Mother Modeste von Unruh Name Julius, of | House Lippe-Biesterfeld | |
Born 2 April 1812
Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia ( 1812-04-02 ) Spouse Countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell Issue Count Ernest
Emilie, Princess of Salm-Horstmar
Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Count Adalbert
Countess Mathilde
Prince Leopold
Count Kasimir
Count Oscar
Countess Johanna
Count Friedrich
Countess Elisabeth
Prince Rudolf
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Count Friedrich Karl Father Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld Died May 17, 1884, Baden-Baden, Germany Children Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld Grandchildren Prince Bernhard of Lippe, Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe Great grandchildren Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld People also search for Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld |
Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (German: Julius Peter Hermann August Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld; 2 April 1812 – 17 May 1884) was Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1840 to 1884 and father of Ernest II, regent of the Principality of Lippe. He is an ancestor of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
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Early life
Julius was born at Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia, (now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) fifth child and second son of Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1777–1840), (son of Karl, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and Countess Ferdinande of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda) and his wife, Modeste von Unruh (1781–1854), (daughter of Karl Philipp von Unruh and Elisabeth Henriette Dorothea von Kameke).
Marriage
Julius married on 30 April 1839 at Castell to Countess Adelheid Clotilde Auguste of Castell-Castell (1818–1900), daughter of Friedrich, Count of Castell-Castell, and his wife, Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
They had fourteen children: