Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld was the head of the Lippe-Biesterfeld line of the House of Lippe. From 1897 until his death he was the regent of the Principality of Lippe. Wikipedia
Born: June 9, 1842, Oberkassel, Germany
Died: September 26, 1904 (age 62 years), Principality of Lippe
Grandparents: Wilhelm Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and Modeste von Unruh
Parents: Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Great-grandparents: Carl Ernst Casimir zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Elisabeth Henriette Dorothea von Kameke, Karl Philipp Unruh, and more