Adelheid Zur Lippe

Adelheid was born in 1181 in Lippe, Germany.¹   Adelheid's father was Bernard Zur Lippe II and her mother was Countess Heilwig of Are and Hostaden.  Her paternal grandparents were Hermann Zur Lippe I and <Unknown>; her maternal grandparents were Count Otto of Are and Countess Adelheid of Hostaden. She had five brothers and six sisters, named Hermann, Bernard, Dietrich, Otto, Gebhard, Heilwig, Kunigunde, Beatrix, Ethelind, Gertrud and Margarethe.  She was the second youngest of the twelve children.