Mother Traute Becker Name Stephan, of | ||
Issue Hereditary Prince Bernhard of LippePrince Heinrich of LippePrince Benjamin of LippePrincess Luise of LippePrincess Mathilde of Lippe | ||
Stephan, Prince of Lippe (Stephan Leopold Justus Richard) was born on 24 May 1959 in Detmold, Germany. He is the son of Armin Leopold Ernst Bruno Heinrich Willa August Prince of Lippe and Traute Becker, and the head of the House of Lippe since 2015.
Marriage and children
He married Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach, daughter of Otto, 10th Count of Solms-Laubach and Princess Madeleine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, on 15 October 1994 in Detmold. The wedding was attended by European royalty, among them the bridegroom's uncle Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld and his wife, former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, the bride's maternal uncle Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and his wife Princess Benedikte of Denmark, the bride's second cousin, Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, and many other members of formerly ruling families of Germany.
The coupe is living at Detmold and have five children: