Count Simon VI of Lippe (15 April 1554 in Detmold – 7 December 1613 in Brake (now part of Lemgo )) was an imperial count and ruler of the County of Lippe from 1563 until his death.
9-571: Biesterfeld is currently part ( Ort ) of the Rischenau quarter ( Ortsteil ) of the city of Lügde , Germany. In the first half of the 17th century Count Simon VI of Lippe joined several failing dairy farms into one, and in 1624 passed them to the bailiff ( Amtmann ) of Schwalenberg . The County of Schwalenberg had partially passed to the House of Lippe in 1365, and the Biesterfeld estate
18-630: A counselor and chamberlain to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II , for whom he undertook diplomatic missions, such as mediation in inheritance disputes between princes. He acted as an intermediary and an agent in the trade of Dutch paintings. The castle at Brake had been pledged to Christoph von Donop from 1562 to 1570. In 1584–1589, Simon had it expanded in the style of the Weser Renaissance . He used it as his residence until his death. In September 1599 he suffered
27-500: A daughter of Count Otto IV of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg . They had the following children: Lippe State Library at Detmold Lippe State Library ( Lippische Landesbibliothek Detmold ) is the universal and regional library for Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Germany . It is based at Detmold . 51°55′49″N 8°52′54″E / 51.93028°N 8.88167°E / 51.93028; 8.88167 This article about
36-733: A severe defeat at the Siege of Rees by the Spaniards. From 1600, he employed the Dutch military architect Johan van Rijswijk . Under Simon VI, the county converted to Calvinism in 1605. Using his monarchic privilege of cuius regio, eius religio he prompted the conversion of the Church of Lippe to Calvinism. This led to a dispute with many of his subjects, especially the Free and Hanseatic City of Lemgo , which had been Lutheran since 1522. Lemgo defied
45-553: A small manor house at Oberkassel, Bonn , where the couple moved in 1770, and which became the home to the Lippe-Biesterfeld family for the following 209 years. The manor house and farm at Biesterfeld were demolished around 1820. 51°52′22″N 9°16′28″E / 51.87278°N 9.27444°E / 51.87278; 9.27444 This Lippe district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Simon VI, Count of Lippe Simon
54-680: The basis for the Lippe State Library at Detmold , where the collection is still kept. Simon died in 1613 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Simon VII , who moved the seat of government back to Detmold . Simon VI's youngest son, Philip I later found the Schaumburg-Lippe line, whose seat of government was in Bückeburg . In 1578, Simon married Countess Armgard of Rietberg (died: 13 July 1584). This marriage remained childless. In 1585, he married Elisabeth,
63-647: The edict to convert to Calvinism, leading to the Revolt of Lemgo . This religious dispute was resolved by the Peace of Röhrentrup in 1617, granting Lemgo the right to determine its faith independently. The Lutheran minority only joined the else Reformed Church of Lippe again in 1882. Simon owned an extensive library. It served as a court library as well as a collection of a professional politician and diplomat. It contained theological and historical works as well as philosophical and jurisprudential literature. It later became
72-576: Was part of it. Later Biesterfeld estate was sold to Maria Magdalena, the widow of Simon VII of Lippe . Her son Jobst Herman, Count of Lippe , built the manor of Biesterfeld around 1660 and is considered the founder of the Lippe-Biesterfeld line. Frederick Charles Augustus, Count of Lippe , moved the comital brewery from Schwalenberg to Biesterfeld in 1740. The latter's eldest surviving son Frederick William (1737–1803) married Elisabeth Johanna, Edle von Meinertzhagen (1752–1811), who inherited
81-542: Was the son of Count Bernhard VIII of Lippe (1527–1563) and his wife Catherine (1524–1583), daughter of the Count Philip III of Waldeck -Eisenberg and Anna of Cleves. Since he was still a minor when his father died, his uncle Hermann Simon of Pyrmont took up the regency until 1579. Simon was an intelligent prince, a man after the renaissance ideal. He corresponded with many leading scientists of his time, among them Tycho Brahe and Jost Bürgi . He acted as
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