Julius, 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.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:
Lippe House at Oberkassel, Bonn , inherited from Edler von Meinertzhagen, owned by the Lippe-Biesterfeld branch since 1770
OberkasselKingdom of PrussiaBaden-BadenGrand Duchy of BadenErnest, Count of Lippe-BiesterfeldLippe-BiesterfeldOberkassel, BonnErnest IIregentPrincipality of LippeNorth Rhine-WestphaliaBentheim-Tecklenburg-RhedaCastellCastell-CastellHohenlohe-LangenburgKarl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-LangenburgSalm-HorstmarCountess Karoline von WartenslebenLöwenstein-Wertheim-FreudenbergPrincess Marie Adelheid of LippeYsenburg and Büdingen in MeerholzErnst Casimir II, 2nd Prince of Ysenburg and BüdingenPrince Waldemar of PrussiaFrederick Charles Augustus, Count of LippeEuropäische StammtafelnHouse of Lippe-BiesterfeldHouse of LippeGerman nobilityCount of Lippe-Biesterfeld