Lippe-Brake was a county during the 17th century, located in

Lippe Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' ( district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe ...

, Germany, and ruled by a branch of the

House of Lippe The House of Lippe (german: Haus Lippe) is the former reigning house of a number of small German states, two of which existed until the German Revolution of 1918–19, the Principality of Lippe and the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. Prince ...

History

The county was created in 1621 for

Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake (21 December 1589 – 18 November 1657 in Blomberg) was the first ruling Count of Lippe-Brake. Life Otto was born on 21 December 1589 as the son of Count Simon VI and his wife, Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg (b. ...

, second son of Count Simon VI of Lippe who had passed away in 1613. Otto's elder brother Simon VII ruled Lippe-Detmold, while his younger brother

Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe Philipp I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (18 July 1601 – 10 April 1681) was the founder of the Schaumburg-Lippe line. He was born in Lemgo the son of Simon VI, Count of Lippe (1555–1613) and his second wife Countess Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumbu ...

inherited

Lippe-Alverdissen Lippe-Alverdissen was a German County of the ruling House of Lippe. The branch was created in 1613 following the death of Count Simon VI of Lippe, with his realm being split between his three sons with his youngest son Philipp receiving the est ...

and founded the Schaumburg-Lippe branch following an inheritance in 1640. On the death of Count Louis Ferdinand in 1709 Lippe-Brake was inherited by the senior Lippe-Detmold line.

Counts of Lippe-Brake (1613–1709)

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History

Counts of Lippe-Brake (1613–1709)

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