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unusual facts about Simon Henry, Count of Lippe



Simon Henry, Count of Lippe

On 15 September 1666, Simon Henry married in The Hague with Baroness Amalia of Dohna-Vianen, Burgravine of Utrecht, heiress of Vianen and Ameide (2 February 1644 in The Hague – 11 March 1700), a daughter of General Christian Albert of Dohna.

Henry Simon, Count of Lippe (13 March 1649 in Sternberg – 2 May 1697 in Detmold), was a ruling Count of Lippe-Detmold

Between 1683 and 1685, he replaced the Jagdschloss his father had built near today's Augustdorf by a series of buildings arranged symmetrically around a Cour d'honneur.


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