Charles Frederick Augustus, Count of Lippe

Charles Frederick Augustus
Count of Lippe
Spouse(s)	Countess Barbara Eleonore of Solms-Baruth
Noble family	House of Lippe
Father	Rudolf Ferdinand of Lippe-Sternberg-Schwalenberg
Mother	Louise Juliane of Kunowitz
Born	20 January 1706 Biesterfeld
Died	31 July 1781 (aged 75) Friedrichsruh

Count Charles Frederick Augustus of Lippe-Biesterfeld (20 January 1706 in Biesterfeld – 31 July 1781 in Friedrichsruh) was a Count of Lippe and Lord of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Sternberg and Schwalenberg and a Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle.

He was the eldest son of Rudolf Ferdinand of Lippe-Sternberg-Schwalenberg (17 March 1671 – 12 July 1736) Louise Juliane of Kunowitz (21 August 1671 – 21 October 1754) and the grandson of Jobst Herman of Lippe-Biesterfeld.

Life

Charles Frederick Augustus was the last Lord of Biesterfeld. During his reign, he had the manor's brewery moved from Schwalenberg to Biestereld and added a distillery, investing the princely sum of 6000 taler in this endeavour. In 1763, he constructed a hunting lodge, named Friedrichsruh after himself. The nearby village was later renamed after the hunting lodge.^[1] However, the hunting lodge was demolished in 1859 to make room for a guest house. Otto von Bismarck later purchased Friedrichsruh and attached it to his manor Sachsenwald. He expanded the guest house to a castle, which is still named Friedrichsruh Castle.

Marriage and issue

Count Charles Frederick Augustus married on 7 May 1732 with Countess Barbara Eleonore of Solms-Baruth (30 October 1707 – 16 June 1744). They had the following children:

• Wilhelmine Louise Constantine (15 June 1733 – 18 February 1766)

married Count Seyfried of Promnitz (1734-1760), the son of Count Erdmann II of Promnitz

married secondly Count John Christian of Solms-Baruth (1733-1800)

• Simon Rudolph Ferdinand (6 October 1734 – 23 May 1739)
• Charles Ernest Casimir (2 November 1735 – 19 November 1810)

married Countess Ferdinando of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1734-1779)

• Frederick William (25 January 1737 – July 31, 1803)

married Johanna Meinertzhagen (1752-1811)

• Marie Wilhelmine Henriette (5 December 1740 – 19 April 1741)
• Henry Louis (21 April 1743 – 16 September 1794)

married Elisabeth Kellner (1765-1794), who was made Countess of Lippe-Falkenflucht in 1790

• Barbara Marie Eleanor (June 16, 1744 – June 16, 1776)

married Count William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724-1777)

• Ferdinand John Benjamin (June 16, 1744 – April 23, 1772)

married Countess Wilhelmine of Schönburg-Lichtenstein (1746-1819)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles Frederick Augustus, Count of Lippe

16. Simon VI, Count of Lippe               8. Simon VII, Count of Lippe                       17. Elisabeth, Countess of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg               4. Jobst Herman, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld                             18. Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen               9. Maria Magdalena, Countess of Waldeck                       19. Elisabeth, Countess of Nassau-Siegen               2. Rudolph Ferdinand, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld                                   20. Louis II, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein               10. John VIII, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein                       21. Elisabeth Juliana, Countess of Solms-Braunfels               5. Countess Elisabeth Juliane of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein                             22. Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen (= 18)               11. Anna Augusta, Countess of Waldeck                       23. Elisabeth, Countess of Nassau-Siegen (= 19)               1. Charles Frederick Augustus, Count of Lippe                                         24. Jan Jetřich of Kunovic               12. Jan Bernard of Kunovic                       25. Magdalene, Countess Hardegg               6. Johann Dietrich, Count of Kunowitz                             26. Jiří, Count of Wrbna and Bruntál               13. Anna Eliška, Countess of Wrbna and Bruntál                       27. Elisabeth of Eitzing               3. Juliane Louise, Countess of Kunowitz                                   28. Simon VI, Count of Lippe (= 16)               14. Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake                       29. Elisabeth, Countess of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (= 17)               7. Dorothea, Countess of Lippe-Brake                             30. George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg               15. Margaretha, Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg                       31. Amalie, Countess of Sayn-Wittgenstein

References

• Willy Gerking: Die Grafen zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, 2001

External links

• Entry at geneanet.org

Footnotes

1. Hanswilhelm Haefs: Ortsnamen und Ortsgeschichten in Schleswig-Holstein: zunebst dem reichhaltigen slawischen Ortsnamenmaterial und den dänischen Einflüssen auf Fehmarn und Lauenburg, Helgoland und Nordfriesland. Woraus sich Anmerkungen zur Landesgeschichte ergeben, Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-0509-0, p. 105