Bernhard VIII. (Lippe)

Bernhard VIII to the Lippe

Bernhard VIII zur Lippe (born December 6, 1527 in Detmold ; † April 15, 1563 there ) was sovereign of the County of Lippe from 1547 until his death in 1563 .

Life

Bernhard's father, the ruling Count Simon V zur Lippe , died in 1536 when Bernhard was eight years old. Since he could not take over the government at this age, Landgrave Philipp von Hessen , Count Adolph von Schaumburg and Jobst II. Von Hoya led the guardianship, which Bernhard brought up in the Protestant faith.

In 1546 he then took over the government of the county of Lippe and tried during his tenure above all to consolidate the evangelical faith in his county. This met with displeasure from Emperor Charles V , whose troops occupied the Count's land during the Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547) and, after the defeat of the Protestant side in 1548, enforced the Augsburg Interim . As a result, Lippe became a direct Reichslehen . In 1555 Bernhard himself visited the Reichstag in Augsburg and in 1556 he called a meeting of the Protestant clergy in his county. In 1556 he also declared war on Count Johann von Rietberg and besieged his court until 1557.

In 1559, Bernhard gave Sternberg Castle to his brother Hermann Simon as a paragium . The Schaumburgers then began their inheritance dispute.

progeny

From the marriage with Katharina (1524–1583), daughter of Count Philip III. The following children were born from Waldeck – Eisenberg :

• Anna (1551-1614)

⚭ 1576 Count Wolfgang II von Everstein – Massow

• Magdalena (1552–1587)

⚭ 1572 Landgrave Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547–1596)

• Simon VI. to Lippe-Brake (1554–1613)

⚭ 1. 1578 Countess Irmgard von Rietberg-Arnsberg (1551–1584)

⚭ 2. 1585 Countess Elisabeth von Holstein-Schauenburg (1566–1638)

• Bernhardine (1563-1628)

⚭ 1578 Count Johann Ludwig von Leiningen-Westerburg (1577–1622)

literature

• Lippe, (Bernhard the VIII. Count of the). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 17, Leipzig 1738, column 1540.

predecessor	Office	successor
Simon V.	Graf zur Lippe 1536–1563	Simon VI.