Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold

Count of Lippe

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1727

Place of Birth: Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 01-May-1782

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Simon August, Count of Lippe (12 June 1727 – 1 May 1782), ruled the Principality of Lippe-Detmold from 1734 until 1782. He was born in Detmold, the son of Simon Henry Adolph and Johanna Wilhelmine of Nassau-Idstein.
Simon August ruled until 1747 under the guardianship of his mother.
Under the influence of the Enlightenment, he issued a fiscal and social legislation and in 1749 he introduced, together with Adolf von Hillensberg, a budget in Lippe, so as to not spend money when no revenues were available.
The Sparkasse Detmold and a fire insurance company are direct continuations of companies he founded.
He acquired salt mine at Bad Salzuflen and built a spa in Bad Meinberg.
In 1775, he created a relief fund for the poor.
A census in 1776 revealed that his country had 49416 inhabitants.