Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe

HSH The Hereditary Prince of Lippe
Titles	Hereditary Prince of Lippe
Biographical Information
Born	9 September 1995 (age 31) Detmold, Lippe, Germany
Spouse	Princess Olimpia of Preslav (m. 2022)
Issue	Princess Johanna
Name	Bernhard Leopold Baptist Ernst Georg Ludwig
House	Lippe
Father	Stephan, Prince of Lippe
Mother	Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach
Religion	Roman Catholic

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 were expecting their first child. On 7 March 2026, Olimpia gave birth to a daughter, Johanna.

Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
	Princess Johanna	7 March 2026

Residences

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Titles and Honours

• 1995-2015 Prince Bernhard of Lippe
• 2015-present Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe

National Honours

Leopold Order (2022)

House Order of the Honour Cross (2013)

Foreign Honours

Order of St. Alexander (2022) (Bulgaria)

Order of the Red Eagle (2016) (Germany)

Ancestry

Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
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 Franz Joseph, Prince of Thurn and Taxis Infanta Isabel Maria of Portugal	Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld Countess Caroline of Wartensleben Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg-Budingen Countess Bertha of Castell-Rudenhausen Albert I, Prince of Thurn and Taxis Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria Infante Miguel, Duke of Braganza Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
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 Gustav Albrecht, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Margareta d'Ortrante	Otto I, Count of Solms-Laubach Princess Emma of Ysenburg-Budingen Carl, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Princess Emma of Stolberg-Wernigerode Richard I, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Princess Madeleine of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg Duke Charles Louis of Otrante Countess Madeleine Douglas

Lines of Succession

Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe House of Lippe Born: 9 September 1995
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Lippe throne	Followed by
Stephan, Prince of Lippe	1st in the line of succession	Princess Johanna of Lippe

Notes

Face: Patrick Schwarzenegger