A Schaumburg Lippe Helmet
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Lippe
(1813-1871 Lippe-Detmold)
The Principality of Lippe, a German state since the twelfth century, was a member state of the Germanic Confederation from 1815 to 1866. Lippe allied with Prussia during the 1866 war against Austria. After the Austro-Prussian War, it became a member state of the North German Confederation in 1867. It became a member state of the German Empire in 1871.
There were arguments over the succession in this house. Woldemar, Prince of Lippe died in 1895. His brother Alexander, the last of the senior line (Detmold), succeeded him. Alexander was hopelessly insane, single, and had been declared incapable of ruling. A struggle over the succession ensued between the regents, Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe and Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld. The Bundesrat requested that the Chancellor of the Empire refer the question of the succession to a special court of arbitration. This court was presided over by King Albert of Saxony, who determined in 1897 that Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld was the rightful successor and was sole regent of the principality. The Schaumburg-Lippe’s launched a counter-offensive by challenging Count Ernst's marriage, attempting to declare it morganatic. Count-Regent Ernst died in 1904 and his eldest son Leopold became regent. The Kaiser especially objected to Leopold, as his grandmother was an American. The Kaiser refused to recognize him as regent and once again, the issue of who was the legitimate regent raged. It was so contentious that the Kaiser ordered the officers of the Prussian regiments stationed in Lippe not to provide the customary salute and bowing to any of the Countesses of Lippe. The Biesterfeld line assumed sovereign status on the extinction of the Detmold line in 1905, when the insane Prince Alexander died and the Court of Justice declared that the descendants of Count-Regent Ernst were entitled to the crown. Leopold, who had a morganatic marriage, was named the regent. He remained as regent, and the court of arbitration declared the marriage in question to be equal; thus, Leopold (b. 1871) became Prince of Lippe.
Lippe was a hereditary constitutional monarchy. The constitution called for a parliament of twenty-one members, known as the Landtag. The franchise for electoral purposes was similar to the Prussian three-tier system except for that the vote was secret. The population was divided into three classes based on taxation, each of which sent seven members to the Landtag. Lippe had one vote in the German Reichstag, and also one vote in the Bundesrat.
There were 154,000 inhabitants in 1914. More than 95 percent of the population was Protestant. The capital was Detmold.
(1813-1871 Lippe-Detmold)
The Principality of Lippe, a German state since the twelfth century, was a member state of the Germanic Confederation from 1815 to 1866. Lippe allied with Prussia during the 1866 war against Austria. After the Austro-Prussian War, it became a member state of the North German Confederation in 1867. It became a member state of the German Empire in 1871.
There were arguments over the succession in this house. Woldemar, Prince of Lippe died in 1895. His brother Alexander, the last of the senior line (Detmold), succeeded him. Alexander was hopelessly insane, single, and had been declared incapable of ruling. A struggle over the succession ensued between the regents, Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe and Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld. The Bundesrat requested that the Chancellor of the Empire refer the question of the succession to a special court of arbitration. This court was presided over by King Albert of Saxony, who determined in 1897 that Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld was the rightful successor and was sole regent of the principality. The Schaumburg-Lippe’s launched a counter-offensive by challenging Count Ernst's marriage, attempting to declare it morganatic. Count-Regent Ernst died in 1904 and his eldest son Leopold became regent. The Kaiser especially objected to Leopold, as his grandmother was an American. The Kaiser refused to recognize him as regent and once again, the issue of who was the legitimate regent raged. It was so contentious that the Kaiser ordered the officers of the Prussian regiments stationed in Lippe not to provide the customary salute and bowing to any of the Countesses of Lippe. The Biesterfeld line assumed sovereign status on the extinction of the Detmold line in 1905, when the insane Prince Alexander died and the Court of Justice declared that the descendants of Count-Regent Ernst were entitled to the crown. Leopold, who had a morganatic marriage, was named the regent. He remained as regent, and the court of arbitration declared the marriage in question to be equal; thus, Leopold (b. 1871) became Prince of Lippe.
Lippe was a hereditary constitutional monarchy. The constitution called for a parliament of twenty-one members, known as the Landtag. The franchise for electoral purposes was similar to the Prussian three-tier system except for that the vote was secret. The population was divided into three classes based on taxation, each of which sent seven members to the Landtag. Lippe had one vote in the German Reichstag, and also one vote in the Bundesrat.
There were 154,000 inhabitants in 1914. More than 95 percent of the population was Protestant. The capital was Detmold.
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Schaumburg-Lippe
(1813-1871)
The Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, a German state since 1280, was a member state of the Germanic Confederation from 1815 to 1866. In 1854, Schaumburg-Lippe joined the Prussian Customs Union (Zollverein). In 1866, Schaumburg-Lippe sided with Austria against Prussia during the Austro-Prussian War. In 1867, Schaumburg-Lippe joined Prussia in a military union. After the Austro-Prussian, it became a member state of the North German Confederation in 1867 and a member state of the German Empire in 1871.
Adolf I served as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe until 1893. His son George (who married Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg) succeeded him. George’s younger brother, Adolf, married the Kaiser’s sister, Victoria (also known as Moretta). He was not her first love, but her relationship with Prince Alexander of Battenberg was politically unacceptable to both the Kaiser and Bismarck. A second prospect fell through when she would not convert to Catholicism to marry the Crown Prince of Portugal. She then left for England to spend time with her grandmother, Queen Victoria. Despairing of finding true love, Moretta agreed to the marriage to Adolf, much to her brother’s relief.
Moretta suffered a miscarriage early in the marriage, and they had no further children. She contemplated divorce, as she believed she was in love with Adolf’s nephew. Prince Adolf died in 1916 and she asked the Kaiser’s permission to marry the nephew. He denied the request. Some sources indicate that Moretta may have suffered from porphyria also, as her sister Charlotte had inherited the disease.
