Bernhard VII (Lippe)
Bernhard VII zur Lippe (* December 4, 1428 ; † April 2, 1511 ) was sovereign of the Lippe rule from 1429 to 1511 . Because of many bloody feuds in which he was involved, he was also called " Bellicosus " (= the warrior ). At over 81 years of age, he was the longest ruling nobleman in Europe.
Life
He was the first son of Simon IV. Zur Lippe and Margaretha von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen . Since his father died when Bernhard was less than a year old, he was under the guardianship of his uncle Otto until 1446, then under that of his great-uncle, the Archbishop of Cologne Dietrich II von Moers , and the bailiff appointed by him, Johann von Möllenbeck.
Bernhard signed a contract with Duke Adolf von Kleve-Mark in 1444 , according to which he ceded half of the town of Lippstadt , which had been pledged up to that point . At the same time, an alliance was established between the two houses, which Bernhard involved in the so-called Soest feud with Archbishop Dietrich of Cologne. The latter called a Bohemian army to help in 1447, which devastated the Lippe region and almost leveled the city of Blomberg , but besieged the cities of Lippstadt and Soest in vain.
After the dispute was settled in 1449, Bernhard initially lived at Blomberg Castle . In 1468 he chose Detmold , at that time the smallest of the Lippe towns with around 350 inhabitants, as his permanent residence. An inscription in the old castle tower of Detmold Castle with the year 1470 reminds of the subsequent reconstruction of the castle .
Bernhard fought his feuds with changing opponents and allies. In 1469, he gave Landgrave Ludwig II of Hesse assistance against his brother Heinrich III. , but on the other hand was one of the most important pillars of his brother Simon , the prince-bishop of Paderborn , against Landgrave Ludwig II during the Hesse-Paderborn feud that broke out in 1464 because of the Calenberg Castle and lasted until 1471 .
His grave and that of his wife are in the choir of the Blomberg monastery church , which remained the burial place of the Lippe noblemen until 1769.
progeny
From his marriage to Anna Countess von Holstein-Schauenburg (daughter of Otto II ) he had the following children:
- Anna zur Lippe (* around 1450), married to Otto VI., Count of Hoya , then to Johann II. , Count of Nassau-Beilstein
- Margarethe zur Lippe (* around 1452), married to Johann I , Count von Rietberg
- Elisabeth zur Lippe (* around 1460), married to Johann II, Count von Spiegelberg , then to Rudolf VII. Von Diepholz
- Ermengarda zur Lippe (* around 1460; † August 24, 1524), married to Count Jobst I. von Hoya (1466–1507)
- Simon V. zur Lippe (* 1470), married to Walburga von Bronckhorst , then to Magdalene von Mansfeld Mittelort
- Bernhard zur Lippe
In addition, he had (at least) twelve illegitimate children from three concubines:
Children with the first concubine NN:
- Elisabeth von der Lippe
- Johann von der Lippe
Children with the second concubine Ilse NN:
- Petronella from the lip
- Frederich (w) von der Lippe
- Walburg von der Lippe
- Bernhard von der Lippe
- Anton von der Lippe
- Simon von der Lippe
- Vincenz von der Lippe
- Bartold von der Lippe
- Erich von der Lippe
Child with third concubine NN Budde:
- Niggehus from the lip
literature
- Philippine Charlotte Auguste Piderit: The Lippe noblemen in the Middle Ages. Detmold 1876, p. 100ff. (Online: LLB Detmold )
- Rudolf Falkmann: Bernhard VII. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 424-426.
- Lippe, (Bernhard the VI. Count of the). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 17, Leipzig 1738, column 1538.
- Anne Bentkamp: The Count. Bernhard von Blomberg. Lippe's last knight. Historical novel. Lage 2012, 232 pages, ISBN 978-3-89918-033-6
- Wolfgang Bechtel, Margit Lenniger, Roland Linde, Nicolas Rügge: Bourgeois and rural descendants of Bernhard VII zur Lippe (1428–1511) up to the beginning of the 18th century. Contributions to Westphalian family research 2011. Münster 2013.
- Bernhard VII and his time . In: Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde, Vol. 81, 2012, pp. 11–188.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Pölert: Alt-Salzuflen - A guide through the city and its history ; Schötmar, Second Edition, 1960, page 72
- ↑ Bechtel, Lenniger, Linde, Rügge; 2013
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Simon IV. |
Herr zur Lippe 1429–1511 |
Simon V. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bernhard VII. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bellicosus; zur Lippe, Bernhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman zur Lippe |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1428 |
DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1511 |