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)