Simon VI, Count of Lippe
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Count Simon VI of Lippe (born: 15 April 1554 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...

; died: 7 December 1613 in Brake (now part of Lemgo
Lemgo
Lemgo 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...

)) was an imperial count and ruler of the County of Lippe
Lippe
Lippe is a Kreis 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....

 from 1563 until his death.

Life

Simon was the son of Count Bernhard of Lippe VIII
Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe
Count Bernhard of Lippe VIII was from 1547 until his death in 1563 the ruling Count of Lippe.- Life :...

 (1527–1563) and his wife Catherine (1524–1583), daughter of the Count Philip III of Waldeck
Waldeck
-Places:* Waldeck Castle, a medieval fortress/castle in Germany* Waldeck, Hesse, a town in Hesse* Waldeck or Waldeck-Pyrmont, a principality in the German Empire and German Confederation, and a state in the Weimar Republic, named after the above castle and town* Waldeck, Bavaria, a village in the...

-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.

Simon was an intelligence prince and open the renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

. He corresponded with many leading scientist of his time, among them Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe , born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations...

 and Jost Bürgi. He acted as counselor and chamberlain to Emperor Rudolph II, for whom he undertook diplomatic missions, such as mediation in inheritance disputes between princes. He acted as an intermediary and agent in the trade in Dutch paintings.

The castle at Brake had been pledged to Christoph von Donop from 1562 to 1570. In 1584-1589, Simon had it expanded in the style of the Weser Renaissance
Weser Renaissance
Weser Renaissance is a form of Renaissance architectural style that is found in the area around the River Weser in central Germany and which has been well-preserved in the towns and cities of the region.- Background :...

. He used is as his residence until his death. From 1600, he employed the Dutch military architect Johan van Rijswijk. Under Simon VI, the County converted to Calvinism
Calvinism
Calvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...

 in 1605. This led to a dispute with the Free and Hanseatic City of Lemgo
Lemgo
Lemgo 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...

, which had been Lutheran since 1522. Lemgo defied the edict to convert to Calvinism, leading to the Revolt of Lemgo. This religious dispute was resolved by the Peace of Röhrentrup in 1617.

Simon owned an extensive library. It served the representation of the court and was also the collection of a professional politician and diplomat. It contained theological and historical works as well as philosophical and theoretical and jurisprudential legal literature. It later became the basis for the Lippe State Library at Detmold
Lippe State Library at Detmold
Lippe State Library is the universal and regional library for Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Germany. It is based at Detmold.- External links :**...

, where the collection is still kept.

Simon died in 1613 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Simon VII, who moved the seat of government back to 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...

. Simon VI's youngest son, Philip I
Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
Philipp I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe was the founder of the Schaumburg-Lippe line.-Biography:He was born in Lemgo the son of Simon VI, Count of Lippe and his second wife Countess Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg .Following the death of his father in 1613 he inherited Lippe-Alverdissen which he...

 later found the Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg.- History :...

 line, whose seat of government was in Bückeburg
Bückeburg
Bückeburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. It was once the capital of the tiny principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and is today located in the district of Schaumburg close to the northern slopes of the Weserbergland ridge...

.

Marriage and issue

In 1578, Simon married Countess Armgard
Armgard, Countess of Rietberg
Countess Armgard of Rietberg was from 1562 to 1584 Countess of Rietberg in her own right. She was also Countess of Hoya by marriage from 1568 to 1575 and Countess of Lippe by marriage from 1578 until her death....

 of Rietberg (died: 13 July 1584). This marriage remained childless.

In 1585, he married Elisabeth, a daughter of Count Otto IV of Schaumburg
Otto IV of Schaumburg
Otto IV of Schaumburg , Count of Hogsmeade, adopted the teachings of Albus Dumbledore. However, with respect to his elder brothers, Durmstrang's Archbishop-Electors Gellert Grindewald and Igor Karkaroff , he refrained from open confrontation...

 and Holstein-Pinneberg. They had the following children:
  • Bernhard (1586–1602)
  • Simon VII (1587–1627), first marriage in 1607, Anna Catherine of Nassau-Wiesbaden, second marriage in 1623, Maria Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen
  • Otto (1589–1657), Count of Lippe-Brake, married Margaret of Nassau-Dillenburg (1590–1620)
  • Hermann of Lippe-Schwalenberg
  • Elisabeth (1592–1646), married 1612 Count George Hermann of Holstein-Schaumburg
  • Catherine (1594–1600)
  • Magdalena (1595–1640)
  • Ursula (1598–1638), married in 1617 Prince John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar
  • Sophie (1599–1653), married in 1626 Prince Louis of Anhalt-Köthen
    Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
    Louis I of Anhalt-Köthen , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the unified principality of Anhalt. From 1603, he was ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen...

  • Philip I
    Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
    Philipp I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe was the founder of the Schaumburg-Lippe line.-Biography:He was born in Lemgo the son of Simon VI, Count of Lippe and his second wife Countess Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg .Following the death of his father in 1613 he inherited Lippe-Alverdissen which he...

     (1601–1681), Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, married Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
    Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
    Sophie of Hesse-Kassel was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage Countess of Schaumburg-Lippe.- Life :...


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