Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
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| Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld | |||||
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2 April 1812 Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia |
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| Died | 17 May 1884 (aged 72) Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden |
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| 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 |
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| House | House of Lippe-Biesterfeld | ||||
| Father | Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld | ||||
| Mother | Modeste von Unruh | ||||
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| German: Julius Peter Hermann August |
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.
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).
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:
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