Simon VI, Count of Lippe

Simon VI. zur Lippe ( born April 15, 1554 in Detmold, † December 7, 1613 in Brake ) was Reichsgraf and ruler of the county of Lippe- Detmold

Life

Simon was the son of Count Bernhard of Lippe VIII (1527-1563) and his wife Catherine (1524-1583), daughter of Count Philipp III. of Waldeck -Eisenberg and Anne of Cleves. Since he was still a minor when his father died, took over his uncle Hermann Simon to Pyrmont to 1579 the regency.

Simon was a clever, the new sciences more open Renaissance prince, with many sizes of the time, such as with Tycho Brahe or Jost Bürgi, corresponded. For Emperor Rudolf II, whose privy councilor and chamberlain he was, he took over diplomatic missions such as mediation princely inheritance disputes. He also acted as an intermediary and agent mainly of paintings from the Netherlands.

1584-1589 was the castle Brake, who was pledged to 1562-1570 Christoph von Donop, into a castle in the forms of the Weser Renaissance. She stayed until the death of Count seat of government. 1600 joined the Dutch fortress builder Johan Rijswijck of the service of the Count. Under Simon VI. the County of Lippe in 1605 was reformed. This led to large discrepancies with the Free and Hanseatic City of Lemgo, which was Lutheran since 1522. Lemgo defied the edict to accept the reformed faith, and it came to the " Lemgoer revolt ". The religious controversy was only in 1617 ended with the Röhrentruper recess.

Simons library served the courtly representation, but was also the collection of a professional politician and diplomat with theological and historical works as well as philosophical and staatstheroretischer and jurisprudential literature, the later the foundation of Lippe library Detmold formed, where it is preserved today.

After his death, his eldest surviving son, Simon VII took over the lip, the country's government and moved his seat of government back to Detmold, the second son Otto founded the Lippe-Brake line, while the youngest son, Philip I, later in Biickeburg reigning line of Schaumburg-Lippe founded.

Marriage and issue

Simon VI. was married since 1578 with ARMGARD of Rietberg († July 13, 1584 ). This marriage remained childless. In 1585 he went another marriage with the Countess Elisabeth to the Holstein- Schaumburg, a daughter of Otto IV, Count of Schaumburg and Holstein - Pinneberg, and Elizabeth Ursula of Brunswick -Lüneburg. From this marriage the following children came:

  • Bernhard (1586-1602)
  • Simon VII of Lippe (1587-1627) ∞ 1607 Anna Catherine of Nassau -Wiesbaden 1623 ∞ Maria Magdalena von Waldeck- Wildungen
  • Otto von Lippe- Brake (1589-1657) Margaret of Nassau- Dillenburg ∞
  • Hermann zu Lippe -Schwalenberg (1590-1620)
  • Elisabeth (1592-1646) ∞ 1612 Count Georg Hermann von Holstein - Schaumburg
  • Catherine (1594-1600)
  • Magdalena (1595-1640)
  • Ursula (1598-1638) ∞ 1617 Prince Johann Ludwig of Nassau- Hadamar
  • Sophie (1599-1653) ∞ 1626 Prince Ludwig of Anhalt- Köthen
  • Philip I of Schaumburg -Lippe (1601-1681) ∞ Sophie of Hesse- Kassel
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