The reigning prince at the end of the war was Adolph II, George’s son. After the war and the fall of the German Empire, Moretta was allowed to live in Germany and she moved to a castle in Bonn. In 1927, when she was 62, she met a young Russian refugee and professional waiter, Alexander Zoubkhoff, who was 27 years old. He had passed himself off as a noble Russian émigré, but was in fact, a penniless con man. She married him in November of that year. Her family was shocked with the news of her marriage, and they broke off relations with her. She did not care, and she defended her marriage, “Nobody’s consent—not even the Kaiser's—is required for my marriage. It is incorrect to say that he has refused consent as such step would be unnecessary, owing to the fact that the Kaiser is not head of the Schaumburg Lippe family. In fact nobody's consent is required.” Moretta was scorned and ridiculed throughout Europe after the marriage. Zubkov delighted in the money he could make by staging photo-ops and granting interviews as the Kaiser’s brother-in-law. He quickly spent her fortune, and she had to auction her belongings. Zoubkhoff was exiled from Germany and Moretta filed for divorce, but died on 13 November 1929 before the case came to court. Zoubkhoff was on his way to attend his wife's funeral when he was arrested for violating a law expelling all Russian parvenus from German soil. He died in poverty in Luxembourg in 1936.
The principality was a hereditary constitutional monarchy whose constitution called for a parliament of one house. This consisted of 15 members with two appointed by the Prince, two elected by the clergy, one by the professors, three by cities, and seven in rural communities. The vote was universal, direct, and secret. Schaumburg-Lippe sent one member to the Bundesrat and one deputy to the Reichstag.
Schaumburg-Lippe was the smallest of the independent states with a population of about 48,000 in 1914. The great bulk of the population, 94 percent, was Lutheran. The capital was Bückeburg, and the tiny principality was made up of 340 km². The principality had a limited ceremonial function with the Westfälisches Jäger Batallion Nr. 7 of the Prussian army.
(1813-1871)
The Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, a German state since 1280, was a member state of the Germanic Confederation from 1815 to 1866. In 1854, Schaumburg-Lippe joined the Prussian Customs Union (Zollverein). In 1866, Schaumburg-Lippe sided with Austria against Prussia during the Austro-Prussian War. In 1867, Schaumburg-Lippe joined Prussia in a military union. After the Austro-Prussian, it became a member state of the North German Confederation in 1867 and a member state of the German Empire in 1871.
Adolf I served as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe until 1893. His son George (who married Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg) succeeded him. George’s younger brother, Adolf, married the Kaiser’s sister, Victoria (also known as Moretta). He was not her first love, but her relationship with Prince Alexander of Battenberg was politically unacceptable to both the Kaiser and Bismarck. A second prospect fell through when she would not convert to Catholicism to marry the Crown Prince of Portugal. She then left for England to spend time with her grandmother, Queen Victoria. Despairing of finding true love, Moretta agreed to the marriage to Adolf, much to her brother’s relief.
Moretta suffered a miscarriage early in the marriage, and they had no further children. She contemplated divorce, as she believed she was in love with Adolf’s nephew. Prince Adolf died in 1916 and she asked the Kaiser’s permission to marry the nephew. He denied the request. Some sources indicate that Moretta may have suffered from porphyria also, as her sister Charlotte had inherited the disease.
The reigning prince at the end of the war was Adolph II, George’s son. After the war and the fall of the German Empire, Moretta was allowed to live in Germany and she moved to a castle in Bonn. In 1927, when she was 62, she met a young Russian refugee and professional waiter, Alexander Zoubkhoff, who was 27 years old. He had passed himself off as a noble Russian émigré, but was in fact, a penniless con man. She married him in November of that year. Her family was shocked with the news of her marriage, and they broke off relations with her. She did not care, and she defended her marriage, “Nobody’s consent—not even the Kaiser's—is required for my marriage. It is incorrect to say that he has refused consent as such step would be unnecessary, owing to the fact that the Kaiser is not head of the Schaumburg Lippe family. In fact nobody's consent is required.” Moretta was scorned and ridiculed throughout Europe after the marriage. Zubkov delighted in the money he could make by staging photo-ops and granting interviews as the Kaiser’s brother-in-law. He quickly spent her fortune, and she had to auction her belongings. Zoubkhoff was exiled from Germany and Moretta filed for divorce, but died on 13 November 1929 before the case came to court. Zoubkhoff was on his way to attend his wife's funeral when he was arrested for violating a law expelling all Russian parvenus from German soil. He died in poverty in Luxembourg in 1936.
The principality was a hereditary constitutional monarchy whose constitution called for a parliament of one house. This consisted of 15 members with two appointed by the Prince, two elected by the clergy, one by the professors, three by cities, and seven in rural communities. The vote was universal, direct, and secret. Schaumburg-Lippe sent one member to the Bundesrat and one deputy to the Reichstag.
Schaumburg-Lippe was the smallest of the independent states with a population of about 48,000 in 1914. The great bulk of the population, 94 percent, was Lutheran. The capital was Bückeburg, and the tiny principality was made up of 340 km². The principality had a limited ceremonial function with the Westfälisches Jäger Batallion Nr. 7 of the Prussian army.
joerookery
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The former contingents of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Waldeck, Lippe-Detmold, Schaumburg-Lippe, and the Hanseatic Cities were completely disbanded. Only unit traditions such as those of the Westfälisches Jäger Bataillon Nr. 7 commemorated the past of those contingents. Prussia took over the military obligations of these states, which received garrisons of Prussian military formations, together with the promise that these formations would be restricted to their garrisons except during “special events.” The barracks of these formations usually displayed the national emblems of the former contingents.
