page_title: Lippe-Biesterfeld
section_title: 1909–1916: Morganatic title and new cadet line
hierarchical_section_title: Lippe-Biesterfeld / 1909–1916: Morganatic title and new cadet line
caption_attribution_description: English: Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, in Ottawa
context_page_description: Lippe-Biesterfeld was a comital cadet line of the House of Lippe.
  The comital branch of Lippe-Biesterfeld ascended the throne of the Principality of Lippe in 1905, after the extinction of the ruling main branch, when count Leopold of Lippe-Biesterfeld became Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe. He continued to rule until the German Revolution of 1918. In 1916, he created his younger brother, count Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, a prince. Through the latter's son, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, the prince consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, it also became a title of the Dutch Royal House, created in 1937.
context_section_description: On 8 February 1909, the title Countess of Biesterfeld (not related to the previous title Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld) was created for Armgard von Cramm (1883–1971) and her descendants. Armgard was the wife of Prince Bernhard of Lippe (1872–1934), the brother of Prince Leopold IV. On 24 February 1916, Armgard and her two sons Bernhard (1911–2004) and Aschwin (1914–1988) were created Prince(ss) of Lippe-Biesterfeld with the style Serene Highness. They returned to a more senior position in the line of succession to the Lippian throne, in which they previously had been the very last. The suffix Biesterfeld was revived to mark the foundation of a new cadet line.
caption: Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, the later prince-consort of the Netherlands, in 1942.
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