father predecessor successor house mother birth_place death_date death_place birth_date spouse image article_title px|succession name reign
ernest ii , count of lippe-biesterfeld alexander monarchy abolished house of lippe countess karoline of wartensleben oberkassel 30 december 1949 30 may 1871 detmold 30 may 1871 princess büdingen bertha of hesse-philippsthal-barchfeld princess anna of ysenburg and princelippeleo.jpg leopold iv , prince of lippe
 prince of lippe leopold iv 25 october 1905 -- 12 november 1918
leopold iv , prince of lippe

leopold iv , prince of lippe -lrb- `` leopold julius bernhard adalbert otto karl gustav '' ; 30 may 1871 -- 30 december 1949 -rrb- was the final sovereign of the principality of lippe .
succeeding to the throne in 1905 he had been governing the state since 1904 as regent .
