
Lords of Lippe

- Bernard I (c. 1090 – c. 1158) First recorded Lord of Lippe and possible founder of the family from 1123
- Herman I (d. 1167) Lord of Lippe
- Bernard II (c. 1140 – 1224) Lord of Lippe
- Herman II (1175 – 1229) Lord of Lippe
- Bernard III (c. 1194 – c. 1265) Lord of Lippe
- Bernhard IV (c. 1230 – 1275) Lord of Lippe
- Simon I (c. 1261 – 1344) Lord of Lippe
- Bernhard V (c. 1290 – before 1365) Lord of Lippe-Rheda
- Otto (c. 1300 – c. 1360) Lord of Lippe-Lemgo
- Simon III (c. 1340 – 1410) Lord of Lippe
- Bernhard VI (c. 1370 – 1415) Lord of Lippe
- Simon IV (c. 1404 – 1429) Lord of Lippe
- Bernard VII of Lippe (1428 – 1511) Lord of Lippe
Simon V of Lippe (1471 – 1536) Count of Lippe
- Simon V of Lippe (1471 – 1536) Lord of Lippe, created Count of Lippe in 1528.
- Bernhard VIII (1527–1563) Count of Lippe
Simon VI (1554 – 1613) Count of Lippe
- Simon VI (1554 – 1613) Count of Lippe. Married firstly Countess Armgard of Rietberg (d. 1584) Countess of Rietberg in her own right from 1562 to 1584 daughter of John II Count of Rietberg and secondly Elisabeth of Schaumburg (1566 – 1638) daughter of Otto IV Count of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg. See below and Schaumburg-Lippe
House of Lippe-Detmold
Counts of Lippe-Detmold from 1613
Lippe-Detmold divided with Lippe-Biesterfeld in 1627
Princes of Lippe from 1789 to Present
Simon VII (1587 – 1627) Count of Lippe-Detmold
- Simon VII (1587 – 1627) Count of Lippe-Detmold, younger son of Simon VI (1554 – 1613) Count of Lippe. Married firstly Countess Anna Catherine (1590 – 1622) daughter of John Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and secondly Countess Maria Magdalena of Waldeck-Wildungen (1606 – 1671) daughter of Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen(mother of Jobst Herman of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1625 – 1678) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld)

Simon Louis (1610 – 1636) Count of Lippe-Detmold
- Simon Louis (1610 – 1636) Count of Lippe-Detmold. Married Countess Catherine of Waldeck (1612-1649) daughter of Christian Count of Waldeck-Wildungen
- Simon Philip (1632-1650) Count of Lippe-Detmold.
- John Bernard (1613 – 1652) Count of Lippe-Detmold.
Herman Adolph (1616 – 1666) Count of Lippe-Detmold
- Herman Adolph (1616 – 1666) Count of Lippe-Detmold. Married Countess Ernestine of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (1614 – 1665)daughter of Wolfgang Heinrich of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Birstein
Simon Henry (1649 – 1697) Count of Lippe-Detmold
- Simon Henry (1649 – 1697) Count of Lippe-Detmold. Married Baroness Amalia of Dohna-Vianen, Burgravine of Utrecht, heiress of Vianen and Ameide (1644 – 1700) daughter of General Christian Albert, Burgrave and Count of Dohna
Frederick Adolphus (1667 – 1718) Count of Lippe-Detmold
- Frederick Adolphus (1667 – 1718) Count of Lippe-Detmold. Knight of the Black Eagle. Married firstly Countess Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg (1663 – 1700) daughter of Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg and secondly Countess Amalia of Solms-Hohensolms (1678 – 1746) daughter of Ludwig (1646–1707) Count of Solms-Hohensolms
Simon Henry Adolph (1694 – 1734) Count of Lippe-Detmold
- Simon Henry Adolph (1694 – 1734) Count of Lippe-Detmold. Married Johanna Wilhelmina (1700 – 1756) daughter of Prince George August of Nassau-Idstein
Simon August (1727 – 1782) Count of Lippe-Detmold
- Simon August (1727 – 1782) Count of Lippe-Detmold. Knight of the House Order of the Golden Lion. Married firstly Polyxena Louise (1733 – 1764) daughter of Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, secondly Marie Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau (1746 – 1769) daughter of Prince Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, thirdly Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau (1749 – 1778) daughter of Prince Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau and sister of his previous wife and fourthly Christine of Solms-Braunfels (1744 – 1823) daughter of Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels
Leopold I (1767 –1802) Prince of Lippe
- Leopold I (1767 –1802) Count of Lippe-Detmold, created Prince of Lippe in 1789. Married Pauline Christine Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Bernburg (1769 – 1820) daughter of Prince Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Leopold II (1796 – 1851) Prince of Lippe
- Leopold II (1796 – 1851) Prince of Lippe. Married Princess Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (b. 1800) Günther Frederick Charles I (1760-1837) Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Leopold III (1821–1875) Prince of Lippe
- Leopold III (1821–1875) Prince of Lippe. Founder of the House Order of the Honor Cross in 1869. Married to Princess Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1833–1896) daughter of Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Woldemar (1824–1895) Prince of Lippe
- Woldemar (1824–1895) Prince of Lippe. Married to Princess Sophie of Baden (1834 – 1904) daughter of Prince William of Baden
- Alexander (1831 – 1905) Prince of Lippe. Under a Regency
Leopold IV (1871 – 1949) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1904, Prince of Lippe from 1905.
