Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold
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Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold (born: 25 January 1694; died: 12 October 1734) was a ruler of the county of Lippe
.
-Dillenburg
. His five siblings all died young, of his seven step-siblings, only three sisters lived into adulthood:
His Grand Tour
under the supervision of the Lord Chamberlain in 1710 took him to the University of Utrecht and to the courts of England
and France
. During the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718, he took part in the campaign of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Hungary and Belgrade, and later returned via Vienna to Detmold, where he took up government 1718.
Simon Henry Adolph is famous for the fact that in 1720 Emperor Charles VI
offered to raise him to Imperial Prince for a mere 4400 talers, but Simon Henry Adolph found himself unable to raise the money. A chronic shortage of money forced him to sell the Dutch lordships of Vianen and Ameide in 1725, and to pledge Sternberg Castle to the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1733.
Historians judge that he loved pomp and circumstance as much as his father did. Although he was constantly in financial difficulties, he wated money on parties as if he had an inexhaustible source of money, or so an expert on Lippe history says 200 years later. Mayor Möller of Lippstadt voiced quite a different opninion on 1784, praising Simon Henry Adolph for improving the state of the principality's economy and eradicating the high debt, some of which were caused by the Thirty Years' War
, and some by his charitable generosity, and some by his providing care and a suitable education to all branches of his family, not by taxation and oppression of his subjects, but by borrowing and selling off his Dutch possessions in 1725, and by mortgaging Sternberg in 1733. According to Möller, Simon Henry Adolph brought balance to the state's financial situation with his frugal policies, and he used extraordinary care to ensure the welfare of his country, vigorously promoted religion, morality, justice and prosperity for all his subjects.
. Of her eleven children, four died young and three daughters remained unmarried:
Principality of Lippe
Lippe was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest.-History:...
.
Life
He was the son of Frederick Adolph and his wife Johanna Elisabeth of NassauHouse of Nassau
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as...
-Dillenburg
Dillenburg
Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
. His five siblings all died young, of his seven step-siblings, only three sisters lived into adulthood:
- Amalia 1701-1754 abbess of Cappel Abbey in LippstadtLippstadtLippstadt is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest.-Geography:Lippstadt is situated in the Lippe valley, roughly 70 kilometres east of Dortmund and roughly 30 kilometres west of Paderborn...
and St. Mary's Abbey in LemgoLemgoLemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several... - Franziska 1704-1733, married to Count Frederick Charles of Bentheim-SteinfurtBentheim-SteinfurtBentheim-Steinfurt was a County of Germany, located in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia in the region surrounding Steinfurt. Bentheim-Steinfurt was a partition of Bentheim-Bentheim...
- Friederike Adolphine, 1711-1769 married to Count Frederick Alexander of Detmold .
His Grand Tour
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage...
under the supervision of the Lord Chamberlain in 1710 took him to the University of Utrecht and to the courts of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. During the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718, he took part in the campaign of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Hungary and Belgrade, and later returned via Vienna to Detmold, where he took up government 1718.
Simon Henry Adolph is famous for the fact that in 1720 Emperor Charles VI
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI was the penultimate Habsburg sovereign of the Habsburg Empire. He succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia , Hungary and Croatia , Archduke of Austria, etc., in 1711...
offered to raise him to Imperial Prince for a mere 4400 talers, but Simon Henry Adolph found himself unable to raise the money. A chronic shortage of money forced him to sell the Dutch lordships of Vianen and Ameide in 1725, and to pledge Sternberg Castle to the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1733.
Historians judge that he loved pomp and circumstance as much as his father did. Although he was constantly in financial difficulties, he wated money on parties as if he had an inexhaustible source of money, or so an expert on Lippe history says 200 years later. Mayor Möller of Lippstadt voiced quite a different opninion on 1784, praising Simon Henry Adolph for improving the state of the principality's economy and eradicating the high debt, some of which were caused by the Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
, and some by his charitable generosity, and some by his providing care and a suitable education to all branches of his family, not by taxation and oppression of his subjects, but by borrowing and selling off his Dutch possessions in 1725, and by mortgaging Sternberg in 1733. According to Möller, Simon Henry Adolph brought balance to the state's financial situation with his frugal policies, and he used extraordinary care to ensure the welfare of his country, vigorously promoted religion, morality, justice and prosperity for all his subjects.
Marriage and issue
On 16 October 1719 Simon Henry Adolph married Johanna Wilhelmina, daughter of Prince George August of Nassau-IdsteinGeorge August, Count of Nassau-Idstein
George August Samuel of Nassau-Idstein , was from 1677 and Graf in 1688 until his death in Count of Nassau-Idstein. He worked mainly in Wiesbaden.- Life :...
. Of her eleven children, four died young and three daughters remained unmarried:
- Charles August, (born: 3 November 1723 in Detmold; died: 16 February 1724 in Detmold)
- Charles Frederick Simon, (born: 31 March 1726 in Detmold; died: 18 February 1727 in Detmold)
- Simon AugustSimon August, Count of Lippe-DetmoldSimon August, Count of Lippe , ruled the County of Lippe-Detmold from 1734 until 1782.He was the son of Simon Henry Adolph and Johanna Wilhelmine of Nassau-Idstein. Simon August ruled until 1747 under the guardianship of his mother...
, Count of Lippe-Detmold, born: 12 June 1727 in Detmold; died: 1 May 1782 in Detmold) - Frederick Adolph (born: 30 August 1728 in Detmold; died 8 August 1729 in Detmold)
- Louis Henry Adolph (born: 7 March 1732 in Detmold; died: 31 August 1800 in Lemgo)
- married firstly in 1767 Anna of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born: 14 December 1735; died: 7 January 1785), daughter of Landgrave WilliamWilliam, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-BarchfeldWilliam of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was a member of the House of Hesse and was Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld from 1721 to 1761.- Life :...
of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld - married secondly in 1786 with Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-BirsteinIsenburg-Büdingen-BirsteinIsenburg-Büdingen-Birstein was a County of southern Hesse, Germany, located to the north of Gelnhausen. Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein was created as a partition of Isenburg-Büdingen in 1511, and was partitioned into Isenburg-Birstein, Isenburg-Büdingen, and Isenburg-Offenbach in 1628.-Counts of...
(born: 10 December 1764; died: 24 September 1844)
- married firstly in 1767 Anna of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born: 14 December 1735; died: 7 January 1785), daughter of Landgrave William
- Emil George (born: 12 March 1733 in Detmold; died: 8 July 1733 in Detmold)
- August William Ernest Albert, (born: 11 January 1735 in Detmold; died: 23 January 1791 in Brake)
- married in 1773 Countess Wilhelmina of Trotha (born: 14 February 1740; died: 26 February 1793)
- Elisabeth Henriette Amalia (born: 10 February 1721 in Detmold, died: 19 January 1793 in Brake), abbess of Cappel Abbey in LippstadtLippstadtLippstadt is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest.-Geography:Lippstadt is situated in the Lippe valley, roughly 70 kilometres east of Dortmund and roughly 30 kilometres west of Paderborn...
and St. Mary's Abbey in LemgoLemgoLemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...
, 1751 - Louise Friederike (born: 3 October 1722 in Detmold; died: 3 November 1777 in Brake)
- Henriette Auguste (born: 26 March 1725 in Detmold; died: 5 August 1777 in Norburg)
- married on 19 June 1745 Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (born: 1 April 1701; died: 27 November 1766)
- Charlotte Clementine, abbess, (born: 11 November 1730 in Detmold; died: 18 May 1804 at Brake Castle)
External links
- http://genealogy.euweb.cz/lippe/lippe4.html