Editing Maria, Princess of Lippe

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HSH The Princess of Lippe
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Solms_Maria.png|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Princess of [[Lippe]]
Countess of [[Hesse|Solms-Laubach]]
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|'''Reign'''
|20 August 2015 - present
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (b. 1925)|Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|12 August 1968 (age 57)

Frankfurt, Germany
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Stephan, Prince of Lippe]]
(m. 1994)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe]]
[[Prince Heinrich of Lippe|Prince Heinrich]]

[[Prince Benjamin of Lippe|Prince Benjamin]]

[[Princess Luise of Lippe|Princess Luise]]

[[Princess Mathilde of Lippe|Princess Mathilde]]
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|'''Name'''
|Maria
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|'''House'''
|Solms (by birth)
Lippe (by marriage)
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|'''Father'''
|[[Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Madeleine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Evangelical Church  of Germany
|}
'''Maria, Princess of Lippe''' (born ''Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach'' on 12 August 1968) is a member of the Lippe Princely Family as the current Princess consort. She is also a member of the Hessian nobility as the sister of '''Karl Georg, Count of Solms-Laubach'''.

==Life==
Maria was born the eight child and youngest daughter of '''Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach''' and '''Princess Madeleine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg'''.

From the death of her mother-in-law in 1997, Maria served as First Lady of the Court for her father-in-law, '''[[Armin]]'''.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 15 October 1994, Maria married '''Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe''' in Detmold. the couple have five children, '''Bernhard, Heinrich, Benjamin, Luise,''' and '''Mathilde'''.
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Lippe_Bernhard_1995.jpg|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe]]
|9 September 1995
|
|[[Princess Olimpia of Preslav]] (m. 2022); has issue
|-
|[[File:Lippe_Heinrich.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Prince Heinrich of Lippe|Prince Heinrich]]
|8 April 1997
|
|[[Princess Charlotte of Wykradt-Isny]] (m. 2024); no issue
|-
|[[File:Lippe_Benjamin.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Prince Benjamin of Lippe|Prince Benjamin]]
|12 October 1999
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|[[Princess Juliana of Leiningen]] (m. 2024); no issue
|-
|[[File:Lippe_Luise.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Princess Luise of Lippe|Princess Luise]]
|9 April 2001
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|[[Antoine, Hereditary Count of Boncourt]] (m. 2026); no issue
|-
|[[File:Lippe_Mathilde.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Princess Mathilde of Lippe|Princess Mathilde]]
|7 September 2003
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Lippe Detmold Castle.jpg|link=|Detmold Castle; Main Residence (September-May)
File:Residences Lippe Schieder Castle.jpg|link=|Schieder Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Sartorial Information==
===Tiara Collection===
As Princess, Maria has access to the entirety of the [[Lippe Tiara Collection]]. Below are the tiaras that she personally owns.<gallery>
File:Tiaras Nobility Solms Maria Bracelet Tiara.jpg|(1994) Bracelet Tiara; Wedding gift from her in-laws
File:Tiaras Nobility Solms Maria Diamond and Pearl Tiara.png|(1994) Diamond and Pearl Tiara; Wedding gift from her parents
</gallery>

===Clothing Collection===
Clothing Collection

==Titles and Honours==

*'''1968-1994'''   Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach
*'''1994-2015'''   Maria, Hereditary Princess of Lippe
*'''2015-present'''   Maria, Princess of Lippe

=== National Honours ===
[[File:Honours_Lippe_House_Order_of_the_Honour_Cross.gif|frameless|75x75px]] House Order of the Honour Cross (1999)

[[File:Honours_Lippe_Leopold_Order.gif|frameless|75x75px]] Leopold Order (1994)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (2016)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach]]
|[[George Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach]]
[[Princess Johanna of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]
|[[Otto I, Count of Solms-Laubach]]
[[Princess Emma of Ysenburg-Budingen]]<br>
[[Carl, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]<br>
[[Princess Emma of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]
|[[Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach]]
[[Countess Marianne of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br>
[[Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg-Budingen]]<br>
[[Countess Bertha of Castell-Rudenhausen]]<br>
[[Hermann Adolf, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]<br>
[[Countess Agnes of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br>
[[Otto, Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br>
[[Princess Anna Elisabeth of Reuss]]
|-
|[[Princess Madeleine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
|[[Gustav Albrecht, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
[[Margareta d'Ortrante]]
|[[Richard I, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
[[Princess Madeleine of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]<br>
[[Duke Charles Louis of Otrante]]<br>
[[Countess Madeleine Douglas]]
|[[Gustav, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
[[Marie von Gemmingen-Hornberg]]<br>
[[Prince Alfred of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]<br>
[[Countess Pauline of Reichenbach-Lessonitz]]<br>
[[Duke Gustave Armand of Otrante]]<br>
[[Therese von Stedingk]]<br>
[[Ludvig, Count of Skenninge]]<br>
[[Countess Anna of Kunniankiekka]]
|}

==Notes==
Face: Uma Thurman
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[[Category:Consorts of Lippe]]
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