- Leopold IV (1871 – 1949) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1904, Prince of Lippe from 1905. Reigning until 1918. Married firstly Princess Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1874 – 1919) daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and secondly Princess Anna of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1886 – 1980) daughter of Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg und Büdingen
- Armin (1924 – 2015) Prince of Lippe
- Stephan (b. 1959) Prince of Lippe
Counts of Lippe-Biesterfeld (paragium or non-sovereign) 1904
Princes of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1916 to Present
Queen of the Netherlands 1980-2013
- Bernhard (1872 – 1934) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1916, 2nd son of Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Regent of the Principality of Lippe
Beatrix (b. 1938) Queen of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911 – 2004) Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld created Prince of the Netherlands
- Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911 – 2004) Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld created Prince of the Netherlands in 1948. Married Juliana (1909 – 2004) Queen of the Netherlands (from 1948 to 1980)
- Beatrix (b. 1938) Queen of the Netherlands (from 1980 to 2013)
Counts of Lippe-Biesterfeld (paragium or non-sovereign) from 1627
Lippe-Biesterfeld divided with Lippe-Weißenfeld in 1736
Princes of Lippe from 1905
Annexation to Lippe in 1905
Jobst Herman (1625 – 1678) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Jobst Herman (1625 – 1678) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Lord of Sternberg and Schwalenberg. Married Countess Juliane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1634 – 1689) daughter of Johann, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Rudolph Ferdinand (1671 – 1736) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Rudolph Ferdinand (1671 – 1736) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Lord of Sternberg, and Schwalenberg. Married Louise Juliane of Kunowitz (1671 – 1754) daughter of Johann Dietrich of Kunowitz
Frederick Charles Augustus (1706 – 1781) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Frederick Charles Augustus (1706 – 1781) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Lord of Sternberg, and Schwalenberg, Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle. Married Countess Barbara Eleonore of Solms-Baruth (1707 – 1744) daughter of Johann Christian I, Count zu Solms-Baruth zu Klitschdorf
Charles Ernest Casimir (1735 – 1810) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Charles Ernest Casimir (1735 – 1810) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld Married Ferdinanda Henrietta Dorothea of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1737 - 1779) daughter of Moritz Casimir I. von Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
William Ernest (1777 – 1840) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- William Ernest (1777 – 1840) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Married Countess Dorothea Christina Modesta von Unruh (1781 – 1854) daughter of Karl Philipp, Count von Unruh
Julius (1812 – 1884) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Julius (1812 – 1884) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Married Countess Adelheid Clotilde Auguste of Castell-Castell (1818–1900) daughter of Friedrich, Count of Castell-Castell
Ernst (1842 – 1904) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Ernst (1842 – 1904) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Regent of the Principality of Lippe from 1897-1904. Married Countess Karoline Friederike Cecilia von Wartensleben (1844–1905) daughter of Count Leopold von Wartensleben
- Leopold IV (1871 – 1949) Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1904, Prince of Lippe from 1905. See above
Counts of Lippe-Weißenfeld (paragium or non-sovereign) 1736
Princes of Lippe-Weißenfeld in 1916 to Present
Counts of Lippe-Weißenfeld
- Ferdinand Johann Ludwig (1709-1787) Count of Lippe-Weißenfeld from 1736, son of Frederick Charles Augustus, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Frederick John Louis (1737 – 1791) Count of Lippe-Weißenfeld
- Ferdinand II (1772 – 1846) Count of Lippe-Weißenfeld
- Gustav (1805 – 1875) Count of Lippe-Weißenfeld
- Ferdinand III (1844 – 1900) Count of Lippe-Weißenfeld
- Clemens (1860 – 1920) Count of Lippe-Weißenfeld, created Prince of Lippe-Weißenfeld in 1916 reigning until 1918
- Ferdinand (1903-1939) Prince of Lippe-Weißenfeld
- Franz (1929-1995) Prince of Lippe-Weißenfeld
- Christian (1907-1996) Prince of Lippe-Weißenfeld
- Ferdinand (b. 1942) Prince of Lippe-Weißenfeld
Count of Lippe-Sternberg 1613-1620
Annexed by Lippe-Detmold 1620
Count of Lippe-Sternberg
- Herman (1590 – 1620) Count of Lippe-Sternberg from 1532, younger son of Simon VI (1554 – 1613) Count of Lippe
Counts of Lippe-Brake 1613
Annexed by Lippe-Detmold 1709
Counts of Lippe-Brake
- Otto (1589 – 1657) Count of Lippe-Brake, younger son of Simon VI (1554 – 1613) Count of Lippe
- Casimir (1627-1700) Count of Lippe-Brake
- Rudolf (1664 – 1707) Count of Lippe-Brake
- Louis Ferdinand (1680 – 1709) Count of Lippe-Brake