(Abolished 12 November 1918)
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Prince Leopold IV, was forced to renounce the throne on 12 November 1918.
Following the end of his rule Lippe became a Free state in the new Weimar Republic.
All three of his sons by his first wife became members of the party.
His eldest son Prince Ernst is reported to have been the first German prince to join the party when he signed up in May 1928.
When Leopold died in Detmold his three eldest sons were all disinherited and his youngest son Armin, Prince of Lippe became head of the house.

Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe was the daughter of Count Rudolph and Princess Luise of Ardeck.
In 1920, Marie Adelheid married Prince Heinrich XXXII, who had once been close to succeeding Queen Wilhelmina to the Dutch throne.
They divorced in 1921.
Marie Adelheid married thirdly to Hanno Konopath, a Nazi government official in 1927.
This marriage created some important contacts for her in the German regime.

Like the Hesse family, the Lippe dynasty joined the Nazi party in great numbers (ultimately eighteen members would eventually join).
Some German states provided a proportionally higher number of SS officers, including Hesse-Nassau and Lippe, Marie Adelheid's birthplace.
Marie Adelheid developed strong connections with the Nazi regime, and became a leading socialite during that time.
In 1921, Marie Adelheid became employed as an aide to the Nazi Minister of Food and Agriculture, Richard Walther Darré (a friend of her third husband's).
Her cousin Ernst, Prince of Lippe (son of Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe) was also employed under Darré.
Marie Adelheid devoted her writing talent to promoting National Socialist ideals, in particular those of Darré.
Darré's views suffered as new plans were produced by Himmler and Göring.
As Darré's influence declined, so did that of Marie Adelheid and her cousin.
(Abolished 12 November 1918)
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Prince Leopold IV, was forced to renounce the throne on 12 November 1918. Following the end of his rule Lippe became a Free state in the new Weimar Republic. All three of his sons by his first wife became members of the party. His eldest son Prince Ernst is reported to have been the first German prince to join the party when he signed up in May 1928. When Leopold died in Detmold his three eldest sons were all disinherited and his youngest son Armin, Prince of Lippe became head of the house.
Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe was the daughter of Count Rudolph and Princess Luise of Ardeck. In 1920, Marie Adelheid married Prince Heinrich XXXII, who had once been close to succeeding Queen Wilhelmina to the Dutch throne. They divorced in 1921. Marie Adelheid married thirdly to Hanno Konopath, a Nazi government official in 1927. This marriage created some important contacts for her in the German regime. 
Like the Hesse family, the Lippe dynasty joined the Nazi party in great numbers (ultimately eighteen members would eventually join). Some German states provided a proportionally higher number of SS officers, including Hesse-Nassau and Lippe, Marie Adelheid's birthplace. Marie Adelheid developed strong connections with the Nazi regime, and became a leading socialite during that time. In 1921, Marie Adelheid became employed as an aide to the Nazi Minister of Food and Agriculture, Richard Walther Darré (a friend of her third husband's). Her cousin Ernst, Prince of Lippe (son of Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe) was also employed under Darré. Marie Adelheid devoted her writing talent to promoting National Socialist ideals, in particular those of Darré. Darré's views suffered as new plans were produced by Himmler and Göring. As Darré's influence declined, so did that of Marie Adelheid and her cousin.
Former German nobility in the Nazi Party