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HSH The Prince of Lippe

Titles	Prince of Lippe
Reign	20 August 2015 - present
Predecessor	Armin
Heir	Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe
Biographical Information
Born	24 May 1959 (aged Detmold, Lippe, Germany
Spouse	Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach (m. 1994)
Issue	Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe Prince Heinrich Prince Benjamin Princess Luise Princess Mathilde
Name	Stephan Leopold Justus Richard
House	Lippe
Father	Armin, Prince of Lippe
Mother	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.

Marriage and Issue

On 15 October 1994, Steph married Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach and Detmold. the couple have five children, Bernhard, Heinrich, Benjamin, Luise, and Mathilde.

Name	Birth	Marriage
Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe	9 September 1995	Princess Olimpia of Preslav (m. 2022); has issue
Prince Heinrich	8 April 1997	Princess Charlotte of Wykradt-Isny (m. 2024); no issue
Prince Benjamin	12 October 1999	Princess Juliana of Leiningen (m. 2024); no issue
Princess Luise	9 April 2001	Antoine, Hereditary Count of Boncourt (m. 2026); no issue
Princess Mathilde	7 September 2003	Unmarried and without issue

Residences

TBA

Titles and Honours

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

National Honours

House Order of the Honour Cross (1994)

Leopold Order (1977)

Foreign Honours

Order of the Black Eagle (2016)

Order of the Red Eagle (1991)

Ancestry


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	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


Stephan, Prince of Lippe House of Lippe Born: 27 May 1959
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Lippe throne	Followed by
Incumbent preceded by Armin	Incumbent	Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe

Notes

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+|[[File:Lippe_Bernhard_1995.jpg|frameless|149x149px]]
+|[[Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe]]
+|9 September 1995
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+|[[Princess Olimpia of Preslav]] (m. 2022); has issue
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+|[[File:Lippe Heinrich.png|frameless|149x149px]]
+|[[Prince Heinrich of Lippe|Prince Heinrich]]
+|8 April 1997
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+|[[Princess Charlotte of Wykradt-Isny]] (m. 2024); no issue
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+|[[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
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+|[[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
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+|[[File:Lippe Mathilde.png|frameless|149x149px]]
+|[[Princess Mathilde of Lippe|Princess Mathilde]]
+|7 September 2003
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+|Unmarried and without issue
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