Bernardine of Lippe

Bernardine of Lippe (1563–1628) was a Countess of Lippe by birth and by marriage Countess of Leiningen-Leiningen.

Background
She was a daughter of Count Bernhard VIII of Lippe (1527–1563) from his marriage with Catherine (1524–1583), the daughter of Count Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg.

Marriage and issue
In September 1578, she married Count Louis of Leiningen-Westerburg (1557–1622). She had nine children:
 * 1) George Philip (1579–1589).
 * 2) Amalie (1581–1582).
 * 3) Ursula Maria (1583–1638), married in 1606 to Maximilian Marschall of Pappenheim.
 * 4) Simon (1584–1585).
 * 5) Amalie (1586–1604).
 * 6) John Casimir (1587–1635), Count of Leiningen-Leiningen, married in 1617 to Martha of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1575–1638).
 * 7) Anastasia (1583–1638), married in 1624 to Count Konrad Wilhelm of Tübingen.
 * 8) Philip II (1591–1668), Count of Leiningen-Rixingen, married in 1618 to Agathe Catherine Schenk of Limpurg (1595–1664).
 * 9) Louis Emich (1591–1668), Count of Leiningen-Oberbronn, married in 1624 to Esther of Eberstein (1603–1682).