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Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

1871–1949 · 20th century

Leopold IV was the last reigning prince of Lippe, ruling from 1905 after the long succession dispute over the principality was settled in favour of his Lippe-Biesterfeld line. He abdicated on 12 November 1918 during the German Revolution, and Lippe became a free state within the Weimar Republic.

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