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Ruler of the Reformed County of Lippe-Detmold
- Count Simon VII of Lippe (30 December 1587 at Brake Castle near Lemgo – 26 March 1627 in Detmold) was a ruler of the Reformed County of Lippe-Detmold.
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Count Simon VII of Lippe (30 December 1587 at Brake Castle near Lemgo – 26 March 1627 in Detmold) was a ruler of the Reformed County of Lippe-Detmold. Life. He was the second-eldest son of Count Simon VI of Lippe and his wife Elizabeth of Schauenburg and Holstein.
- Elizabeth of Schauenburg and Holstein
- 26 March 1627 (aged 39), Detmold
- 30 December 1587, Brake Castle, near Lemgo
- Simon VI, Count of Lippe
Simon V was the first ruler of Lippe to style himself as a count in 1528. [1] Following the death of Simon VI in 1613, the county was partitioned between his three sons; Lippe-Detmold went to Simon VII , Lippe-Brake to Otto and Lippe-Alverdissen went to Philip I .
- Principality
- West Low German
Simon VII: Eldest son of Simon VI. First count of Lippe-Detmold. 1613 - 1620: Hermann IV: Brother. Count of Lippe-Schwalenberg-Sternberg. Died? 1618: The beginnings of the Thirty Years' War in Central Europe sees a series of destructive conflicts take place.
Count Simon VIII of Lippe-Detmold does his best to keep Lippe neutral so that it might be spared as much as possible, but it suffers nevertheless when imperial troops are billeted within its borders. Despite Count Simon's best efforts, Lippe could not entirely be spared from the ravages of the brutal Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
Lippe was a centre of conflict during the Reformation as Count Simon V attempted to prevent Protestantism from spreading within his territory by force. Lutheranism was adopted in 1538, two years after his death. Simon VI converted to Calvinism in 1605, leading to a prolonged conflict with Lemgo, which eventually remained Lutheran.
- Feudal monarchy
When Count Simon VII of Lippe-Detmold dies, his son, the youthful Simon Louis, succeeds him. As he is not yet of age, a regent is selected for him in the form of Count Christian of Waldeck, his step-grandfather.
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