Armin, Prince of Lippe

Armin
Prince of Lippe
Tenure	30 December 1949 – 20 August 2015
Predecessor	Leopold IV
Heir	Stephan
Born	18 August 1924 (1924-08-18) Detmold, Weimar Republic
Died	20 August 2015 (2015-08-21) (aged 91) Detmold, Germany
Spouse	Traute Becker
Issue	Stephan, Prince of Lippe
House	Lippe
Father	Leopold IV
Mother	Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen

Armin, Prince of Lippe (Armin Leopold Ernst Bruno Heinrich Willa August Fürst zur Lippe) (18 August 1924 – 20 August 2015, also in Detmold) was the son of Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe and his second wife Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen.

Head of the House of Lippe

Armin succeeded his father as head of the house of Lippe following the latter's death on the 30 December 1949. On 22 March 1953, he renounced his position in favour of his older half brother Prince Leopold. This move proved controversial within the house and several princes started legal proceedings. Prince Leopold later in 1958 renounced the headship in favour of his older brother Hereditary Prince Ernst. Later in that year the Hereditary Prince called a family council where it was agreed by the princes in attendance that the oldest prince living in Germany would be head of the house. So the position went to Prince Simon Casimir (1900–1980).

Although agreeing at the time, Prince Ernst August of Lippe, the son of Prince Julius Ernst of Lippe and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg, later changed his mind believing all princes of house not just those living in Germany should be considered. He ultimately assumed the headship of the house. Ernst August died in 1990 and his son Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe (b. 1947) has continued his claim. Prince Armin, who has said he did not think his decision in 1953 was irrevocable, also claims to be head of the house, given the fact that he inherited the family fortune, including farming land, forests and the princely castle at Detmold, where he was living.

He was a first cousin of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and was a child attendant at their 1937 wedding.

Marriage and child

Prince Armn married Traute Becker, daughter of Gustav Becker and Charlotte Meyer, on 27 March 1953, in Göttingen, Germany, in a civil marriage followed by a religious ceremony on 29 March 1953, in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. They had one child:

• HSH Stephan Leopold Justus Richard, Prince of Lippe (b. 24 May 1959)

Ancestry

Family of Armin, Prince of Lippe

16. Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld               8. Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld                       17. Modeste von Unruh               4. Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld                             18. Friedrich, Count of Castell-Castell               9. Countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell                       19. Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               2. Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe                                   20. Count Cäsar of Wartensleben               10. Count Leopold of Wartensleben                       21. Friederike von Gfug, Heiress of Osniszczewo               5. Countess Karoline of Wartensleben                             22. Arnold Halbach               11. Mathilde Halbach                       23. Caroline Bohlen               1. Armin, Prince of Lippe                                         24. Ernst Casimir I, 1st Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen               12. Ernst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen                       25. Countess Ferdinande of Erbach-Schönberg               6. Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen                             26. Albrecht, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau               13. Countess Thekla of Erbach-Fürstenau                       27. Princess Sophie Emilie Luise of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen               3. Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen                                   28. Christian Friedrich, Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen               14. Adolf, Hereditary Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen                       29. Countess Luise Carolina of Ortenburg               7. Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen                             30. Karl Philipp Friedrich, Baron of Thüngen               15. Baroness Friederike Maria of Thüngen                       31. Nathalie von Thümmel

External links

• Schloss Detmold (German)

Armin, Prince of Lippe House of Lippe Born: 18 August 1924 Died: 20 August 2015
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Prince Leopold IV	— TITULAR — Prince of Lippe 30 December 1949 – 20 August 2015 Reason for succession failure: Principality abolished in 1918	Succeeded by Prince Stephan