Bernard II, Lord of Lippe
Bernard II was Lord of Lippe from 1167 until 1196. He founded the towns of Lippstadt and Lemgo.
Marriage and children
In 1167, Bernard married Heilwig, likely the daughter of Otto, Count of Are-Hochstaden. They had eleven children who survived into adulthood.Five sons:
- Herman II
- Otto II ; Bishop of Utrecht from 1215
- Bernard IV ; Bishop of Paderborn from 1228
- Dietrich ; killed at the Battle of Ane
- Gerhard II ; Archbishop of Bremen from 1219
- Ethelind, Abess of Bassum from to
- Gertrud II, Abbess of the Imperial Abbey at Herford from 1217 to 1239
- Kunigunde, Abbess of Freckenhorst from 1219 to
- Adelheid, married Heinrich I of Arnsberg, as a widow she became the Abbess of Elten
- Heilwig, married Gottfried II. of Ziegenhain
- Beatrix, married Heidenrich I. of Lutterberg