Rudolph (Lippe-Brake)

Rudolph zur Lippe-Brake (born May 10, 1664 at Brake Castle ; † October 27, 1707 there ) was Count zu Lippe-Brake .

Life

Charlotte Amalie - Rudolph's only legitimate child

Rudolph was born on May 10, 1664 as the eldest son of Kasimir zur Lippe-Brake and Anna Amalia zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg (1642–1683). In 1692 he took over the government of the County of Lippe-Brake from his father.

On November 4, 1691, he married Dorothea Elisabeth von Waldeck (* July 6, 1661 at Waldeck Castle , † July 23, 1702 at Brake Castle), who had previously been the abbess of Schaaken Abbey and relinquished her office there to her sister Charlotte.

Rudolph died on October 27, 1707 at Brake Castle. His only legitimate child, Charlotte Amalie, had died as a child in 1703.

children

Charlotte Amalie (born November 9, 1692, † 1703 in Schaaken Abbey)
illegitimate daughter with Sophie Müllinghausen

Web links

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.

predecessor	Office	successor
Casimir	Graf zur Lippe-Brake 1692–1707	Ludwig Ferdinand

personal data
SURNAME	Rudolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lippe-Brake, Rudolph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Lippe-Brake
DATE OF BIRTH	May 10, 1664
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brake Castle
DATE OF DEATH	October 27, 1707
Place of death	Brake Castle