Alexander (lip)

Alexander to the lip

Karl Alexander zur Lippe (born January 16, 1831 in Detmold , † January 13, 1905 in St. Gilgenberg near Donndorf ) was nominally ruling Prince zur Lippe from 1895 to 1905 , but was incapacitated as a mentally ill . To 1897 led Schaumburg-Lippe , the regency from 1897 Lippe-Biesterfeld , were to the latter in 1905 recognized as the reigning royal house. The changing reigns are also known as the Lippe succession dispute.

Life

Prince Alexander was the seventh child of Leopold II and Emilie von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . He served as a captain in the guard regiment of the King of Hanover . After falling from his horse in 1851, the first signs of mental disorder made themselves felt by 1861. At the end of 1871 his condition had become untenable, so that his incapacitation and the transfer to the sanatorium St. Gilgenberg near Bayreuth became necessary. Official reports determined incurable hereditary mental illness, which raised the question of the origin of this recurring mental weakness in the Lippe household. Psychiatric examinations in 1884, 1895 and 1904 could only determine incurability.

His grandfather Leopold I is known from the direct ancestors of Alexander , who was temporarily under the tutelage of his uncle Ludwig because of mental disorders. Prince Friedrich (1797–1854), the second son of Leopold I, is also described as temporarily mentally disturbed. Prince Kasimir August (1777-1809), the brother of Leopold I, also showed schizophrenic traits, so that mental disorder was seen as a hereditary evil of the Lippe family.

With Alexander's death on January 13, 1905, the Detmold line of the Lippe Princely House died out.

literature

Helga Neumann, Manfred Neumann: Maximilian Harden (1861-1927). An intrepid German-Jewish critic and publicist. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2002.

Individual evidence

^ Helga Neumann, Manfred Neumann: Maximilian Harden (1861-1927). An intrepid German-Jewish critic and publicist. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2002, p. 132.

predecessor	Office	successor
Woldemar	Prince zur Lippe 1895–1905	Leopold IV.

personal data
SURNAME	Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lippe, Karl Alexander Fürst zur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Last male descendant of the princes zur Lippe
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Detmold
DATE OF DEATH	January 13, 1905
Place of death	St. Gilgenberg near Donndorf

[1] Helga Neumann, Manfred Neumann: Maximilian Harden (1861-1927). An intrepid German-Jewish critic and publicist. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2002, p. 132.