Leopold II, Prince of Lippe

Paul Alexander Leopold II ( born November 6, 1796 in Detmold, † January 1, 1851 in Detmold ) was Prince of Lippe.

Life

Since he was at his father Leopold I death only six years old, took over at the beginning of his reign, his extremely capable mother Pauline until her death the government.

" The only thing of Princess Pauline did not succeed, was the education of her two sons, her only children. To teach them the principles of strict morality she had the both the extent bullied and as long as children treated that had become the oldest already shy and retiring by nature, half a savage. "

So wrote Malwida of Meysenbug, who had lived as a child in Detmold, in her memoirs. Leopold was from his youth a shy child, shy and reserved with strangers and never easy to deal with. Snobbery formed early on.

For the government passes, Leopold led a veritable hermit life. His wife, Princess Emilie of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen (* April 23, 1800 ), was a good, gentle woman who threw herself under the strict life of her husband. The couple had nine children, and led an exemplary exemplary family life. Leopold II had two passions, hunting and the theater, which was one of the best in Germany, but its cost, compared to the revenue of the state, were disproportionately high. Albert Lortzingstraße 1826-1833 was engaged at the Detmold theater.

As his mother's political legacy Leopold II took over a constitutional dispute with the stands. On June 8, 1819 Pauline had given her country a modern constitution, a parliament of 21 members from all ranks, elected by equal, direct suffrage. The slighted sentient needle reached the abrogation of the Constitution to the Bundestag in Frankfurt. A new constitution was not submitted until July 6, 1836, without adequate representation zubilligte citizens, peasants and workers, who provided the bulk of the population and the main taxpayers. Under the impact of the March Revolution of 1848 granted Leopold II universal, equal and direct suffrage for Lippi 's parliament, which was introduced by Regulation of 16 January 1849. On the question of the design of a new state constitution, it did not come to an agreement between Parliament and Government. In Leopold II died on 1 January 1851, was the legacy of his mother, the constitutional dispute, unresolved to his successor.

Progeny

Leopold and Emilie of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen had nine children:

• Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold III. Prince of Lippe ( born September 1, 1821 in Detmold, † December 8, 1875 in Detmold )
• Louise Princess of Lippe ( born November 9, 1822 in Detmold, † March 26, 1887 in Detmold )
• Günther Friedrich Woldemar Prince of Lippe ( born April 18, 1824 † April 20, 1895 in Detmold )
• Friederike Princess of Lippe ( born 1 February 1825 in Detmold, † April 12, 1897 in Lemgo )
• Friedrich, Prince of Lippe ( born October 18, 1827 in Detmold, † August 21 1854 in Schieder )
• Hermann Prinz zur Lippe ( born July 4, 1829 in Detmold, † June 20, 1884 in Detmold )
• Karl Alexander Prince of Lippe ( born January 16, 1831 in Detmold, † January 13, 1905 in St. Gilgen mountain at Donndorf )
• Karl Prinz zur Lippe ( born October 11, 1832 in Detmold, † May 1, 1834 in Detmold )
• Princess Pauline of Lippe (* October 2, 1834 in Detmold, † August 24, 1906 in Cappel )