Jobst Herman, Count of Lippe explained
Jobst Herman of Lippe-Biesterfeld (9 February 1625 in Detmold - 6 July 1678 in Biesterfeld) was a titular Count of Lippe, Sternberg and Schwalenberg.
Early life
He was the son of Count Simon VII from 1587 to 1627) from his marriage to Countess Maria Magdalena of Waldeck-Wildungen (1606-1671) and is considered the founder of the Lippe-Biesterfeld line, as a result of his creation of the Biesterfeld manor, between 1654 and 1665.
Marriage and issue
Jobst Hermann married on 10 October 1654 to Countess Juliane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (4 October 1634 - 23 June 1689). Their children were styled Count (or Countess) of Lippe-Biesterfeld:
- Juliane Elisabeth (15 June 1656 - 29 April 1709)
- John Augustus (15 October 1657 - 9 September 1709)
- Charlotte Sophie (16 September 1658 - 25 April 1672)
- Simon Christian (8 October 1659 - 9 November 1660)
- Theodore Adolph (22 October 1660 - 9 March 1709)
- Christine Mary (12 February 1662 - 14 June 1710)
- Christiane Ernestine (12 July 1664 - 28 December 1686)
- Anna Auguste (14 September 1665 - 25 August 1730)
- John Frederick (6 November 1666 - 21 February 1712)
- Magdalene Emilie (30 November 1667 - 25 June 1677)
- Concordia Dorothea (18 December 1668 - 25 June 1677)
- John George Louis (12 January 1670 - 22 January 1693)
- Rudolph Ferdinand (17 March 1671 - 12 June 1736); father of Count Frederick Charles Augustus. Another younger son of his, Count Ferdinand, founded the Lippe-Weissenfeld line of the family.
- William Christian (November 1672 - 6 May 1674)
- Simon Christian (4 March 1674 - 23 June 1677)
- Elisabeth Charlotte (21 March 1675 - 22 August 1676)
- Juliane Sophie (6 December 1676 - 2 June 1705)
- Justine Hermione (20 May 1679 - 15 June 1704)