at the theatre were Albert Lortzing and Ludwig Devrient, who were employed there from 1826 to 1833.[3]
In the last years of his reign, the revolutions of 1848 broke out across all of Germany. Following his death in Detmold, he was succeeded on the throne by his eldest son Leopold III.[4]
Marriage and children
Prince Leopold was married in Arnstadt on 23 April 1820 to Princess Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1800–1867), a daughter of Günther Friedrich Karl I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, and Princess Caroline of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. They had nine children:
- Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt(1833–1896) on 17 April 1852.
- Princess Luise of Lippe (1822–1887)
- Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824–1895), married to Princess Sophie of Baden (7 August 1834 – 6 April 1904) on 9 November 1858.
- Princess Friederike of Lippe (1825–1897)
- Prince Friedrich of Lippe (1827–1854)
- Prince Hermann of Lippe (1829–1884)
- Alexander, Prince of Lippe (1831–1905)
- Prince Karl of Lippe (1832–1834)
- Princess Pauline of Lippe (1834–1906)
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Almanach de Gotha (87th ed.). Justus Perthes. 1850. p. 38.
- ^ Knight, Charles (1839). Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. p. 37.
- ISBN 0-313-29516-6.
- ^ "The Gentleman's Magazine". 1851. p. 335.