Noble family House of Lippe Parents Simon VI, Count of Lippe | Died November 18, 1657 Name Otto, of | |
Spouse(s) Margaret of Nassau-Dillenburg Father Simon VI, Count of Lippe Mother Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg Born 21 December 1589 ( 1589-12-21 ) Children Casimir, Count of Lippe-Brake, Auguste de Lippe-Brake Grandparents Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe | ||
Grandchildren Rudolf van Lippe-Brake Great-grandparents Simon V, Count of Lippe | ||
Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake (21 December 1589 – 18 November 1657 in Blomberg) was the first ruling Count of Lippe-Brake.
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Life
Otto was born on 21 December 1589 as the son of Count Simon VI and his wife, Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg (b. 1556) was born.
When his father died in 1613, his elder brother Simon VII took up government of the country, while the youngest brother Philip I moved to Bückeburg, where he later founded the Schaumburg-Lippe line. In 1621, the county was divided again, and Otto received his own part and founded the Lippe-Brake line, which would die out in 1709.
Otto died on 18 November 1657 in Blomberg.
Marriage and issue
On 30 October 1626, he married Margaret of Nassau-Dillenburg (6 September 1606 in Beilstein – 1661), a daughter of Count George of Nassau-Dillenburg, with whom he had the following children: