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The Hermannsdenkmal (German for "Hermann Memorial") is a monument located southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe (North Rhine-Westphalia), in Germany. It stands on the densely forested Grotenburg [ de ] , sometimes also called the Teutberg or Teut , a hill (elevation 386 m) in the Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) range.
Jobst Hermann married on 10 October 1654 to Countess Juliane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (4 October 1634 – 23 June 1689). His cousin, their mothers being sisters. Their children were styled Count (or Countess) of Lippe-Biesterfeld: Juliane Elisabeth (15 June 1656 – 29 April 1709) John Augustus (15 October 1657 – 9 September ...
The first documentary evidence for Lippe is a deed of 1123, naming Lord Bernard I as Bernhardus de Lippe. Later documents name him and his brother Herman as joint-rulers. "De Lippe" refers to the Lippe river and "Hermelinghof" ("Herman's Court") in the modern suburb of Lippstadt was located on the river's bank.
Herman II was born in Lippe (now called Lippstadt), the eldest son of Lord Bernhard II and his wife, Heilwig, a daughter of Count Otto I Heilwig of Are-Hostaden. He was co-regent with his father, and succeeded him in 1196 as ruler of the House of Lippe. He was less belligerent than his father and brother, and often tried to act as intermediary ...
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The House of Lippe descends from Jodocus Herman, Lord of Lippe (died c. 1096), whose descendant Bernhard I was the founder of the state of Lippe in 1123. Born ca 1090. The family has produced several of the longest-reigning monarchs in Europe, including the longest reigning (for 82 years), Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (d. 1511).
After the death of Ernestine's on 5 December 1665, he married in 1666 Countess Amalia of Lippe-Brake (20 September 1629 – 19 August 1676). This marriage remained childless. External links
Simon was the son of Count Bernhard VIII of Lippe (1527–1563) and his wife Catherine (1524–1583), daughter of the Count Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg and Anna of Cleves. Since he was still a minor when his father died, his uncle Hermann Simon of Pyrmont took up the regency until 1579.