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Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold | |
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| Born | (1694-01-25)25 January 1694 |
| Died | 12 October 1734(1734-10-12) (aged 40) |
| Noble family | House of Lippe |
| Spouse(s) | Johanna Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein |
| Issue | Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold |
| Father | Frederick Adolphus, Count of Lippe-Detmold |
| Mother | Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg |
Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold (25 January 1694 – 12 October 1734) was a ruler of the county ofLippe.
He was the son ofFrederick Adolphus, Count of Lippe-Detmold and his wife Johanna Elisabeth ofNassau-Dillenburg. His five siblings all died young, of his seven step-siblings, only three sisters lived into adulthood:
HisGrand Tour under the supervision of the Lord Chamberlain in 1710 took him to theUniversity of Utrecht and to the courts ofEngland andFrance. During theAustro-Turkish War of 1716–1718, he took part in the campaign of PrinceEugene of Savoy in Hungary and Belgrade, and later returned via Vienna to Detmold, where he took up government 1718.
Simon Henry Adolph is famous for the fact that in 1720 EmperorCharles VI offered to raise him toImperial Prince for a mere 4400 talers, but Simon Henry Adolph found himself unable to raise the money. A chronic shortage of money forced him to sell the Dutch lordships ofVianen andAmeide in 1725, and to pledgeSternberg Castle to theElectorate of Hanover in 1733.
Historians judge that he loved pomp and circumstance as much as his father did. Although he was constantly in financial difficulties, he wasted money on parties as if he had an inexhaustible source of money, or so an expert on Lippe history says 200 years later. Mayor Möller of Lippstadt voiced quite a different opinion on 1784, praising Simon Henry Adolph for improving the state of the principality's economy and eradicating the high debt, some of which were caused by theThirty Years' War, and some by his charitable generosity, and some by his providing care and a suitable education to all branches of his family, not by taxation and oppression of his subjects, but by borrowing and selling off his Dutch possessions in 1725, and by mortgaging Sternberg in 1733. According to Möller, Simon Henry Adolph brought balance to the state's financial situation with his frugal policies, and he used extraordinary care to ensure the welfare of his country, vigorously promoted religion, morality, justice and prosperity for all his subjects.
On 16 October 1719 Simon Henry Adolph married princess Johanna Wilhelmina, daughter of PrinceGeorge August of Nassau-Idstein. Of her eleven children, four died young and three daughters remained unmarried:
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Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold Born: 25 January 1694 Died: 12 October 1734 | ||
| Preceded by | Count of Lippe 1718–1734 | Succeeded by |
