This weekend saw the funeral of Ferdinand, Fürst von Bismarck. At the funeral there was another link between the King and the Fürst von Bismarck, his late godfather: the mausoleum is located at Friedrichsruh, the Von Bismarck family estate, once established by one of his ancestors.
Friedrichsruh was one of the Von Lippe-Biesterfeld estates. This one was build by Friedrich zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (hence the name), a direct descendant of the King's grandfather:
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Friedrich Karl August, Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Sternberg und Schwalenberg (1706-1781) x Barbara Eleonore, Gräfin zu Solms-Baruth (1707-1744)
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Karl Ernst Casimir, Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Sternberg und Schwalenberg (1735-1810) x Ferdinande Henriette Dorothea, Gräfin zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1737-1779)
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Wilhelm Ernst, Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Sternberg und Schwalenberg (1777-1840) x Dorothea Christiana Modeste von Unruh (1781-1854)
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Julius Peter Hermann August, Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Sternberg und Schwalenberg (1812-1884) x Adelheid Clotilde Auguste, Gräfin zu Castell-Castell (1818–1900)
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Ernst Kasimir Friedrich Karl Eberhard, Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Sternberg und Schwalenberg, Regent von Lippe (1842-1904) x Karoline Friederike Cäcilie Klothilde, Gräfin von Wartensleben (1844-1905)
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Bernhard Kasimir Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Wilhelm Eduard, Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (1872-1934) x Armgard Kunigunde Alharda Agnes Oda von Sierstorpff-Cramm (1883 –1971)
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Bernhard Friedrich Eberhard Leopold Julius Kurt Carl Gottfried Peter, Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911-2004) x Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, prinses der Nederlanden, prinses van Oranje-Nassau, hertogin van Mecklenburg (1909-2004)