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Bernard VI, Lord of Lippe

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Bernard VI, Lord of Lippe
Bornc. 1370
Died1415
Noble familyHouse of Lippe
Spouse(s)Margaret of Waldeck-Landau
Elisabeth of Moers
FatherSimon III, Lord of Lippe
MotherIrmgard of Hoya

Bernhard VI, Lord of Lippe (c. 1370 – 1415) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Lord of Lippe from 1410 until his death. He was the son of Simon III and his wife, Irmgard of Hoya.

Marriage and issue

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On 28 June 1393, he married Margaret, the daughter of Count Henry VI of Waldeck-Landau. This marriage remained childless.

He remarried in 1403, to Elisabeth of Moers. They had four children together:

  • Simon IV (1404–1429), Lord of Lippe from 1415 until his death
  • Frederick (d. between 1417 and 1425)
  • Otto (died in Brake on 30 September 1433), joined the clergy
  • Irmgard (d. 17 July 1463), married c. 1428 to Lord William of Buren (d. 1461)

References

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  • "Entry". Zedlers Universallexikon. Vol. 17. p. 788. [1]
  • Philippine Charlotte Auguste Piderit: Die lippischen Edelherrn im Mittelalter, Detmold, 1876, p. 94 ff, [2]
Bernard VI, Lord of Lippe
Born: c. 1370 Died: 1415
Preceded by Lord of Lippe
1410–1415
Succeeded by