Peerage Record – 6455

     Carl Franz Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld was born on 16 July 1903. He was the son of Clemens Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and Friederike Baronin von Carolowitz. He married Dorothea Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg, daughter of Ulrich Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg and Pauline Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, on 5 September 1928. He died on 26 September 1939 at age 36 at near Lublin, Poland^G, killed in action.
     Carl Franz Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld usually went by his middle name of Ferdinand. He fought in the Second World War.

     Franz Clemens Ulrich Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld was born on 14 October 1929. He was the son of Carl Franz Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and Dorothea Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg. He married Lucia Stassen, daughter of Matthias Stassen and Maria Peters, on 28 October 1969. He died on 1 July 1995 at age 65 at Aurich, Germany^G.

     Lucia Stassen was born on 4 August 1922. She is the daughter of Matthias Stassen and Maria Peters. She married, firstly, Josef Rudolf Ditgens on 31 December 1948. She and Josef Rudolf Ditgens were divorced on 16 October 1964 at Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Germany^G. She married, secondly, Franz Clemens Ulrich Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld, son of Carl Franz Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and Dorothea Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg, on 28 October 1969.
     From 31 December 1948, her married name became Ditgens.

     Margarete Friederike Pauline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Weissenfeld was born on 28 April 1932. She is the daughter of Carl Franz Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and Dorothea Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg. She married Heyo Hamer on 27 June 1969.
     Her married name became Hamer.

     Heyo Hamer was born on 12 October 1931. He married Margarete Friederike Pauline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Weissenfeld, daughter of Carl Franz Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and Dorothea Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg, on 27 June 1969.

     Bjorn Heyko Ferdinand Hamer was born in 1973. He is the son of Heyo Hamer and Margarete Friederike Pauline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Weissenfeld.

     Eva Hamer was born in 1970. She is the daughter of Heyo Hamer and Margarete Friederike Pauline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Weissenfeld.

     Amelie Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was born on 24 June 1883 at Langenzell^G. She was the daughter of Alfred Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Pauline Gräfin von Reichenbach-Lessonitz. She married Otto Friedrich Graf zu Castell-Castell, son of Carl Graf zu Castell-Castell and Emma Gräfin zu Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim, on 5 October 1903 at Langenzell^G. She died on 23 September 1978 at age 95.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.

     Otto Friedrich Graf zu Castell-Castell was born on 12 May 1868. He was the son of Carl Graf zu Castell-Castell and Emma Gräfin zu Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim. He married Amelie Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, daughter of Alfred Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Pauline Gräfin von Reichenbach-Lessonitz, on 5 October 1903 at Langenzell^G. He died on 8 July 1939 at age 71.

     Gustav Friedrich Graf zu Castell-Castell was born on 9 December 1911. He was the son of Otto Friedrich Graf zu Castell-Castell and Amelie Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg. He married Vibeke Baronin von Lotzbeck, daughter of Christian Baron von Lotzbeck and Fanny Evers, on 14 July 1936 at Braaby, Denmark^G. He died on 19 January 1941 at age 29 at Steyning, Sussex, England^G, killed in action.
     He was given the name of Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Franz Ulrich Richard Udo Hermann at birth. He fought in the Second World War.