Lord of Lippe

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The Lord of Lippe was the medieval noble title held by the rulers of the small German territory of Lippe before it was elevated to a county.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Fürst zur Lippe 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
medieval noble title
appliesToJurisdiction Lordship of Lippe NERFINISHED
associatedNobleFamily Lippe family NERFINISHED
associatedWith Lippe (state) history
associatedWithTerritory Lippe NERFINISHED
capital Lemgo NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
elevationContext creation of the County of Lippe
elevationOfTitle elevated to county
femaleEquivalentTitle Lady of Lippe NERFINISHED
feudalStatus imperial immediacy
followedBy County of Lippe NERFINISHED
governmentForm feudal lordship
governs Lordship of Lippe NERFINISHED
hasTitleStyle Lord NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Westphalia NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance early ruling title of the House of Lippe
languageOfTitle German
locatedInPresentDay Germany NERFINISHED
nobleRank lord
originalTitleForm Herr zu Lippe NERFINISHED
partOf German principalities
territories of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalSystem feudal monarchy
predecessor none (original ruling title of Lippe)
presentDayState North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED
rankComparedToCount lower
religionHistorically Lutheranism
Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
sovereigntyType immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire
successor Count of Lippe NERFINISHED
timePeriod High Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Late Middle Ages
titleGenderForm masculine
titleHolderDynasty House of Lippe NERFINISHED
titleScope ruler of the small German territory of Lippe
titleType territorial lordship
usedBefore creation of the County of Lippe
usedIn Lippe NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince of Lippe originalTitleForm Lord of Lippe
this entity surface form: Fürst zur Lippe
Count of Lippe predecessorTitle Lord of Lippe