Simon Louis, Count of Lippe
Ludwig Simon of Lippe (* March 14, 1610 in Brake; † August 8, 1636 in Detmold ) was Count of Lippe.
Life
He was the second son of Count Simon VII of Lippe and his first wife Anna Catherine of Nassau- Wiesbaden.
When his father died in 1627, Simon Ludwig was not yet of age, and as guardian of his step-grandfather, Count Christian von Waldeck ( 1585-1637 ) was determined. His uncle, Count Otto zur Lippe -Brake because of the strained relationship between Detmold and Brake and Count Johann Ludwig of Nassau- Hadamar because of his Catholic faith, were not available.
1627 the young count entered in the civil usual grand tour that took him to Prague, France, England and the Netherlands. After his return in 1631 the premature emancipation with the Emperor Ferdinand II was requested.
Under the influence of his Chancellor Christoph Simon Deichmann Ludwig was gradually on the cautious neutral policies of his late father and approached to Sweden. This brought him into disrepute at the Imperial. But also by the other party do not stay spared the county lip; the Swedes demanded supplies supplies such as the Imperial contributions. The Count's family was given the hardness of the burdens of war more clearly and direct to feel uncomfortable, but by official commitments, so in 1634 the castle Schwalenberg and 1636 Castle Varenholz were attacked and looted.
Under the company name The By -seekers, he was accepted as a member of the Fruitbearing society.
At the age of 26 years, Earl Simon Louis died on August 8, 1636 in Detmold of smallpox.
Progeny
On June 19, 1631 married Simon Ludwig Countess Katharina of Waldeck ( 1612-1649 ), a daughter of Simon Louis guardian, Count Christian of Waldeck and at the same time a younger sister of his stepmother Mary Magdalene ( 1606-1671 ). From this marriage emerged:
- Simon Philipp of Lippe (1632-1650), unmarried
- Hermann Otto (1633-1646)
- Ludwig Christian (1636-1646)
- Graf ( lip )
- House Lippe ( Lippe-Detmold line )
- German
- Born in 1610
- Died in 1636
- Man