Re: Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe

Because Schaumburg was more important than mere paragia of the Lippe
lines. Ruling in 1/2 of Schaumburg elevated this line over the other
unfortunate Lippe lines.

Charles von Hamm...

Very sharp! ;-)

Charles von Hamm

Perhaps it would have been more appropriate to style "Graf zu Schaumburg
und zur Lippe" or later "Fuerst zu Schuamburg, Graf zur Lippe", but then
you notice that the Waldecks who added Pyrmont to their title, were very
often styled hyphenated. So in the end it did not matter much whether
you hyphenated or added the two parts of your name.

Charles von Hamm...

Thank you very much! I had suspected that it had to do with the status of
Schaumburg.

Charles von Hamm