She was a daughter of Lord Herman II of Lippe and his wife, Oda of Tecklenburg.

On 14 February 1246, she founded the Cistercian monastery in Herwardeshude, a village at the mouth of the Pepermölenbek, between the later St. Pauli and Altona.

The monastery was confirmed by Pope Innocent IV in 1247.

She was married to Count Adolf IV of Holstein-Kiel and Schauenburg.

They had at least three children: This article about a member of the German nobility is a stub.