Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld was Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1840 to 1884 and father of Ernest II, regent of the Principality of Lippe.
Early life
Julius was born at Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia, fifth child and second son of Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and his wife Modeste von Unruh.Marriage
Julius married on 30 April 1839 at Castell to Countess Adelheid Clotilde Auguste of Castell-Castell, 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:
- Count Ernest of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Countess Emilie Amalie Modeste Ernestine Bernhardine of Lippe-Biesterfeld, married in 1864 to Otto I, Prince of Salm-Horstmar, had issue;
- Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, married in 1869 to Countess Karoline von Wartensleben, had issue;
- Count Adalbert of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Countess Mathilde of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Prince Leopold of Lippe ;
- Count Kasimir of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Count Oscar of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Countess Johanna of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Friedrich Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, married in 1882 to Princess Marie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, had issue;
- Countess Elisabeth of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Prince Rudolf of Lippe, married in 1889 to Princess Louise of Ardeck, had issue ;
- Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe, married in 1895 to Countess Gisela of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Meerholz, had issue ;
- Count Friedrich Karl of Lippe-Biesterfeld.