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.
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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:
Count Ernest of Lippe-Biesterfeld (20 March 1840 – 28 March 1840);
Countess Emilie Amalie Modeste Ernestine Bernhardine of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1 February 1841 – 11 February 1892), married in 1864 to Otto I, Prince of Salm-Horstmar, had issue;