Editing Stephan, Prince of Lippe

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HSH The Prince of Lippe
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Lippe_Stephan.png|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Prince of [[Lippe]]
|-
|'''Reign'''
|20 August 2015 - present
|-
|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Armin, Prince of Lippe|Armin]]
|-
|'''Heir'''
|[[Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|24 May 1959 (aged 67) 
Detmold, Lippe, Germany
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach]]
(m. 1994)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe]]
[[Prince Heinrich of Lippe|Prince Heinrich]]<br>
[[Prince Benjamin of Lippe|Prince Benjamin]]<br>
[[Princess Luise of Lippe|Princess Luise]]<br>
[[Princess Mathilde of Lippe|Princess Mathilde]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Stephan Leopold Justus Richard
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|'''House'''
|Lippe
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|'''Father'''
|[[Armin, Prince of Lippe]]
|-
|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (b. 1925)|Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
|}
'''Stephan, Prince of Lippe''' (born ''Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe'' on 24 May 1959) is the current reigning Prince of Lippe. 

==Life==
Stephan was born the only child of [[Armin, Prince of Lippe]] and [[Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (b. 1925)|Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis]].

==Marriage and Issue==
On 15 October 1994, Stephan married '''Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach''' 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
|
|[[Princess Juliana of Leiningen]] (m. 2024); no issue
|-
|[[File:Lippe Luise.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Princess Luise of Lippe|Princess Luise]]
|9 April 2001
|
|[[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|Detmold Castle; Main Residence (September-May)
File:Residences Lippe Schieder Castle.jpg|Schieder Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1959-2015'''   Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe
* '''2015-present'''   Stephan, Prince of Lippe

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Lippe_House_Order_of_the_Honour_Cross.gif|frameless|75x75px]] House Order of the Honour Cross (1994)

[[File:Honours_Lippe_Leopold_Order.gif|frameless|75x75px]] Leopold Order (1977)

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

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Red_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Red Eagle (1991)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Armin, Prince of Lippe]]
|[[Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe]]
[[Princess Anna of Ysenburg-Budingen]]
|[[Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]
[[Countess Caroline of Wartensleben]]

[[Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg-Budingen]]

[[Countess Bertha of Castell-Rudenhausen]]
|[[Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]
[[Countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell]]

[[Leopold Otto, Count of Wartensleben]]

[[Mathilde Halbach]]

[[Ernst Casimir II, Prince of Ysenburg-Budingen]]

[[Countess Thekla of Erbach-Furstenau]]

[[Hereditary Count Adolf of Castell-Rudenhausen]]

[[Marie von Thungen]]
|-
|[[Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (b. 1925)|Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis]]
|[[Franz Joseph, Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]
[[Infanta Isabel Maria of Portugal]]
|[[Albert I, Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]
[[Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria]]

[[Infante Miguel, Duke of Braganza]]

[[Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]
|[[Hereditary Prince Maximilian Anton of Thurn and Taxis]]
[[Princess Helene of Bavaria]]

[[Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary]]

[[Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]

[[King Miguel of Portugal]]

[[Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]

[[Charles, Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]

[[Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Stephan, Prince of Lippe
House of Lippe 

Born: 27 May 1959 
|-
| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Lippe]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
'''<small>[[Armin]]</small>'''</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Kyle MacLachlan
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