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Preceeded by:| Leopold II, Prince of Lippe |
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Reign:| 1/1/1851-8/12/1875 |
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Succeeded by:| Woldemar, Prince of Lippe |
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| Leopold III
1860 1 Thaler Ob. PAUL FRIEDRICH EMIL LEOPOLD FURST Z. LIPPE Rev. EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN Edge: MÜNZVERTRAG VOM 24. JANUAR 1857 Silver 0.9000 Weight: 18.52g, 33mm mintage: 26,000 Mint: Berlin MM: |
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Titles:| Prince of Lippe |
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Born:| 1/9/1821 |
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Died:| 8/12/1875 |
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Father:| Leopold II |
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Mother:| Princess Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
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Married to:| Princess Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
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Children:| none |
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In 1854 Leopold issued two sovereign edicts. The first on 9 March placed the Catholic Church on an equal footing with the state Calvinist religion.
Then second six days later on 15 March was to grant the same status to the Lutherans. Lippe went through various changes during his reign. At his ascension the principality was a member of the German Confederation, and Leopold supported Prussia during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Following the war and the dissolution of the German Confederation, Lippe joined the North German Confederation on its creation in 1867. Lippe would then remain a member of the North German Confederation until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War. Prince Leopold was one of the main promoters of the creation of the Hermann monument in the Teutoburg Forest which was opened by the German Emperor William I in the summer of 1875. A few months after the unveiling of the monument Leopold died in Detmold. As Leopold was childless, his brother Woldemar succeeded him as Prince of Lippe. The house of Lippe-Detmold is a younger branch of the family of Lippe, the ancestor of the line being Count Simon VII who lived in the 16th century. A third line, Lippe-Brake, became extinct in 1709 and it's possessions, after a long struggle or arms and a suit before the Imperial Aulic Council extending over a century were divided between the two remaining houses, the greater part falling to Detmold. Leopold receives about £10,000 annually from the civil list which was deemed to be insufficient and Leopold's father sold part of the territory to Prussia in 1850. The army commanded by Leopold in 1863 consisted of: Click here In 1861 the territory covered 445 square miles with 108,513 inhabitants. |