Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen (10 February 1886, Büdingen – 8 February 1980, Detmold

Detmold

Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...

) was the youngest child of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen

Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen

Bruno Casimir Albert Emil Ferdinand of Ysenburg and Büdingen was the third Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen...

 and his wife Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen. Through her marriage to Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe was the final sovereign of the Principality of Lippe...

, Anna was Princess consort of Lippe.

Marriage and issue

Anna married firstly to Count Ernst of Lippe-Weissenfeld, sixth child and youngest son of Count Franz of Lippe-Weissenfeld and his wife Baroness Marie of Beschwitz, on 21 November 1911 at Schloss Büdingen in Büdingen. Anna and Ernst had one daughter before Ernst was killed at Goldap

Goldap

Gołdap is a town and the seat of Gołdap County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland. It is located on the Gołdapa River, between the Wzgórza Szeskie hills and the Puszcza Romincka forest. It has a population of 13,703...

 on the Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War I)

The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in Central and, primarily, Eastern Europe. The term is in contrast to the Western Front. Despite the geographical separation, the events in the two theatres strongly influenced each other...

 during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 on 11 September 1914:

• Princess Eleonore of Lippe-Weissenfeld (born 11 August 1913 in Dresden
  Dresden
  Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
  
  ; died 19 October 1964 in The Hague
  The Hague
  The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
  
  )

∞ Sweder, Count of Rechteren-Limpurg (1910-1972) on 19 May 1935 in Detmold

Detmold

Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...

, divorced in 1944

• Adolph Roderik Ernst Leopold, Count of Rechteren-Limpurg (born 25 November 1938)
• Anna Pia Amalaswintha, Countess of Rechteren-Limpurg (born 27 September 1940)

∞ Count Hans Günter of Solms-Laubach (born 26 June 1927 in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

) , had two issue

Anna married secondly to Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe was the final sovereign of the Principality of Lippe...

, second eldest child of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Ernst II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld was the head of the Lippe-Biesterfeld line of the House of Lippe...

 and his wife Countess Karoline of Wartensleben, on 26 April 1922 in Büdingen. Anna and Leopold had one son:

• Armin Leopold Ernst Bruno Heinrich Willa August, Prince of Lippe
  Armin, Prince of Lippe
  Armin, Prince of Lippe is the son of Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe and his second wife Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen.-Head of the House of Lippe:...
  
   (born 18 August 1924 in Detmold
  Detmold
  Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...
  
  )

∞ Traute Becker (born 16 February 1925 in Hänigsen) on 27 March 1953 in Göttingen

Göttingen

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• Stephan Leopold Justus Richard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe
  Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe
  Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe was born on 24 May 1959 in Detmold, Germany. He is the son of Armin Leopold Ernst Bruno Heinrich Willa August Prince of Lippe and Traute Becker and the heir to the headship of the house of Lippe.-Marriage and children: He married Countess Maria of...
  
   (born 24 May 1959)

∞ Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach (born 12 August 1968 in Frankfurt am Main) on 13 October 1994, had five issue

Titles and styles

• 10 February 1886 - 21 November 1911: Her Serene Highness Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen
• 21 November 1911 - 28 February 1916: Her Serene Highness Countess Anna of Lippe-Weissenfeld, Princess of Ysenburg and Büdingen
• 28 February 1916 - 26 April 1922: Her Serene Highness Princess Anna of Lippe-Weissenfeld
• 26 April 1922 - 30 December 1949: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Lippe
• 30 December 1949 - 8 February 1980: Her Serene Highness The Dowager Princess of Lippe

Ancestry