Otto (Lippe-Brake)
Otto zur Lippe-Brake (born September 21, 1589 in Detmold ; † November 18, 1657 in Blomberg ) was Count zur Lippe-Brake .
Life
Otto was born on September 21, 1589 as the son of Simon VI. zur Lippe and Elisabeth zu Holstein-Schaumburg (* 1556).
When the father died, the elder brother Otto, took Simon VII. To the lip , the government of the country, while the youngest, Philip I of Schaumburg-Lippe , which later in Bückeburg own ruling line Schaumburg-Lippe -founded. In 1621 the land was divided again and Otto founded the Lippe-Brake line, which died out in 1709.
Under the company name Der Braun , he was accepted as a member of the Fruit-Bringing Society .
On October 5, 1626 he married Countess Margarethe von Nassau-Dillenburg (born September 6, 1606 in Beilstein , † January 30, 1661 in Brake ), daughter of Georg von Nassau-Dillenburg , with whom he had 12 children.
Otto died in Blomberg on November 18, 1657 .
children
Otto and his wife had 12 children.
- Kasimir (1627–1700), married (1663) to Amalie, Countess von Sayn-Wittgenstein- Homburg (1642–1683)
- Ernst (October 10, 1628 - December 25, 1628)
- Amalia (born September 20, 1629 - † August 9, 1676), married to Hermann Adolf , Graf zur Lippe-Detmold (1616–1666)
- Juliane (December 17, 1630 - January 23, 1631)
- Sabine (born November 29, 1631 - † October 28, 1684)
- Dorothea (February 23, 1633 - March 17, 1706), married (1665) to Johann, Graf von Kunowitz (1624–1700)
- Wilhelm (born April 12, 1634; † February 1690 in England), married (1667) to Ludowika Margareta, Countess of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
- Moritz (August 9, 1635 - August 4, 1666)
- Friedrich (* July 10, 1638; † January 13, 1684), married (1674) to Sophie Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1650–1714), parents of Ludwig Ferdinand the last Count of Lippe-Brake
- Otillie (7 November 1639 - 20 October 1680), married (1667) to Friedrich, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (1629–1683)
- Georg (* November 21, 1641; † June 24, 1703), Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Lieutenant General , zu Holzminden , married (1691) to Dorothea Agnes Marie Sauermann, divorced (1686) Mühlenrodt († 1696). 5 daughters (2 † young), 1 son († young), born between 1684 and 1695
- August (born September 9, 1644 at Brake Castle ; † June 19, 1701 in Neuwied ), Hessen-Kasselischer Feldmarschall, Landkomtur der Ballei Hessen of the Teutonic Order , buried in the Elisabethkirche in Marburg
swell
- Landesarchiv NRW, 32756 Detmold, holdings L7 (family files), L112A (church records)
- Grave monuments of the House of Brake-Lippe in the ev.-ref. Brake church
literature
- Willi Gerking: The Counts of Lippe-Biesterfeld . 1st edition. heka-Verlag, Bad Oeynhausen 2001, ISBN 3-928700-62-6 .
- Wilhelm Süvern: Brake, history of the castle and the community Brake in Lippe, Lemgo 1960
Web links
- Royalty (travel) guide
- The Grafen zur Lippe-Brake on www.lemgo-brake.de essentially based on Wilhelm Süvern: Brake, history of the castle and the community Brake in Lippe, Lemgo 1960.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Theodor Berger, The Transparent World, Volume 2, 1739, p. 926
- ↑ L'Allemagne Dynastique, 1978, p. 166 f.
- ↑ Cf. Handbuch des Deutschen Privatfürstenrechts, 1832, p. 170
- ↑ Stammliste Haus Lippe
- ↑ L'Allemagne Dynastique, Volume 2, 1978, p 204
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Simon VI. |
Graf zur Lippe-Brake 1621–1657 |
Kasimir (Lippe-Brake) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lippe-Brake, Otto zur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Lippe-Brake |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1589 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detmold |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1657 |
| Place of death | Blomberg |