Leopold Iii, Prince Of Lippe

Leopold III, Prince of Lippe ( 1 September 1821 - 8 December 1875 ) was a Prince of Lippe .

He was born in Detmold the eldest child of Leopold II, Prince Of Lippe (1796-1851) and Princess Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1800-1867). He succeeded his father on his death on the 1 January 1851 . In 1854 Prince Leopold granted Catholics the right to found their own parishes, and build their own churches in Lippe. On his ascension Lippe was a member of the German Confederation , and he supported Prussia during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Following the war and the dissolution of the German Confederation, Lippe joined the North German Confederation in 1867. It remained a member of the North German Confederation until the creation of the German Empire in 1871.

Leopold was married to Princess Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1833-1896) the daughter of Prince Albert Of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt on the 17 April 1852 in Rudolstadt but the marriage was childless and his brother Woldemar succeeded him as Prince of Lippe following his death on the 8 December 1875 in Detmold .

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	1821 births

	1875 deaths

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