Simon Heinrich (Lippe)

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Simon Heinrich zur Lippe

Simon Heinrich zur Lippe-Detmold (born March 13, 1649 in Sternberg , † May 2, 1697 in Detmold ) was sovereign of the county of Lippe-Detmold .

Life

Simon Heinrich was the eldest son of Count Hermann Adolf zur Lippe-Detmolds and his first wife, Countess Ernestine zu Ysenburg-Büdingen-Birstein. Simon-Heinrich had three sisters: Anna Maria (1651–1690), Sophie Ernestine (1652–1702) and Johanna Elisabeth (1653–1690).

In 1665 he entered the government. On 15 September 1666 he married in The Hague Baroness Amalia von Dohna -Vianen, Erbburggräfin Utrecht, heiress of Vianen and Ameiden (born February 2, 1644, The Hague), The General's Daughter Christian Albrecht von Dohna .
After his wife's brothers died in front of Ofen during the Turkish Wars (1686), their inheritance fell to the County of Lippe; it included the rule of Vianen mit Ameide, the burgrave of Utrecht and numerous goods from the Brederode house .

1683–1685 he had the Lopshorn hunting lodge built by his father in 1657 in today's Augustdorf replaced by a representative hunting lodge with outbuildings symmetrically arranged around a courtyard . The complex, designed in Palladian classicism , consisted of a simple two-story main building with a mezzanine floor , which was flanked by two single -story stable buildings. The dairy farm , founded in the 16th century, was housed in the stables . The complex fell victim to an arson attack by prisoners of war on July 11, 1945 and was demolished in 1947.

Simon Heinrich died on May 2, 1697 in Detmold. His wife Amalie then moved to Varenholz Castle , where she died on March 11, 1700.

progeny

The marriage to Amalia had 16 children:

  • Friedrich Adolf (born September 2, 1667 in Detmold Castle; † July 18, 1718 in Detmold), Count zur Lippe-Detmold
  • Ferdinand (Friedrich) Christian (born September 13, 1668 in Detmold; † October 18, 1724 in Samrodt), Count zur Lippe-Detmold, Lord of Samrodt - married on March 23, 1695 in Detmold to Henriette Ursula von Dohna (* 25. January 1663; † May 2, 1712)
  • Henriette Sofie (* October 23, 1669 in Detmold; † October 25, 1669 there)
  • Heinrich Ernst (born January 24, 1671 in Detmold; † October 1, 1691 in Raab / Győr, Hungary)
  • Johanna Sofie (born June 29, 1672 in Detmold; † November 8, 1675 there)
  • Albertine (born August 24, 1673 in Detmold; † December 29, 1673 ibid)
  • Charlotte Albertine (born October 14, 1674 in Detmold; † July 13, 1740 in Wetzlar) - married on February 8, 1707 in Schaumburg with Count Karl von Wied-Runkel (* October 21, 1684; † June 21, 1764)
  • Wilhelm Simon (born January 5, 1676 in Detmold; † January 21, 1681 ibid)
  • Theodor August (born July 28, 1677 in Detmold; † October 24, 1677 ibid)
  • Christof Ludwig (born April 3, 1679 in Detmold; † May 18, 1747 ibid)
  • Theodor Emil (born September 20, 1680 in Detmold; † September 11, 1709), killed in the battle of Malplaquet
  • Simon Karl (born March 23, 1682 in Detmold; † September 20, 1703), killed in the First Battle of Höchstädt
  • Sofie Florentine (born September 8, 1683; † April 24, 1758 in Altenkirchen ) - married on August 29, 1704 in Detmold to Count Maximilian Heinrich von Wied-Runkel (born May 1, 1681; † December 19, 1706)
  • Freda Henriette (* / † March 13, 1686 in Detmold)
  • Wilhelm Karl Dietrich (born November 9, 1686 in Vianen ; † May 16, 1687 in Detmold)
  • August Wolfhart (born June 23, 1688 in Detmold; † January 18, 1739 in Varenholz ) imperial field marshal lieutenant

Coinage

Portrait of Simon Heinrich on a thaler from 1672

During the reign of Simon Heinrich, around 60 different gold , silver , copper and billon coins  - a relatively large number of coins by Lippe standards - were minted: ducats , thalers , Mariengroschen and pennies . The new count's coat of arms with the heart shield of the Vianen rulership appeared for the first time on coins from 1692.

The coinage in Lippe was determined during the reign of Simon Heinrich, among other things by the conference of Oerlinghausen (April 18, 1671), the coin day in Herford (December 11, 1673), the conference of Röhrentrup (1685).

→ Main article: Lippe coin history

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Ihl and Arnold Schwede: The coinage of the counts and princes of the Lippe 1528–1913. Volume 1, Chapter G: The coinage under Count Simon Heinrich (1666–1697). Pp. 177-216.
predecessor Office successor
Hermann Adolf Graf zur Lippe-Detmold
1665–1696 		Friedrich Adolf
personal data
SURNAME Simon Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lippe-Detmold, Simon Heinrich zur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Graf zu Lippe
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1649
PLACE OF BIRTH Sternberg
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1697
Place of death Detmold