Traute Princess zur Lippe died at Schloss Detmold on February 25, 2023. She was 98 years. The Princess was the widow of HSH Armin Leopold Ernst Bruno Heinrich Willa August Prince zur Lippe, (1924-2015).
Marie Elisabeth Traute Becker was born in Hänigsen on February 16, 1925, the daughter of Gustav Becker and Charlotte Meyer. She married Prince Arnim, in a civil ceremony in Göttingen on March 27, 1953. The religious took place at Celle on March 29, 1953.
Following the death of his father, Prince Arnim succeeded as head of the house of Lippe. He inherited the family fortune and estates including Schloss Detmold.
Princess Traute gave birth to the couple's only child, Stephan Leopold Justus Richard in Detmold on May 24, 1959.
The Princess is survived by her son, Stephan, Prince zur Lippe and his wife, Maria, born Countess zu Solms-Laubach, and their five children: Prince Bernhard (1995), Prince Heinrich (1997), Prince Wilhelm (1999), Princess Luise (2001) and Princess Mathilde (2003).
She had Ph.D in biology and was particularly committed to the fine arts, the Princess Pauline Foundation, the city of Detmold, and the Lippe district."
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| Christmas 2021 The first year Princess Traute did not send out a separate card. She was not on the 2022 card |
R.i.p. Madame.
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