Leopold I, Prince of Lippe
Leopold I of Lippe was a Prince of Lippe.
Biography
Leopold I was born in Detmold, the son of Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold, and his second wife, Princess Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau.He received his education in Dessau, and when he reached 18 he went to study at the University of Leipzig. He succeeded his father as Count of Lippe-Detmold on his death on 1 May 1782, and remained Count until Lippe was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1789.
In 1790, a mental disorder was diagnosed, and he was incapacitated by the Imperial Chamber Court; in 1795, the guardianship was conditionally lifted after an improvement occurred.
He died in Detmold and was succeeded as Prince by his eldest son, who became Leopold II.