County/Principality of Lippe(-Detmold)

 

  • Simplified country names
    • Lippe (1528-1558, 1583-1613)
    • Lippe-Detmold (1558-1583, 1613-1851)
  • Nation: Lippian Germany
  • Chronology
    • 1123: Lordship first mentioned in the vicinity of Lippstadt
    • 1173: Territory in the vicinity of Detmold acquired from the Bishop of Paderborn
    • 1358: Entered into condominia with the Bishopric of Paderborn over Samtämter Schwalenberg, Oldenburg, and Stoppelberg
    • 1445: Entered into a condominium with the County of Mark over Lippstadt.
    • 1528: Lippe promoted to a county/beginning of database
    • 1558: Administrative rights to certain subdivisions transferred to Spiegelberg-Pyrmont
    • 1583: Administrative rights reverted to core Lippe
    • 1613: Three nonsovereign spin-offs created based in Schwalenberg, Alverdissen, and Brake (1)
      • Schwalenberg received Amt Schieder and the Lippian interests in Samtämter Schwalenberg, Oldenburg, and Stoppelberg
      • Alverdissen received Amt Alverdissen and Amt Lipperode
      • Brake received Ämter Brake, Barntrup, and Blomberg (but not Stadt Blomberg)
    • 1620: Lippian interests in the Samtämter Schwalenberg, Oldenburg, and Stoppelberg reclaimed upon the extinction of the Schwalenberg line (Amt Schieder assigned to Lippe-Brake)
    • 1667: Subdivisions reclaimed from Schwalenberg spun-off again under the Biesterfeld name
    • 1709: Brake spin-off terminated upon the extinction of its ruling line
    • 1733: Administrative rights over Amt Sternberg transferred to the Electorate of Hannover
    • 1748: Ämter Brake, Barntrup and Lipperode reclaimed upon formal division of Brake territory with Schaumburg-Lippe (Ämter Blomberg and Schieder assigned to Schaumburg-Lippe) (2)
    • 1762: Biesterfeld spin-off terminated, when the ruling line surrendered its claim
    • 1777: Amt Schieder reclaimed from Schaumburg-Lippe
    • 1781: Administrative rights over Amt Sternberg reclaimed from Hannover
    • 1789: Lippe-Detmold promoted to a Principality
    • 1802: Samtämter Schwalenberg, Oldenburg, and Stoppelberg partitioned between Lippe-Detmold and Paderborn, with Lippe receiving Schwalenberg.
    • 1812: Amt Alverdissen reclaimed from Schaumburg-Lippe
    • 1838: Amt Blomberg reclaimed from Schaumburg-Lippe
    • 1850: Lippe-Detmold surrenders interest in Lippstadt to the Kingdom of Prussia
    • 1851: End of database (3)
  • Spin-offs:
  • Outsourcings:

 

(1) From this point on, I append “-Detmold” to the name of the country to distinguish it from the spin-off. The Alverdissen line inherited Schaumburg-Lippe in 1647 and that country held pre-1613 Lippian territory until 1838.

(2) Brake territory was disputed between Lippe-Detmold and Schaumburg-Lippe until 1748. I nevertheless recognize the 1748 division immediately upon the extinction of the Brake line in 1709.

(3) The end of the database corresponds to the end of the reign of the prince (Leopold) who reclaimed the final subdivision from Schaumburg-Lippe.

 

Subdivisions of Lippe(-Detmold) before 1613
Subdivisions of Lippe(-Detmold) between 1613 and 1806
Subdivisions of the Principality of Lippe after 1806

 

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