Editing Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe

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! colspan="2" |HSH The Hereditary Prince of Lippe
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Lippe Bernhard 1995.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Hereditary Prince of [[Lippe]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|9 September 1995 (age 29)
Detmold, Lippe, Germany
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Olimpia of Preslav]]
(m. 2022)
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|'''Name'''
|Bernhard Leopold Baptist Ernst Georg Ludwig
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|'''House'''
|Lippe
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|'''Father'''
|[[Stephan, Prince of Lippe]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
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'''Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe''' (born ''Prince Bernhard of Lippe'' on 9 September 1995) is a member of the Lippe Princely Family as the son and heir of '''[[Stephan, Prince of Lippe]]'''. He is also a member of the Bulgarian Royal Family as the grandson-in-law of '''[[Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria]]''', as well as the Romanian Royal Family as the nephew-in-law of '''[[Margareta, Queen of Romania]]'''.

==Life==
Bernhard was born the eldest child of '''Stephan, Prince of Lippe''' and '''Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach'''.

He became the heir to the principality upon the death of his grandfather in 2015.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 9 April 2022, Bernhard married '''Princess Olimpia of Preslav''' in Detmold. On 15 September 2025, it was announced that the couple are expecting their first child.

==Residences==
TBA

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1995-2015'''   Prince Bernhard of Lippe
* '''2015-present'''   Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Lippe_Leopold_Order.gif|frameless|75x75px]] Leopold Order (2022)

[[File:Honours_Lippe_House_Order_of_the_Honour_Cross.gif|frameless|75x75px]] House Order of the Honour Cross (2013)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Bulgaria_Order_of_St._Alexander.jpg|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. Alexander (2022) (Bulgaria)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[Stephan, Prince of Lippe]]
|[[Armin, Prince of Lippe]]
[[Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis]]
|[[Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe]]
[[Princess Anna of Ysenburg-Budingen]]<br>
[[Franz Joseph, Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]<br>
[[Infanta Isabel Maria of Portugal]]
|[[Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]
[[Countess Caroline of Wartensleben]]
[[Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg-Budingen]]<br>
[[Countess Bertha of Castell-Rudenhausen]]<br>
[[Albert I, Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]<br>
[[Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria]]<br>
[[Infante Miguel, Duke of Braganza]]<br>
[[Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]
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|[[Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach]]
|[[Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach]]
[[Princess Madeleine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
|[[George Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach]]
[[Princess Johanna of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]<br>
[[Gustav Albrecht, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]<br>
[[Margareta d'Ortrante]]
|[[Otto I, Count of Solms-Laubach]]
[[Princess Emma of Ysenburg-Budingen]]<br>
[[Carl, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]<br>
[[Princess Emma of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br>
[[Richard I, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]<br>
[[Princess Madeleine of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]<br>
[[Duke Charles Louis of Otrante]]<br>
[[Countess Madeleine Douglas]]
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==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe
House of Lippe 

Born: 9 September 1995 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
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|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Lippe]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
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|<center>[[Stephan, Prince of Lippe]]</center>
|<center>1st in the line of succession</center>
|<center>[[Prince Heinrich of Lippe]]</center>
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== Notes ==
Face: Patrick Schwarzenegger
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[[Category:Heirs]]