Hermann I. (Lippe)

Hermann I zur Lippe (* 11th century; † 1167 in Italy ) was the ruler of Lippe .

Life

The noble lords of the Lippe, Hermann I and his brother Bernhard I , are first mentioned in 1123. Her headquarters was the Herrenhof Hermelinghof , which was located in the area of ​​what would later become the city of Lippstadt .

Hermann and his brother founded a monastery for Premonstratensian women in Cappel around 1139 . After the death of Bernhard in 1158 he took over his territory. He was a loyal follower of Henry the Lion . He owed his advancement to him: He became Vogt of the monastery founded in Cappel and was also Vogt of Busdorf and Schötmar.

Marriages and offspring

Hermann I was married to an unknown woman and had two children with her:

• Hermann (* around 1138, † around 1163)
• Bernhard II founded the cities of Lippe (today Lippstadt) and Lemgo .

literature

• Paul Scheffer-Boichorst : Mr. Bernhard zur Lippe . In: Magistri Justini Lippiflorium . Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, Detmold 1872 ( digitized version at the Lippische Landesbibliothek).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hermann Schaub: The rule of Rheda and their royal seat. From the beginning to the end of the Old Kingdom. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 978-3-89534-610-1 , p. 30.
2. ↑ Erich Kittel: Heimatchronik des Kreis Lippe (=  special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe . Volume 28 ). 2nd Edition. Archive for German Homeland Care, Cologne 1978, p. 58 .
3. ↑ Joseph Kleine: Das Haus Lippe. From the origins to the present (=  German Princely Houses . Issue 40). Börde-Verlag, Werl 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814458-7-9 , pp. 6 .
4. ↑ Genealogy Middle Ages: Hermann I, nobleman of the Lippe. Retrieved August 26, 2014 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Bernhard I.	Herr zur Lippe 1158–1168	Bernhard II.