Jobst Herman, Count of Lippe


Jobst Herman of Lippe-Biesterfeld was a titular Count of Lippe, Sternberg and Schwalenberg.
He was the son of Count Simon VII from 1587 to 1627) from his marriage to Countess Maria Magdalena of Waldeck-Wildungen 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. Their children were styled Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld: