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simon august , count of lippe-detmold simon henry adolph , count of lippe-detmold 1 may 1782 detmold johanna wilhelmine of nassau-idstein detmold prince of lippe-detmold 12 june 1727 princess anhalt-dessau princess casimire of anhalt-dessau princess christine of solms-braunfels polyxena louise of nassau-weilburg princess maria leopoldine of simon august graf von lippe.jpg simon august , count of lippe-detmold
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simon august , count of lippe-detmold

simon august , count of lippe -lrb- 12 june 1727 , detmold -- 1 may 1782 ibid . -rrb-
, ruled the principality of lippe-detmold from 1734 until 1782 .
he was the son of simon henry adolph and johanna wilhelmine of nassau-idstein .
simon august ruled until 1747 under the guardianship of his mother .
under the influence of the enlightenment , he issued a fiscal and social legislation and in 1749 he introduced , together with adolf von hillensberg , a budget in lippe , so as to not spend money when no revenues were available .
the sparkasse detmold and a fire insurance company are direct continuations of companies he founded .
he acquired salt mine at bad salzuflen and built a spa in bad meinberg .
in 1775 , he created a relief fund for the poor .
a census in 1776 revealed that his country had inhabitants .
