BY THE GRACE OF GOD,

TO THE RULING COUNT

THE MOST NOBLE LORD

OF LIPPE, etc. original: "Lippiae"; Lippe was a sovereign state within the Holy Roman Empire, located in present-day Germany.

SUPREME LORD

OF VIANEN AND AMEIDE, These territories are located in the modern-day Netherlands; the House of Lippe acquired these lordships through marriage and inheritance.

HEREDITARY BURGGRAVE

OF UTRECHT, A Burggrave was a military governor or official representing the ruler of a city; this specific title was a prestigious hereditary honor held by the family.

KNIGHT OF THE

ROYAL PRUSSIAN ORDER

OF THE BLACK EAGLE, original: "Ordinis Regii Borussici Aquilae Nigrae"; founded in 1701, this was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia.

TO HIS MOST

GRACIOUS LORD.