Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (Stephan Leopold Justus Richard) was born on 24 May 1959 in Detmold

Detmold

Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. He is the son of Armin Leopold Ernst Bruno Heinrich Willa August Prince of Lippe

Armin, Prince of Lippe

Armin, Prince of Lippe is the son of Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe and his second wife Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen.-Head of the House of Lippe:...

 and Traute Becker and the heir to the headship of the house of Lippe

Principality of Lippe

Lippe was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest.-History:...

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Marriage and children

He married Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach

Solms-Laubach

Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was originally created as a partition of Solms-Lich. Solms-Laubach partitioned between itself and Solms-Sonnenwalde 1561; between itself, Solms-Baruth and Solms-Rödelheim 1607; and between itself and...

, daughter of Count Otto of Solms-Laubach and Princess Madeleine of Sayn

Sayn

Sayn was a mediæval German County located in the Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. There were two Counties of Sayn: the first County emerged in 1139. It became closely associated with the County of Sponheim early in its existence. Count Henry II was notable for being accused of...

-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, on 15 October 1994 in Detmold. They have five children:

• HSH Prince Bernhard Leopold Baptist Ernst George Ludwig of Lippe (b. 9 September 1995)
• HSH Prince Heinrich Otto Gustav-Adolf Michael Wico of Lippe (b. 8 April 1997)
• HSH Prince Benjamin Hans Karl Maximilian Paul of Lippe (b. 12 October 1999)
• HSH Princess Luise Anna Astrid Christiane Viktoria of Lippe (b. 9 April 2001)
• HSH Princess Mathilde Pauline Anna Elisabeth of Lippe (b. 7 September 2003)

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