Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake
| Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Margaret of Nassau-Dillenburg |
| Noble family | House of Lippe |
| Father | Simon VI, Count of Lippe |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg |
| Born | 21 December 1589 |
| Died | 18 November 1657 (aged 67) Blomberg |
Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake (21 December 1589 – 18 November 1657 in Blomberg) was the first ruling Count of Lippe-Brake.
Otto was born on 21 December 1589 as the son of Count Simon VI and his wife, Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg (b. 1556) was born.
When his father died in 1613, his elder brother Simon VII took up government of the country, while the youngest brother Philip I moved to Bückeburg, where he later founded the Schaumburg-Lippe line. In 1621, the county was divided again, and Otto received his own part and founded the Lippe-Brake line, which would die out in 1709.
Otto died on 18 November 1657 in Blomberg.
On 30 October 1626, he married Margaret of Nassau-Dillenburg (6 September 1606 in Beilstein – 1661), a daughter of Count George of Nassau-Dillenburg, with whom he had the following children:
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