Bernard II, Lord of Lippe

Bernard II (c. 1140 – 30 April 1224) was Lord of Lippe from 1167 through 1196. He founded the towns of Lippstadt and Lemgo.

Marriage and Children

Bernhard wed Heilwig von Are-Hochstaden (1150-1196) and had twelve children:

• Adelheid ( -1244), abbess of Elten
• Heilwig
• Dietrich
• Otto II, bishop of Utrecht
• Bernhard ( -14 April 1247), bishop of Paderborn
• Gertrud, abbess of Herford
• Ethelind, abbess of Bassum
• Kunigunde, abbess of Freckenhorst
• Beatrix ( -1244)
• Gerhard II (1190-28 August 1258), arch-bishop of Bremen
• Herman II (1175-1229)
• Margarete ( -1221)