Simon Henry was the eldest son of Herman Adolph, Count of Lippe and his first wife Countess Ernestine of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Birstein.

Between 1683 and 1685, he replaced the Jagdschloss his father had built near today's Augustdorf by a series of buildings arranged symmetrically around a Cour d'honneur.

The sober main building had two floors and a mezzanine and was flanked by single-story stables arranged symmetrically around a cour d'honeur.

The complex was set on fire on 11 July 1945 by prisoners of war, and was demolished in 1947.

On 15 September 1666, Simon Henry married in The Hague with Baroness Amalia of Dohna-Vianen, Burgravine of Utrecht, heiress of Vianen and Ameide (2 February 1644 in The Hague – 11 March 1700), a daughter of General Christian Albert of Dohna.